Vendor News
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09/25/13
ThermoPod® Packaging now offers mail order purveyors of temperature-sensitive fine foods and confectionary custom-sized styrene-free packaging liners for holiday shipment of mail order pies & cakes large or small, gourmet chocolates, smoked fish, caviar, glazed turkeys and hams, and other delicious payloads to customers across the country.
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09/24/13
Lightweight Containers announced it had developed a new 30-liter KeyKeg package that employs the company's “Double Wall” and “Bag-in-Ball” technology to serve and preserve beverages. The new KeyKeg 30 can “withstand even higher internal pressures that its predecessor and is even more resistant to damage,” reports the manufacturer.
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09/24/13
Parker Hannifin Corp., announced it had redesigned its pressure swing adsorption, PSA, nitrogen generators to provide flow rates 50% to 180% higher than previous models. The company’s dual bed nitrogen generators produce 99.999% pure, compressed nitrogen at dew points to -58F from a supply of compressed air.
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Spirited Shipper announced it added a new shipper package for 375 ml bottles as well as beer bottles. The company already offers cardboard shippers for 1-12 750 ml bottles as well as 1-6 magnum sized bottles.
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09/24/13
Steelhead Vineyards in Sonoma, Calif., announced it had teamed with W1NE for One to bottle wine in a new container that combines a 187 ml bottle and glass into one package. The plastic glass is attached to a screwcap bottle closure.
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Vin65’s mobile POS system for iPhones and iPods can now work with cash drawers, receipt printers and barcode scanners, the company reported. The improved POS system is designed to enable staff to take payments anywhere in a tasting room or at an event, run transactions faster and at one central location and offers customers the option of printed or email receipts.
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Vinpak announced it reached an exclusive agreement with KTM Industries to supply it with Green Cell Foam, a 100% biodegradable and compostable packing material for wooden boxes and wine bottle shippers. According to Vinpak, the material meets ASTM D6400 test protocols and is also BPI certified.
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09/12/13
Analox Sensor Technology unveiled its new Ax60 carbon dioxide monitoring system at the Drinktec trade show in Munich, Germany. The new unit features a high decibel alarm, visual alarm and a digital display that shows current C02 levels. “The new Ax60 is a versatile system,” said Analox Sensor Technology Simon Hunt in a statement.
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09/12/13
ETS Laboratories now offers glutathione analysis for berries, juice or wine. The company says the new test is in response to growing demand for white and rosé wines that exhibit “fresh, fruity or floral” characteristics. Such qualities can be lost through oxidation and glutathione is a naturally-occuring tri-peptide that’s a powerful antioxident.
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Rejex-it Bird Control released its new Fog Force product to deter birds from eating ripening grapes. The non-lethal repellant is designed to immediately stop birds from foraging in a vineyard by irritating their eyes, sinuses and mouths. According to the manufacturer, a typical treatment requires 4-8 ounces of the chemical per acre of vines and leaves no residue on grapes.
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09/12/13
Randox Food Diagnostics announced it had validated its fully automated RX Monaco analyzer for use in the wine industry. The unit provides results for a range of analysis including malic acid, glucose and fructose and ethanol from a single sample. Results are generated every few seconds.
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09/12/13
TeeJet Technologies says its new Sentry 6140 tip flow monitor provides operators with “instant notification when a spray tip is clogged, damaged, lost or misaligned leading to abnormal flow rate.” The device employs a small, turbine-style flow meter to monitor tip flow rates and issue alerts if any flow deviates from the average flow rate from the spraying rig tips.
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09/12/13
Stephen Collum of Vineyard Concepts in San Andreas, Calif., developed what he calls a “groundbreaking new product” to help ensure fruit is delivered to a winery in the best condition possible. The “Concept Cover” is a reflective shield that covers grape bins to maintain the temperature of the fruit at harvest for hours.
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As harvest approaches wineries keen to add capacity to analysis and quality control systems have a brand new option, with Randox Food Diagnostics RX Monaco analyser now validated for use on wine.
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The mobile POS for iPhone and iPods now works with cash drawers, receipt printers and barcode scanners to create a seamless integration between POS and ecommerce to give wineries a complete view of who their customers truly are.
The mobile POS is easy to use and now with supported hardware it offers a number of additional benefits, including:
Mobility for staff.
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