Contract packager profile

Packaging lines are maintained in 16 separate rooms or “suites” to control positive air pressure and insures there is no cross-contamination between powdered products.
Supplier News
| April 4, 2013

Quality is top priority in contract packaging growth strategy

GSC Packaging, specializing in stick-packs and flexible single-serve packaging for powdered products, maintains high growth through strict quality controls and standards.
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Supplier News
| January 29, 2013

Personal Best: Doing well by doing good

Dave Shaffer, president and CEO of DePaul Industries, explains how to grow a vibrant CPG contract packaging business while also hiring and training people with developmental disabilities.
Hot-fill PET container holds 16 oz of barbecue sauce marketed by Old South Foods.
Package Case Study
| January 18, 2013

16-oz hot-fill PET for BBQ sauce

Copacker Old South Foods’ first use of PET delivers glass-like appearance, reduced breakage, and improved filling.
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Machine Case Study
| January 18, 2013

Vibratory size grader adds efficiencies for Jamieson Laboratories

Automates removal of broken tablets and fragments upstream of packaging for Canadian maker of vitamins, minerals, and supplements.
Able to accommodate a variety of product viscosities, the system forms, fills, and seals retail-ready, high-seal-integrity pouches in a range of sizes.
Feature Article
| January 3, 2013

Single-lane vf/f/s machine pounces on pouching challenges

New machine helps contract pouch packager enhance operating efficiencies and expand market opportunities.
By pretty much standardizing on thermal-transfer print-and-apply labelers, Carolina Beverage Group has been able to make a lot if its contract packaging customers happy.
Package Case Study
| December 4, 2012

Copacker thrives with print-and-apply labelers

Carolina Beverage Group has plenty of expertise in canning energy drinks, teas, and juice-based beverages. Now it’s become something of an expert in print-and-apply labelers, too.
Shortly after HDPE bottles have been unscrambled and oriented on Doppel’s new liquids line, the bottles are inverted and cleaned with a burst of purified air.
Feature Article
| November 12, 2012

Contract pharma manufacturer invests in both liquid and tube filling

Versatility and higher speeds are the two key benefits enjoyed by this Italian contract manufacturer of pharmaceutical products since two new packaging lines were installed.
Supplier News
| September 11, 2012

AndersonBrecon addresses global healthcare packaging issues

Repositioned company adds flexibility to U.S. and European contract packaging operations to help meet evolving needs of manufacturers around the globe.
Both heads of the tandem shrink-sleeve labeler have a film accumulation feature that makes it possible to splice in a new roll of film with no interruption to labeling.
Machine Case Study
| September 5, 2012

‘Do-it-right’ philosophy drives California copacker

Hot brands in the beverage category are driving growth at this California contract bottler, where a new line handles CSD or still beverages in a variety of sizes at 600 bottles/min.
Small-character continuous ink-jet printers apply clear, crisp ID/tracking codes to the honey containers.
Feature Article
| September 4, 2012

Coding versatility vanquishes packaging waste & downtime

Dutch Gold Honey installs centralized database ink-jet coding network to ensure the right code on the right package at the right time.

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