Laser Cut for Clear Window

At PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2019 the Matik booth featured, among other things, the SEI Laser PackMaster WD.

Sep 26th, 2019

The clear window in this stand-up pouch was produced by the SEI Laser PackMaster WD.

The clear window in this stand-up pouch was produced by the SEI Laser PackMaster WD.

Matik is the exclusive North American distributor of SEI equipment. This digital laser system is designed for laser cutting, laser scoring, or macro- or micro-perforation of single- or multi-layer flexible films. Compatible materials include PE, PET, PP, nylon, PTFE. The main laser advantages and features include the precise selective material removal, the laser perforating capability (hole size from 100 micron), and repeatability of the process. The all-digital process allows a rapid change-over and a significant time and cost reduction, which is not possible in the case of “analog” mechanical die-boards, says Matik.

Shown at the PACK EXPO booth was a package benefiting from this technology: a stand-up pouch for Rana Duetto ravioli. The colorful printed material is sent through the PackMaster laser cutting system and then a clear film is laminated to the printed material.

Matik Inc.

Pulp-based bag for pasta includes a see-through window.

Recyclable pasta bag

Italian pasta maker Girolomoni has launched its organic Graziella Ra ancient wheat spaghetti, farfalle, and penne rigate in what is described as a fully recyclable paper stand-up bag with a window that allows consumers to clearly see the product inside.

New paper-based tortilla packaging.

Paper-based lidding for tortillas

Paulig, based in Helsinki, Finland, and owner of the Santa Maria brand, actively strives to reduce its environmental impact and has worked for some time now to develop packaging that protects product while minimizing environmental impact.

Kellogg, Bear Naked’s Stand-Up Pouch Takes Circular Route to Recyclability

Confronted with questions around sustainability, the flexible packaging industry is working to make recyclable pouches a reality in support of a more circular economy, using the How2Recycle label.

German snack manufacturer Wildcorn has introduced a fully recyclable bag for its Wildcorn organic popcorn range.

Recyclable, high-barrier PP pouch for German snack brand

For its roasted popcorn snacks, Berlin-based Wildcorn uses a multilayer high-barrier PP laminated film that is recyclable in countries having the recycling infrastructure to accept the material.

The Organics line uses a colored background and a Kraft tag.

Color Drives Graphics for Organic BBQ Sauce

New BBQ sauce line in a new, inverted pouch for Uncle Dougie’s requires packaging graphics that differentiate it on shelf while aligning with the company’s legacy bottled products.

A life-cycle analysis of glass jars versus flexible pouches yielded surprising results.

Serendipity Strikes a Third Time with Sustainability

In analyzing the sustainability of the new inverted squeeze pouch for its BBQ sauce, Uncle Dougie’s is surprised to learn of its environmental impact versus glass jars.

The inverted squeeze pouch makes it easier for consumers to add to their favorite meal.

Inverted Pouch for BBQ Sauce a First for the Category

Responding to a survey on consumers’ pain points around BBQ sauce, Uncle Dougie’s introduces a new line of Organics in the STANDCAP pouch, eliminating messy closures and product waste.

OpTri-Collapsible Bottle

Diamond Award Finalist: Danone-Nutricia Research’s OpTri-Collapsible Bottle

The OpTri bottle, says Danone-Nutricia Research, is next-generation packaging for Tube Feed nutrition, the liquid nutrition used by patients who are unable to obtain nutrition by mouth.

PP and PE transparent barrier films

Toppan: PP and PE transparent barrier films

Toppan Printing launches GL-X-BP a PP-based transparent barrier film suitable for boiling water sterilization and hot filling, and GL-X-LE a transparent barrier film using a PE substrate.

The clear window in this stand-up pouch was produced by the SEI Laser PackMaster WD.

Laser Cut for Clear Window

At PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2019 the Matik booth featured, among other things, the SEI Laser PackMaster WD.

Wheeled, hinged electrical cabinet is on rails, making for easy maintenance access on the 500 bag/min machine.

V/f/f/s Makes Maintenance a Breeze

Wheeled, hinged electrical cabinet is on rails, making for easy maintenance access, among other features of the fast, snack food-aimed, 500 bag/min dual mandrel system.

A more sustainable approach to film structures for pouches was a Scholle highlight at PACK EXPO Las Vegas.

More sustainable pouch material

Like other suppliers of packaging materials exhibiting at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, Scholle has identified a movement in the spouted pouch market from aluminum foil-based laminations to transparent laminations and, ideally, to a transparent and recyclable option.

The Bear Naked package utilizes zipper style 8113, a recyclable option from the Fresh-Lock&circledR; 8000 Series.

5 Firms Develop Recyclable Pouch

New structure makes Bear Naked granola pouch acceptable to Store Drop-Off programs.

Zipper reclosure is said to be a first in the fresh English muffin category.

