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Materials Product Brief
| May 21, 2012

Gabletop carton with curvy shape

Designed for premium milk and juice, Tetra Pak’s Tetra Rex Pearl gabletop carton is a curved, droplet-shaped keyline container that provides an impactful side profile for improved branding possibilities.
Package Case Study
| May 17, 2012

Mars Drinks debuts 100% recyclable Freshpack

Single-serve brewing system gets first two drink pouches in recyclable material, said to reduce the package footprint from 40% to 44%, depending on method of disposal.
Package Case Study
| May 16, 2012

New package washes away dishwashing brand’s identity crisis

Switch to clear PET container and pressure-sensitive label enhances brand image, promotes packaging efficiency, and increases sales for Chinese dishwash detergent.
Machine Case Study
| May 15, 2012

PepsiCo Brazil chooses liquid-carton filling equipment

Company adds liquid-carton filling machine to produce single-serve portions of its highly popular chocolate milk drink.
UPS Laos
Package Case Study
| May 14, 2012

UPS delivers $9 million of flu vaccine to Laos

Walgreens donates 375,000 doses that UPS air-ships more than 9,000 miles in five days through five countries, maintaining mandatory 2° to 8°C temperatures through a range of climates.
Materials Product Brief
| May 14, 2012

Bio-container for nutritional supplement and cosmetics market

Designed to store vitamins, medical tablets, food and nutritional supplements, and cosmetic products, Cardia Bioplastics’ Biohybrid containers are food-contact compliant and fully recyclable.
Materials Product Brief
| May 11, 2012

Recycled content protective packaging

Created in partnership with their customers, Sealed Air’s recycled content specialty foam products now include: Ethafoam MRC (maximum recycled content), Ethafoam HRC (high recycled content), and Stratocell RC (recycled content).
Materials Product Brief
| May 10, 2012

Tamper-resistant snack cup

Inline Plastics Corp.’s new grab and go 12-oz. snack cups, the newest version of their Safe-T-Fresh line of products, incorporate a tamper-resistant locking mechanism and an exclusive patented tear-strip hinge.
Video | May 8, 2012

Live from Interphex: Commercial packaging facility coming to Pennsylvania

Almac announces additional details on their new commercial packaging facility opening Fall 2012 in Audubon, Pennsylvania.
Machine Product Brief
| May 7, 2012

Introducing Packaging Efficiency Solutions: A packaging systems innovator

The name is the bottom line, Packaging Efficiency Solutions. Backing up the new company’s claim is a wealth of experience in solid dose bottling lines. Co-founder Andrew Smith explains that PES will both manufacture advanced machinery and offer turnkey systems integration.
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Video | May 7, 2012

Efficient v/f/f/s for the really big stuff

PKT specializes in bag filling, palletizing and stretch wrapping. New at the IPACK IMA show in Milan Italy was the FPK88, a 2,000+ bag per hour continuous vertical form/fill/seal machine for large bags.
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Video | May 7, 2012

New palletizer doubles production

TMG makes case packers and palletizers for rigid bottles. At IPACK IMA in Milan, Italy, TMG introduced the Sirio 2S high level palletizer, capable of handling up to 6,000 bundles per hour. A dynamic manipulation and pre-formation system forms layers without stopping the movement of bundles.
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Video | May 7, 2012

Labeler delivers mechatronic flexibility

At the IPACK IMA show in Milan, Italy, KOSME, a business unit of KRONES, introduced a new labeler using control technology from B&R Industrial Automation.
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Package Case Study
| May 3, 2012

Pomegranate arils crowned with custom container

POM Wonderful launches another design original, with its custom cup, lid, and spoon for a Fresh Arils pomegranate product, available in stores during the pomegranate harvest season.
Package Case Study
| May 1, 2012

Craft brewers pick bottle can for limited-edition Chaka ale

A resealable aluminum bottle provides differentiation, as well as light weight and shelf-life advantages for limited-release handcrafted ale.
Materials Product Brief
| April 30, 2012

Reclosable, flexible pouches with hygiene levels up to ultra clean-fill

Available in filling volume sizes from 100 milliliters to five liters, SurePOUCH packs from Bosch Packaging Technology are reclosable, flexible pouches filled on the new SurePOUCH clean-fill machine series (SPC).
Light weight and shatter resistance join with great shelf impact.
Package Case Study
| April 27, 2012

Distinctive PET bottle for rum

The launch of McCormick Distilling Co.'s new Montego Bay Coconut Rum is marked by packaging with eye-catching design and color that gives the new brand strong shelf appeal.
Video | April 27, 2012

'Breakthrough' pasteurization technology for chilled ready meals

At Anuga FoodTec, Hakan Pettersson, managing director of MicVac, describes what he calls a “breakthrough innovation technology” for chilled ready meals. The MicVac process allows raw or partially pre-cooked ingredients to be microwave-pasteurized in-pack. The process is said to allow for greater product quality, color, taste, texture, vitamin content, and shelf life.

 

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