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PMMI Reports Continued Business
Conditions Strength
ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/
-- The packaging machinery sector continued to show strength in the
first report for the New Year according to the Packaging Machinery
Manufacturers Institute's Business Conditions Index (BCI). The
latest BCI report shows two measures growing and all four measures
staying above 50, the index level indicating expansion or growth.
General
Business Conditions rose 2.9 points to 60.5; Quotations rose 5.2
points to 60; Shipments dropped 16.6 points from its record high of
69.9 to 53.3 points; and New Orders dropped 1.5 points to 61.7
points. With three points in the 60's and shipments recording a
score in the 50's, all four measures continue to point to strength
in the packaging machinery sector.
"Though we saw a dip in the
indices over the holidays, January's figures continue to support the
notion that companies are using this period to both quote and
purchase capital equipment," says Charles D. Yuska, president
of PMMI. "This activity, combined with the Administration's tax
proposals for businesses regarding the writing down of capital
equipment, could provide much needed relief in the manufacturing
sector."
An index of more than 50 indicates an
expansion in the period and an index below 50 indicates a slowdown
in activity. The January BCI tabulates the input of approximately
100 of PMMI's 500 PMMI member companies. The BCI is based on PMMI's
"How's Business" survey, a weekly poll of member
companies. PMMI's Business Conditions Index (BCI) collects data on
four business indicators: general business conditions, new orders,
shipments and quotations/proposal activity on a weekly basis.
Packaging machinery sales, quotation
activity, new orders as well as general business conditions are
leading indicators for consumer goods companies' consumer
confidence. If consumer products companies believe that demand will
weaken, they tend to not invest in new capital equipment. If,
however, they feel demand will pick up, they tend to invest in
machinery that will bring their products to market quickly and
efficiently.
The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers
Institute (PMMI) is a trade association whose 500 members
manufacture packaging and packaging-related converting machinery in
the United States and Canada. For more information on PMMI, visit http://www.pmmi.org/
One-Pot-System
New Granurex - Centrifugal
Granulating System
Marion, IA -- Granurex a unique
multi-functional rotor-processor for granulating, coating, and
drying. A one-pot-system that produces uniform spherical granules or
irregular shaped granules, applies coatings and dries the material.
Multiple process functions include wet & centrifugal
granulation, fluid & centrifugal granulation, powder coating
& layering, coating and drying.
The
conical rotor design generates dynamic particle movement improving
product yields. Uniform slit air distribution prevents granule
agglomeration during the coating process and generates excellent
coating uniformity. The patented "kreisor" hem plate
returns powders and fine particles into the process zone increasing
granulation and coating uniformity. Product drying is achieved using
a movable-duct to direct air into the processing zone.
There are eight (8) models of the
Granurex available. Product development can be performed in
Laboratory units with capacities of 0.5 - 1.0 and 3.5 - 7.0 kg per
batch. Production units range in capacity from 30 - 60, 45 - 90, 60
- 120 and 100 - 200 kg per batch.
Vector Corporation provides a
comprehensive selection of solid-form, processing equipment.
Including granulators, coating & compaction equipment &
dryers. For more information visit their web site at: http://www.vectorcorporation.com/
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GEA Filtration Improves the ROI in
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Hudson, WI -- GEA Filtration
introduces sanitary reverse osmosis plants in an 8"
spiral-wound configuration. The new sanitary 8" design offers
the same modular, cost effective plant construction and operating
advantages as the smaller diameter spiral plants that GEA Filtration
has delivered over the past 20 years with the added advantages of
even more compact design, lower capital cost and reduced membrane
replacement cost with no adverse effects on plant cleanliness or
sanitation.
The
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become the trademark of GEA Filtration quality Membrane Filtration
plants, but the membrane area is delivered in the larger 8"
diameter sanitary, spiral wound format and is housed in 8"
sanitary vessels. The increased membrane packing density allows for
an added level of compact design, saving valuable floor space.
Additionally, the capital cost is
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cost, which represents a large portion of the total operating cost
in a Reverse Osmosis plant. Operating costs are further reduced by
the improved compact design and reduced plant hold-up volume. This
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treatment costs as well as a reduction in the consumption of CIP
chemicals.
The plants are constructed to 3A
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health agency requirements. Exhaustive cleaning and sanitation
trials on several commercially delivered plants have verified that
plants operate with no compromise to cleanliness and sanitation.
With several plants now delivered and in operation and several more
in the pipeline, sufficient demand has been created to ensure that
membrane elements in the 8" sanitary configuration are widely
available from a number of manufacturers and can be supplied
directly from GEA Filtration stock.
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