Juice it up

 A new rinsing, filling, and capping system helps one nutraceutical contract packager eliminate microbial growth and reduce product giveaway.

Banding system increases packaging efficiencies

 Sauce manufacturer boosts line speeds, cuts material costs, and economizes on plant floor space by installing three new tamper-band application units.

Putting sustainability into practice

 Fresh milk, writing instruments, table salt, household cleaners, and guacamole—sustainable packaging initiatives are taking root in all five sectors.

How to specify application equipment for heat shrink labels

08/15/08    

  White paper from Axon explains how to properly specify equipment for a heat shrink labeling application. Covers all the criteria related to both the package type as well as the equipment itself.

Selecting the right heat-shrink device

06/28/08    

  If you are applying heat shrink sleeves, labels or bands, be sure to download this white paper from Axon that explains the different types of heat shrink technologies.

Shrink labels pump up product security

 Nutrex Research of Oviedo, FL, manufactures a line of encapsulated liquid anabolic workout formulas and fat burners that it markets on-line and through GNC, Vitamin Shoppe, Vitamin World, and other health food stores.

Concentrated, bottled plant food cultivates convenience

  At its facility in Fort Madison, IA, The Scotts Company is producing sleeved 4-packs and 2-packs of 16-oz plastic bottles of Miracle-Gro LiquaFeed All Purpose Plant Food.

Salsas in 48-oz bottle twin-packs

 In February 2007, San Antonio Farms, San Antonio, TX, began club-store marketing of double-packs of salsas in 48-oz-volume, six-layer PP/EVOH barrier jugs with .015” wall thickness and 82-g empty-bottle weight. Shelf life of the bottled salsa is 12 months. Average retail price of the salsa twin-packs is between $5.00 and $6.00.

Dow upgrades straw application operations

 Midland, MI-based Dow Chemical Company is using an EZ-Seal® 300 SL heat shrink-sleeve applicator from Axon (www.axoncorp.com) to improve tamper-evidence and straw application for its line of Great Stuff insulating foam sealant products.

Axon introduces EZ-SEAL 400SL heat shrinkable sleeve labeling system

10/23/06    

  Axon, a division of Pro Mach, will introduce its new EZ-SEAL 400SL heat shrinkable sleeve labeling system at Pack Expo in Chicago (Booth #N4032) this month.