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Continuously convey and distribute proportional amounts of product to multiple locations without “starving” downstream equipment. Heat and Control’s FastBack conveyor equipped with the Revolution rotary gate delivers a consistent supply of product so weighers and bagmakers operate at peak efficiency.
The Pegasus Cartoner: Continuous motion, horizontal cartoner for erecting, loading and closing glue or tuck style cartons. This video from Econocorp shows automatic bottle orienting, loading, and cartoning on a production line.
Strategy brief from Loveshaw evaluates the cost of automated case tapers vs. manual case taping, comparing number of workers, number of cases taped, tape used, and impact on production.
See video of 3M™ 3M-Matic™ Random Case Sealer 700r3 that uses 3 inch tape to seal up to 15 different case sizes per minute.
A Woodman continuous-motion Cyclone bagmaker packaging 'simulated' potato chips at 135 bags per minute.
New white paper from MOCON demonstrates it is now possible for the first time to determine actual shelf-life for oxygen sensitive products at time of production.
A video from Exact Packaging takes the viewer through the labeling process for pre-formed bags. Packagers looking for a versatile labeler will appreciate how this video shows key operations and machine construction and precision qualities.
New white paper from EPI Exact Packaging explains how Marketing's plans for promotional efforts through in-pack or on-pack labels or promotional pieces can help gain buy-in from an essential group: Production.
The snack-food aisle is cluttered with a mind-boggling assortment of brands and a lot of visual “noise.” For newcomers in the category, distinction is essential.
New proposal targets acrylamide for its ‘reproductive toxicity’ and seeks to set maximum allowable dose.
Research shows that Canada consumers are adopting a ‘Pick’n’Pack’ meal approach. Frito-Lay’s new multipacks respond with variety and portion control.
American Dietetic Association offers help navigating food labels—more consumer confusion.
Uses for tubes have grown in the past few years, but this package may smell a little fishy!
Marketed as “The new sound of green,” the SunChips 100% compostable flexible snack bag will begin appearing on Canadian retail shelves in March.
Some of the best ideas appearing on store shelves today have come about because brand marketers go outside of their companies for ideas.
I love stories about innovative companies whose people are willing to try new things.
Project-by-project, Kraft Foods’ global business units, with leadership from the company’s corporate sustainability team, are creating a culture where sustainability is a part of every package design.
Contract manufacturer and packager touts scale, vertical integration, and personal service to grow while servicing large and small consumer product companies.
Sealed Air’s Ron Cotterman speaks on his Greener Package Awards judging experience, nothing he’d like to see more holistic designs next year.
Baer Design Group president Lisa Baer tells why the SunChips bag and the Rexam pharmaceutical vials were among her favorite entries in this year’s awards.
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