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May 2008
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Experts analyze medical device packaging market

05/08

Content Type Image Global packaging standards, 11607 packaging compliance, accelerated aging, package failure analyses, and tips for working with consultants were among the key discussion points at the recent MD&M (Medical Design & Manufacturing) West Conference.

Fish for lunchtime

05/08

Content Type Image Marking its 20th year, the DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation 2008 include a number of notable achievements in sustainable packaging.

Lidding proves m’m, m’m good to go for Campbell’s Soup at Hand

03/08

Content Type Image  Campbell Soup Co.’s Web site describes its Campbell’s Soup at Hand as “a great way to eat right when you’re on the run.”

‘Full-panel’ reseal realizes gold

03/08

Content Type Image  Reseal options give companies more ways for providing consumers with added package convenience. One new technology, which adapts the entire front of a package into a recloseable panel, has been recognized with gold-level honors in packaging excellence by FPA judges.

2008 FPA Silver Award Winners

02/14/08

Content Type Image  Photos of the 2008 Flexible Packaging Assn. Silver Award winners.

Air-tight combo-container protects lip products

11/07

Content Type Image  BeautiControl repackaging solves dehydration problems.

Brecon betters blister packing

11/07

Content Type Image  Both thermoforming and cold-forming of foil are routinely done on this new and highly versatile blister-pack line at contract packager Brecon Pharmaceuticals in Wales.

Smart packaging—gaining traction in the marketplace

10/07

Content Type Image  The promise of smart packaging has always been impressive. Now, at last, some pretty intriguing commercial applications are starting to surface.

Pickle packs debut

06/07

Content Type Image Retortable single-serve barrier cups have generated a number of headlines lately. First was cat food, then tuna for humans, and now, from Mt. Olive Pickle Company of Mt. Olive, NC, pickles.

Unilever gets a boost from Robotics

04/07

Content Type Image   Quick-change versatility and a boost in throughput are two of the benefits gained since a four-robot packaging cell was installed at this Unilever meat plant in Germany.

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Somic debuts tray erect/load/lid system    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  For Somic, the shipping case is the display for a wide array of flexible and rigid containers. Interpack saw operation of a complete tray erecting, packaging and lidding end-of-line system from Somic.

Easily integrated or standalone pick-and-place machine    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  The Model SMR3 is a three-stop rotary placing system that utilizes Graphic Packaging's patented secondary motion technology. This compact system combines a conventional 30-degree inclined infeed magazine with a second position for labeling, coding, gluing, bar code reading or product assembly.

Schering-Plough: Blister pack forming/filling for Claritin

Content Type Image From a feed bowl, tablets are fed into formed blisters via a Cam Pak thermoform/fill/seal system. Once lidding is applied, blister packs move through an inspection station from SEA Vision (represented in the U.S. by Calia Technical Inc.) and then on to a punch station.

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