Flexible packaging

PMMI: Machinery shipments soared in 2004

U.S. packaging machinery shipments reached $5.344 billion in 2004, a 9.3% increase from $4.889 billion in equipment shipped in 2003, according to the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI).

March 31, 2006

Bagging & Pouching: Page 57

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

Cloud expanding services in wipes, towlettes with Multi-Pack purchase

Cloud Packaging Solutions’ recent purchase of Multi-Pack is broadening its contract packaging capabilities within the household cleaning-products industry.

March 31, 2006

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

People

William Henderson, Automation and Motion Div., Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., was elected to the executive board of the Open Modular Architecture Controls (OMAC) Packaging Workgroup.

March 31, 2006

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

Companies

Pro Mach has acquired the product line and certain assets of Mahaffy & Harder Engineering Co.

March 31, 2006

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

Packaging futurists tackle realities of global competition

At Packaging Strategies 2006, the world never looked smaller and global competition never looked fiercer. What to do?

February 28, 2006

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

Automated loading

INTERPHEX : At the Multivac booth, attendees can view a demonstration of the automatic, space-saving R140 t/f/f/s rollstock machine running with robotic loading to complete a fully-automated packaging line.

February 28, 2006

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

Pro Mach acquires Mahaffy & Harder Engineering

Pro Mach has acquired the product line and certain assets of Mahaffy & Harder Engineering Co., a provider of hf/f/s and tray sealing packaging equipment.

January 31, 2006

Cartoning

Coordinate package design with machinery capabilities

At the Package Design 2006 Conference, designers saw how innovative package designs sometimes require all-new machine designs – and why it pays to collaborate with packaging engineering up front.

January 31, 2006

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

Food service packaging/bag machine

Food service items such as sauces, stews, refried beans, and other similar products can be packaged on General Packaging Equipment's Model 642WLC vf/f/s machine in 7.5 L to 2 gallon packs.

January 31, 2006

Flexible packaging

SidePouch bagging system

The FAS SPrint SidePouch bagging system from Automated Packaging Systems has a conveyor of pre-opened bags ready for immediate loading from a 60"-wide load area.

December 31, 2005

Cartoning

Software, servos, and controller breed a new kind of cartoner

Carton forming, filling, and sealing are all integrated in a single unit that occupies minimal space on the factory floor.

December 31, 2005

Flexible packaging

Look what's coming down the packaging pike

From sustainability to high-pressure sterilization to nanotechnology, developments in food and beverage packaging hold tremendous promise.

November 30, 2005

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

Intermittent motion vf/f/s bagger

Sandiacre Rose Forgrove has launched its new TG450 intermittent motion vf/f/s bagger. The LE and L versions have a clutch brake film transport system with pneumatically operated jaws.

November 30, 2005