Flexible packaging

Spartech Acquires Tufpak, Inc.

Spartech announces the acquisition of Tufpak, Inc., a manufacturer of custom and stock engineered plastic films designed for biohazard bags, medical devices, and biopharma packaging.

December 4, 2020

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Flexible packaging

ProAmpac Acquires Canadian Packaging Suppliers

ProAmpac

ProAmpac has acquired Canada-based private businesses Rosenbloom Groupe Inc., Hymopack Ltd., and Dyne-A-Pak expanding its manufacturing capabilities and broadening the product offerings it provides to retail, grocery, and QSR customers.

December 3, 2020

Robotics

Premier Tech Offers Virtual Tour of Its Headquarters

Premier Tech Systems and Automation

Premier Tech’s Immersive Virtual Tour allows individuals to visit its world headquarters in Rivière-du-Loup, Qc, Canada from the comfort of their homes and offices.

December 2, 2020

Flexible packaging

Amcor Flexibles Offers Full-day Virtual Conference

Amcor Flexibles North America

Amcor Flexibles North America (AFNA) is offering customers a full-day virtual conference to address marketplace insights, trends, and technical enhancements that deliver value and unlock growth potential through packaging.

December 2, 2020

Flexible packaging

Oishi Partners with Liquibox to Launch Green Tea Bag-in-Box Solution to KFC

Liquibox

With plans to enter all KFC restaurants across the country, Thailand-based Oishi found it needed a more efficient liquid packaging solution for the food service channel.

November 30, 2020

Flexibles

HF/F/S Machine Offers Automatic Changeover, 140 pouches/min

The CMR II from Cloud, part of its CMR line of continuous-motion hf/f/s machines, completes changeover in just 15 minutes and requires just one tooling post for all bag sizes.

November 13, 2020

Flexibles

Snack Food Companies Meet Increased Demand with New Baggers

Campbell Soup Company’s Snyder’s brand and World Food Products share how they increased capacity during the pandemic to meet the need for more products and smaller-size packages using tna baggers.

November 13, 2020

Flexibles

Bag-in-Bag VF/F/S is Really Two Machines in One Enclosure

While both machines operate independently, and bag lengths, temperatures and speeds are independent of one another, they operate hand-in-glove with the top machine cutting off sealed bags into the top of the forming tube of the second machine.

November 12, 2020

Flexibles

XPdius Elite Vertical Bagger for Big Bag Formats

This vf/f/s takes on large-format bags at speeds up to 3,000 per hour.

November 12, 2020

Flexibles

Low Piece-Count Combination Scale Solves Reject Reintroduction Problem

Reject reintroduction process via a rotating reject ring at the bucket level, not below it, allows for aggressive feeding of low piece count bagging.

November 12, 2020

Flexible packaging

Charter NEX and Next Generation Films Rebrand to Charter Next Generation

Charter Next Generation

Next Generation Films and Charter NEX will now be known as Charter Next Generation (CNG). The rebrand reflects a full integration of the two companies that merged in April 2019.

November 12, 2020

Flexibles

Online Tool Speeds Flexible Packaging Prototyping

New app-like virtual design configurator puts control of pouch prototype design in the customer’s hands, reducing design time by up to a week and stimulating new ideas in package design.

November 11, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Paperboard MAP or SVP Tray Reduces Plastic by 85%

An added benefit over typical CPET MAP or SVP trays is the vast increase in billboard space. Printed paperboard can be visible on the outside bottom, four sides, and even inside bottom of the tray.

November 11, 2020