Cartoning

Automation initiative brings sweet results

A robotic solution lets Necco put its popular Sweethearts Conversation Hearts on a fast track to greater throughput at higher speeds with reduced labor costs.

August 8, 2007

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Sustainability

The vinyl frontier: Dispelling myths about PVC and sustainability

Assessing the facts about polyvinyl chloride ends up dispelling myths about this oft-maligned, but invaluable polymer used extensively in packaging.

August 2, 2007

Flexibles

Nylon barrier bag

The Next Generation Nylon Barrier Bag from the Engineered Films Div. of Next Generation is a nylon/poly barrier bag used to package a variety of edible foods.

July 12, 2007

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

Cost-effective form/fill/seal

J&J's Mira-Pak vertical form/fill/seal machines provide cost effective, flexible packaging solutions for businesses big and small. See video overview.

July 11, 2007

Cartoning

More lessons learned

PW asked for your packaging advice, and more than 440 shared their wisdom and insights.

July 11, 2007

Flexibles

Bagged carry-on bottles kit takes off

Tumi, Inc., New York City, has chosen O.Berk Co. (www.oberk.com) to provide the PET bottles for its newest product, the Carry-On Essentials Kit, for airline passengers. It is a response to the Transportation and Security Administration’s latest restrictions on what passengers can take with them aboard airplanes.

July 11, 2007

Flexibles

Europe at the forefront of fiber-based packaging technology

SustainPack, a four-year European research program, aims to make sustainable packaging an industry standard by 2015. The consortium, which is made up of 35 partners from 13 countries, will encourage the use of traditional, natural-based packaging products by producing easily degradable, renewable, and recyclable packaging based on biopolymers, paper, and board.

July 11, 2007

Flexibles

An organic view of packaging

Mitch Hallgren, president of Nature’s Path Food Service, St. Charles, IL, talks about packaging organic foods for this start-up company.

July 11, 2007

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

Precise repeatability for packaging machine changeover

Minimizing changeover time is key for increasing productivity and enhancing competitiveness, especially in packaging machines with small lot sizes, constant format changes and varying product sizes. Demo animation shows how changeover controls can be added to any machine for fast, repeatable changeover.

June 25, 2007

Flexibles

Video: elastomeric packaging

Korrvu® packaging is a dynamic packaging product that uses a strong, highly-resilient low-slip film to surround your products, protecting them from shock and vibration.

June 21, 2007

Flexibles

Pocket Shot liquor served in a 'flexible flask'

A 50-mL stand-up format gives liquor on-the-go portability—and unbreakable flexibility.

June 18, 2007

Flexible packaging

America in Spain

Packaging technology was on the itinerary during a press tour of Spain in June.

June 15, 2007

Flexibles

Sunsweet's Ones of a kind prunes

Think prunes, think grandparents? Think again.

June 14, 2007