Bagging & Pouching

How Do Horizontal Form/Fill/Seal Machines Work?

Join us as we delve into the technology behind HFFS machines and how they are used in bagging and pouching lines across various industries.

February 3, 2025

Flexibles: Page 4

Bagging & Pouching

TOPPAN Holdings Acquires Sonoco’s Thermoformed and Flexible Packaging Business

TOPPAN Holdings Inc.

Acquiring Sonoco's TFP business for approximately $1.8 billion, will combine Sonoco's North and South American customer base with TOPPAN Group's packaging expertise.

January 24, 2025

Bagging & Pouching

David Spratt Appointed as CEO of Constantia Flexibles

Constantia Flexibles

Constantia Flexibles appoints David Spratt as its new CEO; the succeeding interim CEO Uwe Röhrhoff will return to the Supervisory Board.

January 17, 2025

Recycling

FFRA Launches Plastic Film Recycling Directory

FFRA resource aims to increase consumer access to recycling collection points and plastic film recycling rates by providing clear information on responsible recycling practices.

January 17, 2025

Bio-based

Dissolvable Skin Care Wipes Pick Compostable Sachets

For sachet packaging of its new dissolvable cleansing wipes, Australian-based Conserving Beauty tapped compostable NatureFlex films by Futamura Compostable Packaging, as converted by New Zealand's Convex.

January 15, 2025

Bagging & Pouching

Top Articles of 2024, #12: Cannabis Brand Supercharges Packaging with Automation

The #12 most clicked article of 2024: A combination scale, bagger, checkweigher, and coding and marking operations accelerated packaging production efficiency to 300 parts per labor hour, up from 40 parts per labor hour.

December 24, 2024

Bagging & Pouching

Cannabis Distributor Supercharges Packaging Efficiency with Automation

A combination scale, bagger, checkweigher, and coding and marking operations accelerated packaging production efficiency to 300 parts per labor hour, up from 40 parts per labor hour.

December 4, 2024

Bagging & Pouching

Are you an expert in flexible packaging?

December 6, 2024

Flow wrapping

Revolution Flow Wrapper for Med Device

Integrating desiccant insertion, date coding, date code inspection, and cutting into a single flow wrapper.

December 5, 2024

Consumer packaged goods

Amcor Acquires Berry for $8.4B, Combining Packaging Giants

The merger creates a global leader in consumer packaging solutions, with a broader flexible film and converted film offering for customers, a scaled containers and closures business and a global healthcare portfolio.

November 19, 2024

Recycling

Walkers Chocolate Bars Next to Switch to Recyclable Paper Wrapper

This move closely follows a host of chocolate and confectionery swaps away from plastic into paper-based wrappers with curbside recyclability claims, including by both Nestle and Mars in Australia, and Mars candy bars in the U.K.

November 15, 2024

Bagging & Pouching

Ultra-Compact Bagger Reaches Speeds of 300 Packs/min

Measuring less than 1 m wide, the new SVX Compact from Syntegon can produce flat bags up to 270 mm wide as well as pillow, gusseted, and flat bottom styles at 300 /min for snack, confectionery, and bakery products.

November 11, 2024

Bagging & Pouching

Servo-Driven Pouch Sealer Delivers Fast Cycle Times

The FPA4500EM servo-driven pouch sealer from Rinco Ultrasonics dynamically manipulates key parameters such as vibratory amplitude, weld force, and stroke velocity for fast cycle times.

November 6, 2024