Palletizing/depalletizing

High-speed bag palletizer packs 40 lb bags at 24 bags/min

Video from KUKA Robotics shows flexible high-speed palletizing solution of 40 lb bags at more than 24 bags/min.

October 19, 2010

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The case of the compostable chip package-Part 2

The sun has all but set on the Sun Chips® bag, but not without giving rise to a host of issues.

October 19, 2010

Flexibles

PMA Fresh Summit honors innovative packaging

Six companies feted for efforts to raise the bar in sustainable packaging. One of them Del Monte, has a formalized list of sustainability objectives.

October 18, 2010

Cartoning

Leadership in Packaging category leaders announced

Packaging World’s 2010 Leadership in Packaging program was launched in January to recognize leadership and excellence among suppliers of packaging machinery, materials and services; as this year’s program concludes, twenty companies have earned the honor of Category Leader.

October 14, 2010

Flexibles

Stonyfield Farm makes switch to PLA for yogurt multipacks

In a first for dairy, Stonyfield uses PLA to produce f/f/s yogurt cups, resulting in 48% less GHGs than the PS packaging it replaces; offsets support non-GM corn production.

October 13, 2010

Protective/transport packaging

Industry watch

October 12, 2010

Flexibles

Ink-jet coding system demonstrates reliability & longevity

Cott Beverages avoids costly downtime with easy-maintenance, workhorse coding equipment.

October 12, 2010

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

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