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

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

Video shows workhorse versatile poly bagger

Bagger from Advanced Poly can package items into poly bags at speeds to 100 bags/min. Ideal for fasteners, hardware, molded parts, kits, crafts, foods, medical devices, and more. Video shows operation and describes options for integration with parts counters, conveyors and checkweigh scales.

September 16, 2010

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

Tabletop bagger with dynamic printing capability

Video shows Advanced Poly tabletop bagging machine with a built-in printer that provides next-bag-out printing capability to assure that the correctly printed label goes on the correct bag. Ideal for pharmaceutical or medical device applications, or small batches of different part numbers.

September 16, 2010

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

Advanced Poly corporate capabilities video

This short corporate capabilities video provides a brief 3-minute overview on this manufacturer of polybagging equipment for a variety of parts, including medical devices. Video also showcases company's complete bag-manufacturing capabilities.

September 16, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Focke General Packaging hosts in-house event in Germany September 20- 24

Focke General Packaging will host another in-house event this month, September 20-24 in Barssel, Germany.

September 16, 2010

Flexibles

Cloth pouch packs ironing board cover and pad

Four factors drove the development of one of the award winners in the Non-Food Primary Packaging category, Household Essentials LLC’s Ironing Board Cover & Pad (with Packaging Pouch).

September 12, 2010

Flexibles

Judges take a shine to new holographic toothpaste carton

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare’s new 6-oz Aquafresh White & Shine toothpaste carton was chosen as the winner of the Personal Care/Cosmetics Packaging category due to its use of a technology that at least one Greener Package Awards judge, John Bernardo of Sustainable Innovations LLC, says has the “potential for a huge impact.”

September 12, 2010

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Industry watch

September 9, 2010

Flexibles

Growth for digitally printed packaging

Printing companies like Mediaware are starting to see the potential that digital technology offers for the packaging market.

September 9, 2010

Flexibles

Guess what? They're not buying your product because of your packaging

Package safety has joined product safety in consumer importance. Many CPG companies view that as a negative, but they should instead embrace it as a brand-value opportunity.

September 9, 2010

Flexibles

Best of both worlds: Balancing sustainability with production savings

Our quarterly survey uncovers a trend: The right structure and graphics are important for package innovation, but ‘green’ materials and cost-consciousness are driving the equation.

September 9, 2010

Labels

Flexible packaging sales revenue forecast to rise 3.4% this year

The Flexible Packaging Assn. predicts U.S. sales revenue to reach $27.3 billion this year. Also, raw materials pricing supplants the economy as the primary concern of survey respondents.

September 9, 2010

Flexible packaging

Pharmaceutical packaging demand forecast to rise through 2014

Regulations and standards that address issues such as barrier protection, patient drug compliance, and diversion and counterfeiting will increase demand for containers and accessories.

September 9, 2010