Flexibles

Green tableware in PLA packaging supports premium price

Bioplastic cutlery from Nviroplast packed in a PLA carton fetch up to a 50% premium versus traditional plastic products.

June 30, 2009

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

Innovative Horizontal TFFS Machine from Hooper is resilient, resourceful and efficient

A customer recently reported that he achieved a 35% reduction in packaging costs by switching to Hooper.

June 22, 2009

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

Triangle appoints new Director of Engineering

Triangle Package Machinery Company announces that Detlev D. Ansinn, P.E. has joined its organization as Director of Engineering.

June 10, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Industry watch

June 5, 2009

Tamper-evident machinery

Tracking elusive OEE in pharmaceutical packaging

Pharmaceutical manufacturers lag behind food and other industries when it comes to overall equipment effectiveness on their packaging lines.

June 5, 2009

Flexibles

Cartons unveil masks during 'swine flu' outbreak

The H1N1 ‘swine flu’ outbreak offers a healthy outlook for American firm’s manufacturing/packaging operations.

June 5, 2009

Flexibles

Air cushion system helps Blind Center of Nevada see benefits

Machine produces air cushions that replace EPS 'peanuts' in protecting reconditioned electronic items, saving space and pleasing customers.

June 4, 2009

Sustainability

Pad packing cuts costs, materials

Cleanser manufacturer SerVaas Laboratories cleans up on costs and materials savings when it swaps its shipping cases for shrink-wrapped pad packs for retail and distribution.

June 4, 2009

Flexibles

Cafe Yumm! Sauce rebrands through 'green' packaging

Lightweighting drove Beau Delicious! Intl. to change from glass jars to sleeved APET containers.

June 4, 2009

Flexibles

Lakeside Foods steams ahead with stand-up pouches

The private-label vegetable packer offers its customers a new microwavable, self-venting format to replace steamable pillow packs.

June 4, 2009

Flexibles

Organic baby snacks come in redundant Method packs

“Pure serendipity.” That’s how Shazi Visram, cofounder and CEO of HappyBaby, Brooklyn, NY, describes the events that led to her company’s use of rigid plastic containers from home care company Method for its Organic Puffs finger food for babies.

June 4, 2009

Sustainability

Inspired leadership and the power of innovation

Now is not the time to innovate. Innovation involves risk, and doing anything even remotely risky is unwise in times of economic uncertainty.

June 4, 2009

Flexibles

Talking at length with an eco-revolutionary

A Q&A with Albe Zakes, eco-revolutionary and vp media relations for TerraCycle, which turns old packaging into new products.

June 3, 2009