Conveying & accumulation

Cornstarch bottling from scratch and on a budget

A new line at ACH Food Co. relies on rebuilt machinery.

September 3, 2009

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Capitalizing on the Information Highway

Technology used with increasing frequency in packaging—sensors, 2D bar codes, radio-frequency identification, time/temperature indicators—could be deployed to better ensure food safety.

September 3, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID Hawaiian style

The issues of food safety, supply chain visibility, and traceability all converged in Hawaii this past year with an RFID pilot for produce.

September 2, 2009

Additives, coatings & inks

New duty to report dangerous foods

Starting September 8, 2009, food companies have an important new legal obligation: They have to report to FDA when they discover a food has a reasonable probability of causing serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or other animals.

September 1, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeler with track-and-trace ability

Weber’s Packaging Execution System (PES) allows users to record and manage internal track-and-trace data in conjunction with the operation of the Model 5300 Series’ label printer-applicators.

August 31, 2009

Converting equipment

Key Baby introduces BPA-free infant care line

Infant care product manufacturer Key Baby, LLC introduced its Weil Baby line of baby bottles, sippy cups, nipples, pacifiers, and accessories made with Tritan™ EX401, a new-generation copolyester resin from Eastman (www.eastman.com), as well as in glass.

August 31, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Some bad news, some good news

So I’m talking to this crackerjack controls engineering guru about next year’s Packaging Automation Forum*, and by the end of our conversation it hits me: The U.S. manufacturing sector is cost-cutting itself into a heap of trouble. I know, in an economy where consumers who once engaged in aspirational spending have now shifted to desperational spending, being lean is what it’s all about these days.

August 31, 2009

Sustainability

Packer/manufacturer blends quality into every service

Testing and analysis are hallmarks of the approach at APCO Packaging. ‘The decision is theirs to make,’ the company president says of his customers. ‘But the process is ours.’

August 5, 2009

Flexibles

Industry watch

August 4, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Insights into FDA's process validation guidance draft

FDA’s draft takes a product life-cycle approach to manufacturing drugs and biologics. ISPE Webinar host Paul D’Eramo of Johnson & Johnson discusses the draft.

August 3, 2009

Flexible packaging

Carrying a torch for sustainable packaging

A switch to PET jug preforms for lamp fuels improves sustainability and reduces in-transit package damage.

August 3, 2009

Sustainability

Biodegradable bags: A real solution or more greenwashing?

August 3, 2009

Tamper-evident machinery

PET recycling facility opens with 40MM-pound annual capacity

A gorgeous, sunny June day was the backdrop for a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Davisville, WV, that celebrated the opening of a new, 800,000-sq-ft in-house plastics recycling facility that represents a $20 million investment and took just eight months to complete.

August 3, 2009