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

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Conveying & accumulation

Campbell Wrapper Corporation: Horizontal flow wrapper

Campbell Wrapper Corporation’s full servo driven On-Edge Revolution Horizontal Flow Wrapper features a sanitary modular design with a cantilevered tube forming section that allows debris to fall away from internal drive components while providing an attractive wrap for a variety of products including cookies, crackers, frozen hash browns and frozen meat patties at speeds ranging from 50 - 150 packages/min.

September 8, 2010

Flexible packaging

Parsons-Eagle Packaging Systems: Linear scale

The Parsons-Eagle Duplex E Series Linear Scale is a reliable, heavy-duty scale system that weighs free-flowing and semi-free flowing products including pet food/treats/litter, sugar, salt, ground meal, plastic pellets, granulated chemicals, etc., and is especially suitable for large pre-made bag, case and drum filling applications.

September 8, 2010

Flexibles

Featured discussions

Defining ‘reuse’ for sustainable scorekeeping

September 8, 2010

Flexibles

U.K. dairy introduces hook-and-loop closure in cheese

Focus groups find the closure is easier to open and reseal than other fasteners for cheese packaging on the market. Consumers lacking finger dexterity will benefit.

September 7, 2010

Flexible packaging

Multi-bag baler

Kliklok-Woodman’s Woodman Vantage™ Multi-Bag Baler is designed to produce multi-bag merchandising for single-serve, 100-calorie snacks, and variety packs for snack foods and low density products.  See it at PACK EXPO Booth #S-1601.

September 7, 2010

Flexibles

OFF THE SHELF: Pouches stand up and stand out

On a recent trip to a Walgreen's store, Packaging World editor Anne Marie Mohan found two varieties of stand-up pouches that really caught her eye. Hear her description of Dial's Eco-Smart Refill pouch and Rolaids Antacid Softchews.

August 27, 2010

Flexibles

2010 Greener Package Awards honor eight sustainable innovations

The second-annual Greener Package Awards competition recognizes innovations in five categories that significantly reduce packaging’s environmental footprint.

August 26, 2010

Flexibles

Eagle Flexible Packaging opens new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility

Eagle’s new facility will house their entire team--sales, marketing, operations, finance, prepress and manufacturing.

August 20, 2010

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

Video shows semi-automatic kit packaging for plumbing parts

Application video from Rennco shows semi-automatic bagger for kit parts. Operator hand-loads plumbing parts, and machine seals and discharges finished packages.

August 16, 2010

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

Application video shows bagging of extremely wide-format objects

In this video from Rennco, watch as roughly 2-ft-wide printed signs are semi-automatically bagged. Operator hand-loads and machine seals and discharges finished packages.

August 16, 2010

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

Application Video: vertical bagging of paint rollers

Video clip from Rennco shows automated vertical bagging of paint rollers. Footage shows single-file infeed conveyor belt as well as close-up of sealing area.

August 16, 2010

Flexible packaging

Sustainability is at the root of personal care packaging trends, says PMMI

A new PMMI study shows that companies are responding to the call to reduce their packaging and its carbon footprint.

August 16, 2010