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Flexibles

Video: Allpax conducts research project to improve pouch sterilization

Allpax put more than 15 food products packaged in various microwaveable pouches and bowls and tested them to identify package and product combinations that hold the most promise of quality and capacity improvements for brand owners.

September 12, 2013

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

Video: Matrix showcases the Toyo Jidoki premade pouch filler sealer

The Toyo Jidoki fill and seal pre-made pouch machine is rated at up to 55 flat, standup, or press-to-close pouches per minute and offers a stainless steel, wash-down construction. The new machine is ideal for packaging frozen foods, seafood, snacks, rice, pet foods, medical devices, and other products.

September 12, 2013

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

Video: Matrix introduces the new Metis continuous & intermittent motion vertical form-fill-seal machine

While other continuous motion bagging machines are locked into a narrow band of production speeds that make it hard to accommodate changes in product flow, the new Matrix Metis™ PackML compliant machine can operate effectively over a wide range of speeds and dependably produce quality packages hour after hour.

September 12, 2013

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

Linear bearings reduce downtime

For more than 50 years, Sealstrip has been delivering package reclosure solutions to customers such as Kellogg’s, Kraft, Keebler, Pillsbury, and more.

September 12, 2013

Secondary Packaging

Video: Ossid offers the 500Si stretch overwrapper for meat and produce packers

The 500Si features Ossid’s gripper chain stretch technology – the same technology found on the company’s top of the line models – and a wrap rate of up to 120 trays per minute, making it easy for protein and produce packaging operations to offer their customers quality wrapped packages at an affordable price.

September 11, 2013

Flexibles

Stand-up pouch stands out

Lube-Tech, a leading OEM lubricant formulator in Golden Valley, MN, has launched what it believes is the first stand-up oil pouch in the U.S. power sports industry.

September 11, 2013

Flexibles

Derprosa: Laminating film

SoFT TOUcH® is a film for lamination developed by the Spanish firm Derprosa.

September 9, 2013

Flexibles

Cook-in bags debut in South Africa

Two seafood ready meals have been launched by the Woolworths chain of stores in South Africa. Heating can be done in either the microwave or the conventional oven.

September 6, 2013

Flexibles

Barton Group: Single-serve dispensing pouch

Barton Group, Inc. (BGI) announces the development of Squeezy Straw™ – a new single-serve dispensing pouch with its own built-in, integral sipping straw.

September 5, 2013

Flexibles

Pea-based protein bar launches in 31% bio-based wrapper

Known for the simplicity and purity of its snack-bar products, LÄRABAR launches its new ALT protein bar in a wrapper made from a non-GMO, plant-based material.

September 4, 2013

Secondary Packaging

New controls package bring versatility, functionality, and low TCO

Like most OEMs, Package Machinery Co. looks for ways to reduce TCO for its customers. A switch to a new controls package brought significant progress.

August 26, 2013

Protective/transport packaging

Alternatives to spiral stretch wrapping

Insights from the updated 2013 End-of-line Packaging Equipment Playbook...

August 20, 2013