Flexibles

Stretch film approved for direct-food contact

Designed for direct contact with food of all kinds, Duo Food Contact is a blown stretch film from Duo Plast that features extreme elongation and tear strength so that the film’s thickness can be reduced and significant material savings can be realized.

October 12, 2011

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Flexible packaging

Using trial-size packaging to induce first-time purchasing

Trial-size packages are a type of downsizing that entails many options.

October 10, 2011

Flexibles

'Smart bag' design for pet food educates, differentiates

New packaging for dog-food brand Blackwood Pet Food places key product information on the front of the bag to aid ‘dog Moms’ in search of best nutrition.

September 30, 2011

Flexibles

Industry Watch

A quick run-down on the latest supplier news, mergers, expansions, and people.

September 29, 2011

Conveying & accumulation

Marketing mussels with a microwave boost

Fresh mussels have a short shelf life and aren’t easy to prepare at home. Microwave pasteurization addresses these issues and provides a 21-day refrigerated shelf life.

September 28, 2011

Sustainability

A Jim Beam perspective

Robert Land, corporate packaging engineer at Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc., talks about trends in packaging.

September 28, 2011

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

Water-soluble pouch packaging machine reduces scrap

Said to be the fastest vertical-style water-soluble pouch-packaging machine on the market, the Hydroforma from Cloud Packaging Solutions also offers a reduced scrap rate of 8% to 12% versus the 20% to 30% scrap rate of competitive machines.

September 28, 2011

Flow wrapping

Inverted wrapper handles delicate product

The Pack 301 inverted wrapper from Bosch Packaging allows for the gentle handling and packaging of products that cannot be run on a horizontal machine.

September 27, 2011

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

Continuous-motion stand-up pouch form/fill/seal machine

The Maksimal Series machine from Aagard combines continuous-motion pouch forming, filling, and sealing for the first time.

September 27, 2011

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

Bag sealer offers fast response, low energy usage and consistent seals

New touchscreen offers users calibration, validation, recipe management, alarms and "watchdog" redundant fail-safe.

September 26, 2011

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

Stand-up pouches in test quantity volumes for CPG trials

FLX mini From AlliedFlex Technologies is an entry level machine that manufactures pre-made standup pouches on a trial-volume basis to let brand owners try a pouch concept quickly and inexpensively.

September 26, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Twist-out blister is a first

A revolutionary new fishing line gets a paperboard/plastic package that is equally original and is believed to be the first twist-off blister package ever.

September 15, 2011

Flexibles

Flavored glucose in stick packs provide tasty relief to diabetics

New stick packages make it convenient and ‘cool’ for children to prevent low blood sugar.

September 14, 2011