Sustainability

Sustainable PET film forms 'tented-blister' three-pack

Soap products company strives to keep environment clean with innovative multi-pack structure.

September 5, 2007

Flexibles: Page 189

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Packaging at Clemson poised to roar louder

Clemson University is poised for a major expansion with the Sonoco Institute.

September 5, 2007

Conveying & accumulation

High-end water bottle pays homage to art deco

AquaDeco overcomes glass bottle manufacturing and filling challenges using a bottle design the founder created before the company even started.

September 5, 2007

Flexibles

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September 5, 2007

Flexibles

Breaking through performance thresholds

One perfect word summarizes the sustainable packaging movement:less.

September 5, 2007

Conveying & accumulation

The quest for the most productive packaging operation

Howard R. Leary, PE, CPP, Vice President Engineering, Luciano Packaging Technologies

September 5, 2007

Flexibles

Liquid dairy packaging offers global opportunities

Worldwide, nearly 270 billion packs were used in 2006 for liquid dairy products, including white,

September 5, 2007

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

U.S. packaging student winners tour Italy

In June, eight U.S. packaging students visited Pharmintech 2007 (www.pharmintech.com) and

September 5, 2007

Flexible packaging

Sachet/pouch filling at Fine Foods

This video was taken of one of the Marchesini sachet lines during a June Packaging World visit to Fine Foods’ pharmaceutical facility in Bergamo, Italy.

September 3, 2007

Flexibles

Printpack acquires Grupo Industrial Plastico

Printpack Inc. has reached an agreement to purchase Grupo Industrial Plastico (GIPSA) of Guadalajara, Mexico.

August 31, 2007

Flexibles

Easily integrated or standalone pick-and-place machine

The Model SMR3 is a three-stop rotary placing system that utilizes Graphic Packaging's patented secondary motion technology. This compact system combines a conventional 30-degree inclined infeed magazine with a second position for labeling, coding, gluing, bar code reading or product assembly.

August 30, 2007

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

Placer offers ease of operation and maximum flexibility

Coupons, compact discs, and literature can be precisely placed on the inside of flat carton blanks, disc jewel cases, or promotional packages. Designed to interface with most side seam gluers, this Advancing Cam Rotary Placer from Graphic Packaging handles a broad spectrum of coupons, literature and promotional pieces and can be integrated with other glue systems when needed.

August 30, 2007

Sustainability

Revisiting Las Vegas

Their 2005 visit to Pack Expo Las Vegas yielded big dividends, so these two packaging professionals plan a return to Vegas for another look-see.

August 9, 2007