Sustainability

ELAU addresses machinery at Sustainable Packaging Forum

It’s far too easy to forget the critical role of packaging machinery to achieve sustainability initiatives. Is there a collaboration gap?

September 14, 2008

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Flexibles

Vision robot with unscrambling system exceeds 150 picks/min

The Blueprint Automation Delta robot in this video is an overhead supported, three or four axis robot, with a large working envelope. Product enters the working envelope after being detected by a highly accurate camera system for orientation. The robot takes the input from the camera, goes directly to the product and re-orientates the product while placing it in the location or container specified, all at speeds exceeding 150 picks per minute.

September 9, 2008

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

Oliver Medical names new VP of Marketing/Sales

Jeff Murak has been promoted to Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Oliver Medical.

September 1, 2008

Flexible packaging

Swirl technology to the rescue

Campina Deutschland wanted to switch from preformed pudding cups to cups that are thermoformed from rollstock and then filled in line. But what about those swirls?

August 31, 2008

Flexibles

Anti-corrosion stretch film

New Corrosion Intercept Stretch Film from Engineered Materials provides protection against corrosion to all metal products, as well as nonmetal items such as painted surfaces and synthetic fabrics.

August 31, 2008

Flexible packaging

A fresh approach to frozen entrées

Victory’s Kitchen develops the perfect recipe for detecting metal in its new frozen food line, while its new automated packaging equipment speeds production.

August 31, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Pack Expo is packed with solutions

Representatives from these two packaged goods companies will be front and center, shopping lists in hand, when Pack Expo International hits Chicago this Fall.

August 31, 2008

Flexibles

'Mathematical freshness'

Fresher Than Fresh president Ronnie Wrenn refers to his company’s products as possessing “mathematical freshness,” a term that relates to the quality and safety of the surface of the seafood itself.

August 31, 2008

Secondary Packaging

A deep dive into case - ready seafood

Fresher Than Fresh uses MAP trays to create case-ready seafood.

August 31, 2008

Flexibles

Woven-mesh film bags are purr-fect for pet food

Innovative converting process results in a woven-mesh film bag that is durable, attractive, and economical for pet-food producer American Nutrition.

August 31, 2008

Flexibles

Alternatives to BPA emerge

At this time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not recommending that anyone discontinue using products that contain BPA while we continue our risk-assessment process.

August 31, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Del Monte pounces on Meow Mix pouch line

Robotic case-loading system at Del Monte Pet Foods propels pouch production into an automated tiger.

August 31, 2008

Flexible packaging

Possible PVC packaging ban is latest California trend

A general observation: bans on packaging materials or articles are virtually always misguided, simply because it is just about never true that a specific packaging material or structure is all bad, or so bad that the bad outweighs the good.

August 31, 2008