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24 WINES&VINES October 2016 PRODUCT NEWS Online tool to track tasting room sales VingDirect's tasting room perfor- mance tracker is designed to provide wineries with the sales performance of individual tasting room staff as well as tasting room benchmarking. The tracker provides immediate feedback on current tasting room perfor- mance in addition to historical sales data. vingdirect.com Transportable applicator to secure pallets Lock N' Pop released a transport- able applicator unit for the compa- ny's "cohesive" product that secures pallet loads until they are ready to be unstacked. The new applicator can be placed on vari- ous packaging lines or used at dif- ferent facilities. Lock N' Pop claims its water-based cohesive, which is is cold applied, is stronger than stretch wrap alone. mullerics.com Social site to link wineries with consumers Whichwinery.com launched ear- lier this year as a "social, interac- tive, search-based community" to connect wineries with wine consumers. The site is designed to enable consumers to narrow winery searches by specific pref- erences and provide software as a service (SaaS) for wineries. The site offers demographic and geo- graphic information about people interacting with winery profiles. The site currently lists more than 20,000 wineries in 47 countries. whichwinery.com Bottle packer with quick change over A-B-C Packaging's Model 101 case packer features quick- change features that the supplier claims can reduce downtime by up to 30%. The machine features complete gripper assemblies for all package and bottle patterns to eliminate gripper adjustments. The guide rail can also be quickly adjusted with sliding and locking handles. abcpackaging.com Product News Latest offerings and announcements Aluminum bottles Evolution Bottles by Aleco is a new line of aluminum bottles that the company describes as offer- ing "eye-catching differentiation and unparalleled sus- tainability." The bottles can be closed with a pry-off crown cap, a roll-on pilfer-proof (ROPP) screwtop or a Stelvin screwcap. The bottles are produced with the "drawn and ironed" process that re- sults in a lightweight, thick-walled package that contains 80% re- cycled content. The bottles can be decorated with high-resolution, digital-photo-quality graphics, are shatterproof, quick chilling and weigh less than glass. evolutionbottles.com Sanitary Stainless Welding Inc. is the exclusive North American distributor for the Marzola product line