Flexibles

Leak-resistant packaging ensures a drier retail poultry case

Cryovac poultry films, bags, absorbent pads and trays allow retailers to create a more appealing display and relieve shoppers from handling wet, sticky poultry packages. Cryovac also supplies vacuum shrink wraps and tray lidding for hundreds of retail food applications.

October 2, 2013

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Secondary Packaging

Combination shrink-wrapper/case-packer can take bottles and tubes from pucks

Patented pick and place system from Polypack can shrink-wrap hard-to-handle bottles and tubes, and use a gantry system to pack them into a case.

October 2, 2013

Flow wrapping

Snack bar packaging at 500 products/min

Food producer Nature’s Path installs an automatic packaging line for its organic rice and granola bars that provides up to six times the output of its previous system.

October 1, 2013

Flexibles

Barrier bags and retort pouches open opportunities

Mondi America introduces several new paper-based bags for high-speed filling of fine powders, including a single-ply construction, and will be starting production of flexible film retort pouches for applications such as baby food and pet food in December.

October 1, 2013

Flexibles

Stackable flexible package features reclosable lid produced from a single roll of film

Patented PrimaPak design from Clear Lam replaces cans, bottles and jars eliminating hundreds of millions of pounds of glass, plastic and metal from landfills. Packaging is designed to reduce weight, improve cube utilization and enhance product to package ratios as well as maximize efficiencies in warehousing, shipping, and merchandising.

September 30, 2013

Flow wrapping

Stick pack packaging machine produces packs up to 8 in. long

Stick pack systems from Viking Masek are available with servo augers, volumetric, and liquid fillers, and produce stick packs up to nearly 8 in. long by 2 in. wide. Machines can be constructed from 2 to 20 lanes depending on the stick pack width and overall web width; they produce stick packs at the rate of 30-50+ bags per minute per lane!

September 29, 2013

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

Bag maker does 160/min

Apache CM bag maker from Kliklok-Woodman does up to 160 bags/min in continuous motion. Has an open, low-profile design and is available with ultrasonic sealing.

September 29, 2013

Flow wrapping

Horizontal long-dwell flow wrapper

Bosch Packaging Technology's new Pack 301 LD (long dwell) flow wrapper allows for longer sealing times compared with traditional rotary cutting heads, resulting in air-tight seams. Applicable for a variety of products, including fresh, perishable goods, and products packed in thick film such as medical goods.

September 25, 2013

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

Versatile automatic sachet machine

The Beta 200 sachet machine for cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications can dose for powders, granules, pastes, liquids, and wet wipes of various shapes and sizes.

September 25, 2013

Flexibles

Printed shrink film offers brand visibility

Exopack rollstock films are available as mono-layer, co-extruded or laminated structures. Company's printing and graphic capabilities are geared toward delivering maximum shelf appeal versus traditional paperboard carriers.

September 24, 2013

Flexible packaging

Video: Matrix showcases the Inever multilane stickpack machine

The compact, modular, and robust Inever BY300 multilane stickpack machine is ideal for low-to-medium production of quality stickpack seals of dosing powders, granules, solids, liquids, and pastes with minimal investment required.

September 19, 2013

Flexibles

Cereal maker introduces plant-based box liner

Organic products maker Cascadian Farm now lines its Cinnamon Crunch cereal box with a new bag made from 57% certified plant-based material.

September 18, 2013

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

Video: Matrix offers high-speed packaging solution for bagged health foods and snacks

The Matrix high-speed, high-accuracy Mercury HS vertical form-fill-seal machine with the patented Smart Gate™ product concentrator significantly improves throughput for contract packagers and brand owners filling both narrow and wide bags, increasing their profits.

September 18, 2013