Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Medical thermoform-fill-seal machine introduced by Ossid

Ossid’s new 8000S thermoform-fill-seal machine offers a versatile, customizable packaging platform.

June 30, 2017

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Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Sealed paper packaging spreads wings

Bosch Packaging Technology and BillerudKorsnäs debuted their joint effort in sealed paper technology at PACK EXPO International 2016, but at interpack 2017 the two firms revealed significant advances aimed at sugar and flour producers, both large and small scale, to be the users of this technology.

June 22, 2017

Conveying & accumulation

Compact, cost-competitive, reconfigurable conveyors

How to enhance versatility and reduce maintenance and floor space requirements.

May 1, 2017

Flow wrapping

Automated wrapping reaps rewards

Hill Country Bakery achieves greater packaging speeds and flexibility, while reducing product damage and labor costs.

May 1, 2017

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

330-gallon liquid shippers collapse for efficient return shipping

A bag-in-box system in this intermediate bulk container permits aseptic filling and discharge of bulk liquid products, but is far easier and more efficient to transport than stainless steel options. Once emptied, the container’s outer shell collapses, making for efficient stacking and lower-cost return shipping. In a truck that’s of typical height, seven shippers can usually stack within a single pallet footprint––and in a warehouse, it’s not uncommon to see stacking that’s 20 plus!

April 18, 2017

Flow wrapping

Integrated flow-wrapping line keeps chocolate cookies cool

Costa Rica-based confectionery company increases capacity by 25% with new integrated packaging line comprising a new conveyor, cooling tunnel, and two horizontal flow wrappers.

April 3, 2017

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Automated film roll splicing

Significantly improves vf/f/s packaging line changeover efficiencies.

March 28, 2017

Flow wrapping

African confectioner sweetens its wrapping capabilities

New wrapping machines at Kenyan confectioner Kenafric Industries produce up to 1,980 chewy sweets/min and 1,100 pieces/min of bubble gum, and bring its number of wrapping systems to 30.

March 25, 2017

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Triangle Package Machinery appoints new regional sales manager

David Hart, brings 15 years of packaging experience and will build and manage Triangle Package Machinery’s Southeast business relationships as the company’s new Regional Sales Manager.

March 22, 2017

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Signature Snacks—the pride of Dubai

Based in Dubai, largest city in the United Arab Emirates, Signature Snacks has seen remarkable growth since its 2014 launch, and packaging has played a key role.

March 15, 2017

Flow wrapping

Industrial PC suits new and legacy machines

No matter whose servo drives and motors a customer prefers, and even if the customer’s machine is ‘legacy’ in status, Winpak’s use of this industrial PC comes up big.

March 6, 2017

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Harpack-ULMA appoints bakery and confectionary segement manager

Harpak-ULMA hired David Nettles to lead Bakery and Confectionary Segment.

March 3, 2017

Flexible packaging

New chip pack format seen at PACK EXPO East

Irving, TX-based Mission Foods has sold its popular tortilla chips in preformed flat-bottom pouches made of a paper lamination for many years now, but new packages shown at PACK EXPO East suggest that a change is being evaluated.

February 28, 2017