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April 2008
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Case packing preserves shape of product

04/18/08    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  The Cheese Block Case Packer from Massman receives a standard 40# cheese block, wraps a sleeve around it (for stacking strength and to retain the shape of the cased block) and pushes the sleeved block into a wraparound case. See how it's done in this video.

Video shows flexible palletizing system for dairy products

04/02/08    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  TINE Meieriet Øst decided to introduce greater automation in order to achieve a significant increase in palletizing capacity. The company, a subsidiary of TINE BA, Norway’s largest producer of dairy products, thus wanted to move away from manual palletizing downstream of a TetraPak filling machine. This video from KUKA Robotics shows the flexible palletizing system for dairy products in trays and display cases.

New liquid dispensing flip-top cap, perfect for specialty milk products

02/07/08    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  Imagine your dairy products pouring from the bottle with a controlled directional flow. No mess, no liquid running down the bottle sides. Watch the footage behind the scenes at a focus group to find out what consumers are saying about the new dispensing closure from Weatherchem.

Shrink sleeve applicator video

06/26/07    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image See video of Axon's 200SL full body shrink sleeve and tamper evident band applicator which can run up to 220 packages/min. Easily integrated with your existing lines or we can provide a complete system including applicator, conveyor and heat tunnel.

Stainless steel case sealer for harsh environments

06/25/07    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  With 99% stainless steel construction, 3M™ 3M-Matic™ Stainless Steel Case Sealer 700a-s offers durability and productivity in high-moisture and corrosive packaging operations.

Articles

2008 packaged goods trends—top 10 countdown...

04/17/08

Content Type Image #10—Probiotics are everywhere.

Market overview of confectionery sales in Africa and the Middle East

04/08/08

Content Type Image  Confectionery retail sales in Africa and the Middle East are expected to reach the US$4.5 billion mark in 2007, up 3% on the previous year.

Braille ‘signed’ on sleeved bottles

04/08

Content Type Image Italy’s Brescia Milk Depot debuts Braille via hot-melt adhesive dots applied to shrink-sleeved milk bottles.

1-lb carton set to churn bigger butter sales

04/03/08

Content Type Image  Land O'Lakes' larger box is more appealing to consumers and big retailers.

2008 FPA Silver Award Winners

02/14/08

Content Type Image  Photos of the 2008 Flexible Packaging Assn. Silver Award winners.

Industry watch

01/08

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The evolution of natural as a lifestyle choice

01/09/08

Content Type Image  It’s all about stewardship, life, and energy, and it’s playing out in the beauty and health and wellness categories.

New tea totes top-notch labels

12/07

Content Type Image  Ten-color gravure print gives PVC shrink labels impact.

A f’REAL! insight in a new package introduction

12/03/07

Content Type Image  How to test a new package ‘covertly’ in the real world while limiting your company's risk and increasing your packaging intelligence.

The slice is alright: Pack protects premium cheese

11/27/07

Content Type Image  Pack opening for BelGioioso cheese improves with new structure.

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Somic debuts tray erect/load/lid system    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  For Somic, the shipping case is the display for a wide array of flexible and rigid containers. Interpack saw operation of a complete tray erecting, packaging and lidding end-of-line system from Somic.

Weber's newest slicer achieves    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  Weber's precise, high speed 904 high speed food slicer averages under 1% give-away -- with 0.2% common. That's especially important in a time of record high meat and dairy prices and transportation costs.

ACMA 32-head rotary liquid filler    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  Tool-less changeovers, modular design, easy to access and ultraclean -- ACMA's new WM filling machine is the culmination of 25 years' experience in electronic net weight filling systems.

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