Originally Published PMPN February 2005
Web Sightings
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Chemical Market Associates Inc. (CMAI)
www.cmaiglobal.com
A petrochemical consulting firm that provides analytical services to industries, including plastics, has announced the completion of its 2006 World Polystyrene/EPS Analysis on its recently redesigned Web site. The company produces many such analytical reports, including the 2006 World Terephthalate and Polyester Analysis covering the period 2000–2010 and the World Plastics and Polymers Review, which covers resins like polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC, and PET for the global resin market. The company offers the analyses in book or CD-ROM format. Only summaries of the topics covered in the analyses are currently available on the Web site in the form of press releases. However, the site’s electronic services page notes that the company is working to increase its digital media offerings.
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Dymax Corp.
www.dymax.com
A company features a new 20-page guide to selecting and using its UV-light curing systems as a downloadable PDF on its Web site. The guide includes a selection of light curing equipment along with information on the design, setup, and monitoring of processes for curing UV adhesives and coatings. The guide provides tips on how to choose the best process for a particular application, as well as how to maximize lamp performance while minimizing operating costs. Ten standard UV-light curing systems are featured, including spot, flood, and focused-beam lamps installed in benchtop units, workstations, and conveyors. The guide includes charts outlining the features of three units, such as autoranging or transformer-based power supplies, light guides, timed and manual shutters, and foot pedal or PLC controls. Five turnkey flood and focused-beam curing systems are included in the guide. It also covers UV safety and accessories.
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Sonic Packaging Industries Inc.
www.sonicpackaging.com
A company has redesigned its Web site with a tile theme to display its products and services. Convenient drop-down menus take users to diagrams of different types of packaging offered by the company, including parenterals, bottles, and blisters. The company’s brochure can be downloaded in PDF format from the home page. Special reports, including “Getting Packaging Right—7 Tips for Eliminating Communication Disasters,” and “How a Great Sampling Program Can Put You over the Top,” are available free by request via e-mail.
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SmartMove Modular Conveyors
www.4smartmove.com
Nothing gets people moving like music. And nothing moves a package like a conveyor. These two ideas are entertainingly put to use on one company’s Web site. While grooving to a techno version of the 1997 pop hit “Bittersweet Symphony,” prospective conveyor shoppers can use the interactive diagram of a factory floor to find solutions to their product-handling needs. Sections of the factory floor diagram are highlighted as the mouse cursor is passed over them, bringing up brief descriptions of each of the company’s types of conveyors. Clicking on sections of the diagram leads to specific product information pages on short and long conveyor lines, multilevel conveyors, 90° turns, and walk-through gates. Each information page also features a short video—with music—to demonstrate how a client can create flexible assembly areas and eliminate wasted motion “without missing a beat.”
If you would like a Web site to be considered for this feature or if you are interested in providing a review of a site that you have found useful, please send information to editor Daphne Allen at daphne.allen@cancom.com.
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