Form/fill/seal - horizontal

AlliedFlex and Bossar Announce Sales and Marketing Alliance

Bossar Packaging, SA, Barcelona, has partnered with AlliedFlex Technologies as its exclusive North American Sales and Marketing Partner to handle its complete Pouch Packaging Systems Program.

February 10, 2020

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Flexible packaging

CP Flexible Packaging Launches New Website

CP Flexible Packaging Solutions

CP Flexible Packaging announces the launch of a new website with unique tools and resources designed for brands, copackers, and others utilizing flexible packaging.

February 4, 2020

Cartoning

SACMI Packaging & Chocolate Names Senior Area Manager North America

SACMI Packaging & Chocolate

SACMI Packaging & Chocolate, a manufacturer of fully integrated primary and secondary packaging and distribution systems, appointed Sebastian Clemens Senior Area Manager North America.

February 3, 2020

Flexibles

Shrink Wrapper

Texwrap Packaging Systems

Texwrap, a product brand of ProMach, offers the Texwrap 2219 L-Seal shrink wrapper that features a 100 fpm conveyor and its Motion Trim™ technology.

February 3, 2020

Flexibles

Biodegradable PET Film

Terphane

Terphane introduces Ecophane biodegradable PET film designed to accelerate the decomposition of the material by up to 95% in landfill conditions, transforming the plastic into a natural fertilizer.

January 29, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Will Monomaterials Become the Standard in Flexible Packaging?

A partnership between Dow and Enka de Colombia opens the doors to the use of recycled materials in the production of flexible packaging, and the incorporation of recycled resins into different structures, responding to a huge global need.

January 28, 2020

Flexibles

ePac Flexible Packaging’s Boston Plant Receives SQF Certification

ePac Flexible Packaging

ePac Flexible Packaging announced that its Boston-based manufacturing facility received the Safe Quality Food (SQF) Program Certification.

January 22, 2020

Operational Excellence

MAP Leads Fresh Food Preservation Methods

Modified Atmosphere Packaging is prevalent among participants of a new PMMI Business Intelligence report, but technologies such as High Pressure Processing (HPP) are continuing to expand as well.

January 20, 2020

Flexibles

Bagger, Weigher Lead to 100% Production Improvement

This California poultry producer had been experiencing bad seals, incorrect package weights, and low speeds, but it realized a 100% improvement in production with a new bagging and weighing system.

January 17, 2020

Flexibles

FPA Publishes Annual Report to the Members

Flexible Packaging Association

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) published its latest Report to the Members that provides an overview of the many initiatives and activities FPA conducts on behalf of its members.

January 17, 2020

Plastics/resins

Amcor Announces Partnership with Moda

Amcor Flexibles North America

Amcor announced its partnership with New Zealand-based Moda vacuum packaging systems in North America and Latin America to offer innovative packaging solutions.

January 16, 2020

Cartoning

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2019 - #1: Robotic Lines Clear Peeps’ Automation Hurdles

Based on online clicks and unique page views, we're counting down the Top 10 articles of 2019. In the year's top article, we cover the popular Peeps brand on its journey from manual packing of a difficult product to an ultra-automated robotic line.

December 31, 2019

Flexible packaging

Counting Down the Top 10 articles of 2019 - #3: Biopolymer Materials Hit Their Stride

Based on online clicks and unique page views, we're counting down the Top 10 articles of 2019. Join us as we look back at the best of 2019. Anne Marie Mohan's report on bioplastics and biopolymer adoption checks in at #3.

December 29, 2019