Sustainability

Procter & Gamble sustainability tips, insights

Tony Burns, associate director, sustainability, for P&G’s Global Package and Device Development (GPDD) group, says the company has learned several important lessons during its corporate sustainability journey.

February 1, 2009

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Sustainability

P&G provides leadership in sustainable packaging journey

With more than 300 brands sold all around the world, Procter & Gamble utilizes just about every packaging material available. Tony Burns shares his views on how P&G rises to the sustainable packaging challenge.

February 1, 2009

Sustainability

Bioplastics, bioresins adding new dimensions

February 1, 2009

Flexibles

Sustainable design ideas

There is no one right approach, but our cross-functional experts agree that any attempt requires homework and the need to extend a branding strategy rather than replace it.

February 1, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

California delay provides temporary relief

Uncertainty colored most discussions at a recent healthcare track-and-trace conference. A key question: How will FDA actions differ from California’s e-pedigree program?

February 1, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

A clean slate for coding

After beta-testing a new hot-melt coder, Cains Foods achieves a 100% scan rate on bar codes.

February 1, 2009

Flexibles

Europeans Bullish on the Growth of the Bioplastics Industry

The third annual European Bioplastics Conference was held in Berlin in November.

February 1, 2009

Flexible packaging

Capsule and liquid filling lines ease growing pains

Sports nutrition and supplement products manufacturer and co-packer All American Pharmaceutical eases growing pains with new state-of-the art capsule and liquid filling lines.

January 31, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

On spoilage indicators

There are three basic types of spoilage indicators.

January 31, 2009

Additives, coatings & inks

Rotary auger filler offers faster fills, higher throughput

Continuous motion Rotary Auger Filler from Nalbach shows accurate, high-speed filling of powders, granulars, and flakes.

January 28, 2009

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Data acquisition a good fit at vertically integrated water bottler

Packaging line analysis is never so important as it is in a rotten economy. That's when every ounce of efficiency must be wrung out of a packaging line just to keep Chapter 11 at bay.

January 28, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Quick-change front-and-back labeler

The Series 3 Premier Pressure-Sensitive Labeler from Tronics has synchronized stepper motor drive and is suitable for running various front-and-back labeling applications. Features toolless adjustments and changeover from application to application from one roll to another in minutes. Up to 99 different jobs can be stored in the controls panel.

January 27, 2009

Additives, coatings & inks

Industrial ink-jet printer proves flexible, reliable

The Jet3 continuous, noncontact ink-jet printer from Leibinger can mark and code flat, concave, convex, and structured surfaces with five lines of print, graphics, or bar codes using a variety of inks, including highly pigmented types. The patented nozzle seal closes the ink circuit during downtime, preventing ink drying and clogging.

January 24, 2009