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Semi-automatic bagger for food high-productivity applications
 Video | January 15, 2013

Semi-automatic bagger for food high-productivity applications

FAS SPrint Revolution™ Bagging System opens bags, lets operators load product, and seals bags at up to 900 inches/min. Airtight, high-quality 3/8" seals. Continuous, intermittent, or batch mode.
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| January 10, 2013

Performance, source reduction will help plastic film market

Freedonia projects demand for plastic film in the U.S. to grow 1.8% annually to 15.9 billion lb in 2016.
Machine Case Study
| January 4, 2013

Automation hastens case-packing speeds and pack-pattern changeovers

Giant Snacks seeds growth in productivity with robotic pick-and-place packing equipment.
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Machine Case Study
| January 3, 2013

Danone thermoforms PET for a niche line of products

Danone sought an alternative to an EBM bowl made of clarified PP, but it didn’t want to lose the bowl’s unusual shape or its clarity. The answer: PET and ‘open-mold’ tooling.
Machine Product Brief
| December 20, 2012

Wash down robots for food, medical applications

Designed specifically for perishable food transportation lines, Epson Robots’ C3-IP67 wash down 6-axis robots help to eliminate contamination concerns caused by mishandling and inconsistency of human intervention, and contamination caused by human hair, dust, and pollen in food transportation lines.
Compostable film wrap for Free Trade chocolates.
Package Case Study
| December 15, 2012

Chocolate wrapped in compostable film

Alce Nero, an Italian consortium of organic producers and farmers, has chosen compostable material to wrap its range of Fair Trade chocolate.
Package Case Study
| December 6, 2012

Vibrant heritage of sausage store embodied in new sleeve graphics

New design for beloved brand of U.K. pork sausages connects consumers' desire for authenticity with the product's vibrant heritage.
Machine Case Study
| December 5, 2012

Produce packaging gets QR and human-readable codes in single pass

Produce packaging supplier for the likes of Jolly Green Giant adds capabilities to print human-readable and QR codes in one pass, allowing consumers to learn about the origin of their products.
B&R announces winners of PACK EXPO student competition
Video | December 5, 2012

B&R announces winners of PACK EXPO student competition

PMMI has an unflagging commitment to education and workforce development, and with the help of the PMMI Education and Training Foundation provided travel scholarships to 170 students and instructors coming out to PACK EXPO.
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Package Case Study
| December 4, 2012

P-s labels provide premium look for pickles

Switch to pressure-sensitive labels for jars of Best Maid’s pickle products provides a premium look while maintaining the brand’s heritage appeal.

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