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Krones
Machine Product Brief
| March 31, 2010

Blow-molding machine

Krones' MouldXpress Advanced reduces the change-over time for molds in their Contiform stretch blow-molding machines, improving the availability levels of the machine.
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PET line brings capacity, flexibility to Coke plant
 Video | March 31, 2010

PET line brings capacity, flexibility to Coke plant

Anchored by a blow/fill/cap Combi system, this new line handles three bottle sizes and reaches 32,000 bottles/hr on 1.5-L bottles. Just two 'pilots' are required to guide it.
Supplier News
| March 29, 2010

Master Packaging adds new Sr. VP, Sales and Marketing

David Fletcher, a 19-year veteran of the flexible packaging industry has joined Master Packaging as Sr. Vice President, Sales and Marketing.
Podcast | March 1, 2010

New PET for extrusion blow

Ron Schotland talks with Packaging World editor Pat Reynolds about a new polyester that makes it possible to extrusion blow mold PET containers that have an integral handle.
Supplier News
| January 28, 2010

PAC Machinery Group appoints VP of sales & marketing

The PAC Machinery Group (PMG) has appointed Dennis McGrath as Vice President of Marketing & Sales.
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News
| January 21, 2010

2 packaging developments worth watching

A ‘new’ PET and augmented-reality packaging—they’re coming down the packaging pike.
Feature Article
| January 5, 2010

Make collaboration a 2010 theme

A newly developed lubricating material greatly reduces time spent on maintaining blow molds at Nestlé Water. A close buyer/supplier partnership made it possible.
Stouffer
News
| December 16, 2009

Nestlé replaces CPET with paperboard for Stouffer's trays

A change from plastic to paperboard trays for family-size Stouffer’s entrées, as well as other packaging changes, yields a material savings for Nestle of nearly 3,000 tons annually.
Achieving speed to commercialization: Visual Pak's three-pronged attack
 Video | December 7, 2009

Achieving speed to commercialization: Visual Pak's three-pronged attack

Contract manufacturer and packager touts scale, vertical integration, and personal service to grow while servicing large and small consumer product companies.
News
| December 6, 2009

A fiber-based food pack first

Finnish food marketer introduces a new kind of tray that permits unusual shapes and functionalities.

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