Zipper Reclosure for Fresh English Muffins

A PACK EXPO highlight in the Upper South hall of Amcor was a package of English muffins from Dave’s Killer Bread, a firm based in Milwaukie, OR.

Avery Dennison: Standup pouch

Avery Dennison’s Stand Up Pouch construction features print-ready facestocks with 3 mil sealant films. They can be printed and formed into pre-made pouches or pouched directly through form-fill-seal lines.

Pentalabel Eklipse

Avery Dennison: UV-blocking shrink film

Avery Dennison launches Pentalabel Eklipse opaque shrink film designed to block nearly 100% percent of UV light. It is available in glossy and matte varnishes.

Product using UPM Raflatac Forest Film wood-based PP film

UPM Raflatac: Wood-based PP film for labels

UPM Raflatac launches the UPM Raflatac Forest Film wood-based PP film for labels. It has been developed in collaboration with UPM Biofuels using UPM BioVerno naphtha, a 100% wood-based solution originating from sustainably managed forests.

The robot picks two rows of six 4-lb bags from a conveyor and transfers them to the display.

Robots enable value-added packaging for sugar

Michigan Sugar Company adds robotic palletizing for bundled trays and display pallets that offer flexibility and high-efficiency picking.

Factory Manager Nguyen Duc Vinh (middle) shows Andreas Rothbauer (right) the OPTIMA DS1 in production.

Automatic bagger for baby diapers cuts labor in half

Vietnamese nonwovens company replaces semi-automatic bagger with fully automatic one to increase line capacity while cutting labor in half.

Justin’s new snack pack contains 40% PCR PE in the sealant layer, making it 25% of the package overall.

Justin’s new snack pouch contains 25% PCR plastic

Flexible package for new nut butter-covered nuts from Justin’s is one of the first commercial pouches to use such a high proportion of PCR plastic.

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Among the 20 different package formats run on the new robotic cartoner is a shelf-ready retail display.

Cartoning cookies at 330/min

Italian cookie company stays competitive through investment, with its latest purchase a robotic monoblock case former/loader/sealer coupled with an automatic wraparound case packer.

Hopapops Sweet Heat

Pouch graphics put an end to ‘sad snacking’

New popped lotus seed snack gets packaging graphics that epitomize the fun of healthy snacking, with bold illustrations, bright colors, and brand mark typography that has a ‘cheeky bounce.’

Alpura becomes the first in Mexico to commercialize the Ecolean pouch.

First use of Ecolean in Mexico

Mexico City-based Alpura, a leading dairy producer in Mexico, is the first in that country to commercialize an innovative stand-up pouch that has become quite popular around the world.

In June Thinsters released a limited-edition package with the Grateful Dead to bring music and cookie lovers together.

Thinsters are truckin’ this summer with the Grateful Dead

A limited edition bag featuring the iconic Dancing Bear and a history of the Grateful Dead brings music and cookie lovers together.

Karess&circledR; SmudgeProof

Nobelus: Overlaminate film

Nobelus lanuches Karess® SmudgeProof overlaminate film. The clear overlaminate film’s protective finish prevents scuff marks, smudges, and fingerprints on labels, cartons, and book covers.

Lake Champlain Chocolates installed a combination checkweigher/metal detector on their new chocolate bar line last year.

Chocolate bar maker puts a premium on quality

New combination checkweigher/metal detector helps Lake Champlain Chocolates uphold its high quality standards, ensure food safety, and reliably meet net weight.

Printpack wins gold award from FTA

The Flexographic Technical Association Award recognized Flexography for wide web printing.

La Granda uses stand-up pouches made with 80% sugarcane-based PE for three of its Piedmontese beef products.

Bio-PE pouch helps advance beef producer’s mission

Beef products from Northern Italian breeder association La Granda, part of the Slow Flood Presidia, are now packaged in a stand-up pouch made from more than 80% bio-based plastic.

Terphane: Sustainable PET film

Terphane launches Ecophane sustainable film composed of 30% or more of post-consumer recycled, food grade PET.

Wada Farms’ Tater Made bag is made from 20% to 25% starch-based biopolymer and 75% to 80% polyethylene.

Biopolymer potato bags are ‘Tater Made’

Wada Farms uses a bag made partially from potato starch for its Idaho Potatoes that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, the use of petroleum-based plastics, and excess film gauge.

McClures introduces 2.2-oz pouched pickles.

Snack pack pickles

Detroit-based McClure’s Pickles, a leading producer of gourmet pickled goods, condiments, and Bloody Mary Mixes, has released new McClure’s Pickle Snack Packs.

Star zip-pop bag

Schur Star Systems: Zip-pop bag

The Schur Star zip-pop bag is a patented and automatically packed dual-chamber bag produced for use in the microwave and allowing completion of ready-made meals in one step; by utilizing the patented flavor release chamber, the content is cured and spiced during cooking.