Things To See On The Show Floor
Hitachi America Ltd.
Small character injet printer
The Hitachi PXR-H Series small character inkjet
printer has the highest printing speed of 1,300 feet per minute for
one-line inkjet printing in its class. While dramatically increasing the
speed, it maintains or even enhances the print quality by improving
print-head and ink-drop charge/deflection control. This new series of PXR
printer meets all RohS requirements and is an environmentally
friendly printer.
Whatman Inc.
200 Park Ave.
Suite 210
Florham Park, N.J. 07932
973/245-8352
www.whatman.com
Microbiological testing
Whatman Inc. offers products and technical services
focusing on microbiological testing in the food and beverage,
pharmaceutical and environmental markets.
PDC International Corp.
Packaging machinery
The PDC Resource Group is a global packaging company
that has delivered packaging machinery to customers worldwide since 1968.
The company serves the food, beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical, personal care
and household industries. PDC International Corp., based in Norwalk, Conn.,
and PDC Europe in France manufacture a full line of machinery for applying
heat shrinkable tamper-evident seals at speeds as fast as 1,000 cartons per
minute, as well as sleeve labels, both heat shrinkable and polysleeve
stretch, at speeds up to 700 cartons per minute. PDC also makes a
wide range of shrink tunnels.
XL Energy Drink Corp.
International energy drink
XL Energy Drinks are currently sold in 42 countries in Europe, China, India and the Middle East, as well as in
select markets in South America. The company started this year to sell the
XL Regular and Sugar Free drink in the United States. XL Energy Drink is a
lightly carbonated drink, carefully formulated for times where
extended energy is needed for best performance. XL Energy Drink will
satisfy busy professionals, active students, athletes and anybody who has
to achieve extraordinary performance
concentration and reaction speed.
BASF Corp.
System solutions
BASF doesn’t make beverages. The company helps
its customers make them better with intelligent system solutions and
high-quality products. Our portfolio includes vitamins (A, B, C, D, E and
K), carotenoids (beta-carotene, lycopene and lutein), polyunsaturated fatty
acids (omega-3s), coenzyme Q10, caffeine, lysine, excipients, emulsifiers
and Divergan beverage clarifying and filtration products. BASF offers
technical support and formulation expertise. Our state-of-the-art Technical
Service Center can demonstrate the use of BASF products in customer
applications.
P.E. USA Inc.
11560 Rockfield Court
Cincinnati, Ohio 45241
513/771-7374
www.pe-us.com
Rotary and linear labelers
P.E. USA Inc. invites you to its booth for details and
information on its latest technology for High Speed Roll-Fed Rotary Labeler
Model Rollmatic and Pressure Sensitive Rotary Labeler Model Master. Also on
display is its Pressure Sensitive Linear Labeler Model Eagle-Wing for
applying front and back pressure-sensitive labels to a shaped container, or
spot and wraparound pressure-sensitive labels to a cylindrical container at
a speed of 140 bottles per minute.
Salient Corp.
Performance management solutions
Salient Corp. is a leading provider of performance
management solutions and consulting services for the beverage industry.
Since 1986 our Margin Minder solution has enabled users to see faster,
easier and more clearly how decisions affect profit and growth.
Salient is a global company, providing performance management
solutions and services to more than 250 customers, representing more than
30,000 users in 56 countries worldwide.
Lanxess Corp.
Microbial control agent
Lanxess, a company that manufactures high-quality
products, has in its portfolio, Velcorin, an effective microbial control
agent for beverages. Velcorin is increasingly being used worldwide in a
range of beverages to keep them stable against yeasts, bacteria and mold.
Once added, it immediately performs its anti-microbial function and breaks
down into tiny amounts of methanol and carbon dioxide. Not only does
Velcorin help in keeping beverages stable, but it does not affect the
taste, odor or color.
X Café LLC
Specialty coffee ingredient extract
X Café loves special projects, whether
it’s X Café’s beans, your beans, any brix, any
solids, its co-packer or your co-packer. X Café offers special
formulas for proprietary projects. The company can provide a variety of
samples for testing, and it can match coffee notes in an existing product.
Its extracts can be found in ingredient projects ranging from dairy to
liquor and ice creams to sauces. The extracts NSF Cook & Thurber
third-party audited, kosher and organic certified.
Trimble Mobile Solutions
Handheld software
Trimble Mobile Solutions has teamed with Eleven
Technology and MobileTech to become the leading provider of next-generation
handheld software for the consumer packaged goods industry. Offering
best-of-breed software solutions for direct store delivery sales teams,
TrimbleDSD improves route sales, pre-sales, merchandizing and delivery
performance to reduce out of stocks, increase speed-to-shelf and maximize
promotions and profits.
Safety Vision
Mobile video solutions
Safety Vision, a leading global provider of mobile
video solutions, is exhibiting its line of collision avoidance products
— the SV-50065, SV-7065, SV-LCD70 and SV-LCD56 camera and monitor
systems. Safety Vision designs, manufactures, installs and services
enhanced visibility and onboard surveillance camera systems. Products
include mobile-rated color or black-and-white cameras, flat-screen or CRT
monitors and digital or analog video recorders.
The Sherwin-Williams Co.
Floor coatings
Sherwin-Williams is committed to making the job of
facility maintenance easier so it has studied how plants work day to day.
The company has developed a variety of flooring coatings and systems
designed to withstand heavy impacts, product spillages, and the effects of
dampness and temperature extremes. The floorings will resist the aggressive
cleaning that’s a part of daily life. Companies can count on
Sherwin-Williams’ flooring products to deliver the performance
companies need, and a great look that lasts.