Current issue: May2013

Machine Product Brief
| April 9, 2013

Horizontal continuous-motion cartoner for syringes

Designed to package syringes in cardboard trays at speeds up to 400 syringes/min., the Marchesini Group’s horizontal continuous-motion cartoner, the MA352 with Robocombi Robotic infeed system, is equipped with specially designed magazine units for feeding cardboard trays, and equipped with two robotic infeed systems, one for erecting the trays and one for feeding syringes.
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Machine Product Brief
| March 19, 2013

Electronic position indicator

Distributed by Automation Continuum Inc., Fiama’s EP7 electronic position indicator features a compact size, and hollow shaft assembly.
Machine Product Brief
| April 8, 2013

Continuous motion multipacker

Designed to handle food, beverage, and personal care products, Standard-Knapp’s 597 Tritium Multipacker is a continuous motion multipacker that uses single, double, and three lane configurations, swiftly arranges products into compact pack patterns, and wraps the configurations in film to eliminate trays and pads.
Machine Product Brief
| February 14, 2013

Barcode reader for challenging applications

Offering the benefits of image-based readers with the ease-of-use and cost of laser scanners, the DataMan 503 barcode reader from Cognex provides high read rates, performance feedback, and no moving parts, making it suitable for challenging barcode reading applications.
Machine Product Brief
| February 28, 2013

Enclosure wash-down systems

Fogg Filler’s Enclosure Wash-Down System and Capper and Change Parts Wash-Down System help improve sanitation in the filling environments, while saving production time.
Machine Product Brief
| March 6, 2013

Tube filler

Norden’s next generation Nordenmatic tube filler, the NM 702, produces 80 tubes/min., and offers Hot-Air sealing, Design-A-Seal, Scoop Seal, multi-color filling, and its latest innovation “concentric filling.”
Materials Product Brief
| March 7, 2013

Holographic finish for labels

Payne’s HoloSense technology produces a range of holographic effect label patterns--diagonal stripe, raindrops, kaleidoscope, mini lens, and checkerboard--available for the surface finish, can be incorporated into existing labels or included as part of a new design.
Materials Product Brief
| April 10, 2013

Peel-off security label

Schreiner MediPharm’s peel-off Pharma-Comb Security Label combines customizable overt and covert features, and incorporates detachable parts for added protection and functionality.
Materials Product Brief
| April 11, 2013

Foodservice jar

Featuring a multilayer PP/EVOH/PP structure, RPC Containers Corby’s new foodservice jar, the 4kg Bear jar, combines an extended ambient shelf life with improved safety in busy kitchen environments, and also offers enhanced transport efficiencies.
Materials Product Brief
| April 11, 2013

Rotisserie chicken container

Placon has redesigned its patented, 2-piece HomeFresh Rotisserie Chicken Container to reduce its overall use of petroleum-based resins--without sacrificing the container’s strong visual appeal and structural integrity.
Materials Product Brief
| March 28, 2013

Laminate for dry products

Available as printed roll stock and as premade pouches, BioFlex Pack laminate material from Ampac, is fully biodegradable and compostable according to European regulation EN 13432 and U.S. ASTM D6400.
Materials Product Brief
| April 10, 2013

Print primer improves ink adhesion

Michelman’s Michem Flex R1924 water based primer promotes print receptivity and adhesion of UV cured inks and coatings to flexible packaging substrates and labels.
Materials Product Brief
| March 12, 2013

Environmentally-friendly wooden crates

Internationally rated for export, Labelmaster’s SnapCrates are economical, heavy-duty wooden shipping and storage containers that provide safe, secure shipping and can be reused up to 30 times, saving crate acquisition and disposal costs, as well as space in landfills.
Materials Product Brief
| April 11, 2013

Tube with pump dispensers

The Nea and SP343 integrated airless tube + pump dispensers for personal care products from Albéa deliver 360° application, precise, consistent dosage, and a high restitution rate, provide high-protection and cost-efficiency, and are available in a wide range of decorative technologies such as flexography, silkscreen, offset and hot stamping, and visual effects including photo-like, metallic-looking, matte and gloss, or 3D printing.
Materials Product Brief
| April 15, 2013

Reusable, inflatable void fill

Designed for small- to medium-volume operations with limited space, Sealed Air’s WonderfilWrap reusable, inflatable void fill packaging solution consists of a wall-mountable automatic inflator, which inflates polyethylene wraps, and a unique valve feature that allows users to deflate the packaging after use, so it can later be re-inflated and reused for additional shipments.
Materials Product Brief
| February 18, 2013

Foldable beverage bottle/carton

Combidome from SIG Combibloc combines the best features of an aseptic carton pack with the best features of a bottle to provide unique differentiation for any beverage, and can produce 12,000 carton packs/hour.
Materials Product Brief
| April 10, 2013

PVC-free blister films

Available in all standard thicknesses and combinations, Tekni-Plex’s PX and PXA Series of blister films are said to provide equivalent performance, enhanced processability, and increased clarity when compared to PVC multi-structured laminated barrier (duplex and triplex series) and mono-blister films.
Column/Opinion
| May 1, 2013

Barilla: reduce, reuse, recycle

Guided by the words of its founder, who said, “Feed people as you would feed your own children,” over the last five years, Italian food company Barilla Group has made sustainability an official part of its corporate strategy. Here, Michele Amigoni, Group Supply Chain packaging design and standards director for Barilla, discusses the company’s sustainable packaging efforts.

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