Flexibles

Truvia goes spoonable in one sweet package

Now the third-leading sweetener in the sugar substitute category, Cargill’s Truvia brand adds a rigid container to its packaging formats.

October 12, 2010

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Flexible packaging

Convenience and patient compliance drive contract packager's business

Tee Noland, director of business development for Pharma Tech Industries (PTI), a contract manufacturer/packager, shares his views on why pharmaceutical companies are turning to contract packagers, and discusses the latest developments

October 12, 2010

Flexibles

Packaging helps GoodNites win back lost market share

In response to new competitors, Kimberly-Clark delves deeper into the GoodNites consumer’s psyche. The new packaging captures the bedtime bond between kids and parents.

October 11, 2010

Flexibles

Big deli meat pouch packs

In the early 1990s, Land O’Frost, Inc., Lansing, IL, and Searcy, AR, was a pioneer in the implementation of flexible, resealable packaging for deli meats.

October 11, 2010

Flexibles

A crinkle in SunChips' bio-based bag plans

Frito-Lay is replacing most of the plant-based packaging for its SunChips brand snack chip due to consumer complaints that the bag is too noisy.

October 7, 2010

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

Rockwell Automation: 3 component servo drive

The Allen-Bradley Kinetix 3 component servo drive from Rockwell Automation, which comes in models as small as 50 watts, provides the flexibility to tailor axes to a machine’s actual power requirement to minimize system size and cost.

October 5, 2010

Palletizing/depalletizing

B&R demonstrates new automation capabilities at PACK EXPO 2010

B&R Industrial Automation will introduce advances in safety, robotic, ease-of-use, connectivity and automation technology at PACK EXPO Booth S-1073. Several respected OEMs will introduce B&R-enabled machines.

October 4, 2010

Flexibles

Paperboard tray for MAP fish

The Finnish fish processing company V. Hukkanen Oy is launching its Kalaneuvos marinated salmon strips in a new paperboard-based microwaveable and ovenable modified atmosphere packaging.

October 4, 2010

Sustainability

ConAgra Foods 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report celebrates successes, looks toward future goals

ConAgra Foods 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report celebrates successes, looks toward future goals

September 29, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Pepperl + Fuchs: Photoelectric sensors

GLV18 Series photoelectric sensors with Clear Object Detection from Pepperl+Fuchs use reflectors to consistently detect transparent objects up to 2.5 m away, or opaque objects up to 5 m away.

September 28, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Omega Design advances the performance and value of bottle handling

New designs, controls and fabrication techniques add value to Omega's lineup of bottle unscramblers, desiccant feeders, shrinkbundlers and track-and-trace solutions.

September 21, 2010

Flexibles

OFF THE SHELF: Gatorade's G Series appeals to the collector

Editor Pat Reynolds talks about how Gatorade's G Series uses innovative packaging that appeals to the collector that resides in all of us.

September 17, 2010

Flexibles

Video: Custom and stock bags for a variety of product packaging needs

Fasteners, hardwares, cosmetics and crafts, promotional items, med devices. custom bags on speciality. on rolls or in boxes. pe, pp, hd film, vci or anti-stat. graphic design. stock bags ready for shipment within hours.

September 16, 2010