Flexibles

Water bottler loses a panel, gains an edge

A new secondary packaging design that uses a three-sided tray for bottled-water multipacks provides cost and sustainability benefits for Premium Waters.

January 4, 2011

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Secondary Packaging

HMI inspired by iPads and ATMs

The engineers who designed this servo-driven, eight-axis stretch hooder were determined to make it more user-friendly and intuitive.

January 4, 2011

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Package helps sell benefits of crystal-based hydration product

All-natural crystals promote health and hydration, and package graphics signal YZ’s effervescent properties.

January 3, 2011

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Million dollar donation to engineering education

Toray Plastics (America), Inc. has donated $1 million to support graduate engineering fellowships at the University of Rhode Island, located in Kingstown, RI.

January 3, 2011

Flexibles

Baby food fruit snacks in barrier cups

Headquartered in Kunovice, Czechoslovakia, Hame is a major food processor and packager that markets a range of shelf-stable and chilled foods both within its own borders and to about 35 other countries.

January 3, 2011

Secondary Packaging

Semi-automatic shrink system speeds throughput

The DEM-4 and DEM-6 combo shrink systems combine a heavy duty L-bar sealer and shrink tunnel for packing, sealing, and shrinking products.

December 30, 2010

Flexible packaging

Bag placer brings speed and big ergonomics benefits

The TRV valve-bag placer from Taylor Products uses robotics to pick valve bags from a magazine and place them on the fill nozzles.

December 30, 2010

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

Low-profile Woodman Apache bags caramels at 120 bpm

An introduction to Woodman's versatile Apache bagmaker, featuring a direct-mounted weigher.

December 14, 2010

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

New Third-Generation Woodman G3 Twin-Tube Bagmaker

Woodman's G3 twin tube vertical bagmaker is the third generation of a venerable snack food packaging workhorse, the Gemini.

December 14, 2010

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

Productivity doubled with VF/F/S systems

Apfells Fine Coffees, a leading U.S. private-label coffee manufacturer, has boosted productivity, improved setup times, and reduced its environmental impact with the installation of new robag vertical form/fill/seal systems.

December 12, 2010

Flexibles

Stan Zelesnik retires from Contract Packaging Association

Stan Zelesnik, Executive Director of the Contract Packaging Association (CPA), is retiring from that position effective imediately.

December 12, 2010

Flexibles

Ryt-way Industries acquires Robert's Packaging, Inc.

Ryt-way Industries LLC, headquartered in Lakeville, MN, has announced that it has acquired Robert’s Packaging, Inc., of Battle Creek, MI.

December 2, 2010

Flexibles

Eye tracking validates the sizzle in bacon's new label

Eye-tracking research can validate the emotional cues of a label design before an expensive investment is made to bring a new package design to market.

November 28, 2010