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May 2008
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Horizontal thermoform fill and seal: Calculating the real costs

06/01/07    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  If you’ve been seeking to enhance your existing automated operations and have previously rejected converting to horizontal thermoform fill and seal (HTFS) machinery, it just might be time to rethink that decision. White paper from Ossid explains why.

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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.

Eastman Chemical Co.

04/08

Content Type Image New Medical Technical Center launched by Eastman Chemical Co., helps designers, original equipment manufacturers, and processors select and successfully run appropriate Eastman polymer for flexible or rigid packaging.

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04/08

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‘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.

Analyzing bioplastic packaging’s future

12/07

Content Type Image  Bioplastics: The very name suggests sustainability, but that shouldn’t exempt the materials from an objective, probing analysis.

New clean room

11/07

Content Type Image  Tray-Pak Corp. is adding a Class 8 clean room designed for medical and pharmaceutical packaging. It will also meet the stringent sanitation requirements called for in demanding industries such as electronics and aerospace.

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.

Honeywell’s clutter-management products court ‘soccer moms’

10/07

Content Type Image  Innovation brings women to an aisle in the store—auto care—they don’t normally frequent, and integration of a network of vendors gives Honeywell a ‘virtual factory.’

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.

Sustainable PET film forms ‘tented-blister’ three-pack

09/07

Content Type Image Soap products company strives to keep environment clean with innovative multi-pack structure.

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Video: Brecon betters blister packing

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.

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.

DreamPak: Forming for unique packages of cheese, neutraceuticals, and snacks

Content Type Image Packaging material is fed from two unwind stands at floor level. Dancer bars help feed the material freely. Before any forming or filling can take place, the two webs must first travel to an overhead level.

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