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

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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

Conveying & accumulation

Programming standards are the future

Resting firmly on the programming language standard PLCopen and the ‘packaging machine language’ known as PackML, this system represents the future of packaging.

November 27, 2010

Flexibles

Schneider Electric: Sensor detects transparent items

The OsiSense XUBT1 from Schneider Electric is a photo-electric sensor that detects transparent materials such as PET bottles, translucent wrapping film and colored glass in bottling and other manufacturing processes.

November 27, 2010

Flexibles

Tear tape for multi-pack boxes

The Heinz Farley’s plant in Kendal, Cumbria, UK, produces dehydrated, boxed meal products for babies and toddlers. The company decided to overwrap multi-packs of its boxed products for retail sale.

November 27, 2010

Flexibles

Foiled plans might or might not be good

Aluminum foil has long held its own as a barrier material, but there are competitors.

November 21, 2010

Flexibles

Pfizer's pack redesign offers patient benefits, line efficiencies

November 18, 2010