Flexible packaging

An Automated Sealer Handles Horizontal or Vertical Pouches

An L-belt style conveyor on the Emplex bagging system from Plexpack rotates to accommodate horizontal or vertical pouch applications at sizes from 5x5 inches to 10x18 inches and up to 15 lbs.

November 27, 2016

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Barrier food cups offer freshness and convenience

Printpack explains how the trend of replacing cans with barrier cups and flexible lids continues to provide convenience, quality, freshness, taste, single-serve options and shipping weight savings.

November 22, 2016

Flexible packaging

Ultrasonic sealing protects nut-butter pouches

Yumbutter selects ultrasonic sealing to protect the seal integrity of its on-the-go pouches.

November 19, 2016

Flexibles

Meat shrink bags improve puncture-resistance with less material

The Nextrus shrink bag line by Coveris offers both clarity and performance for protein packaging, achieving high levels of vacuum tightness and seal integrity for protection throughout the supply chain.

November 17, 2016

Flexibles

An impact-resistant pouch film also provides better clarity

The SealTOUGH family of coextruded films from Jindal Films can replace sealant layers for equal strength at lower gauges, targeted to replace sealant layers in a lamination or single layers in mono-web applications.

November 17, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Integrated multi-lane printer serves single-serve market

Diagraph's new Allen MLi-TE multi-head thermal-transfer printer, accommodating up to 12 printheads, replaces traversing technology or multiple coders for printing on single-serve sachets or stick packs, for faster speeds, reduced maintenance, and less cost.

November 17, 2016

Flexibles

Make-your-own hummus kit is shelf-stable

Baruvi Fresh lets consumers make their own fresh hummus anywhere, anytime, with shelf-stable ingredients packed in a ‘mini bowl’ with stirrer for easy preparation.

November 12, 2016

Flexibles

Audible recognition differentiates flexible packaging closures

EASY-LOCK Touch and Touch Plus from Aplix provide strong audible recognition, plus tactile feel.

November 10, 2016

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

An extra-sanitary smart vertical form/fill/seal machine

The new v/f/f/s system from GEA North America re-examines hygiene and down to the smallest bolt while still providing customers with the flexibilities and capacities that they often require.

November 10, 2016

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

Vf/f/s with sanitation-driven design

Model 2015 vf/f/s machine from Pacmac features open-architecture design that makes cleaning easier than ever, and it produces a number of bag styles.

November 9, 2016

Flexibles

‘Boneless’ shrink bags protect meat products while showing them off

Coveris launches Nextrus Boneless Shrink Bags with heightened levels of puncture-resistance, clarity, and sustainable properties.

November 9, 2016

Flexibles

An impact-resistant film also provides better clarity

The SealTOUGH family of coextruded films can replace sealant layers for equal strength at lower gauges.

November 8, 2016

Flexibles

High-strength seals prevent flexible package bursts at high altitudes

Toray Plastics’s Over-the-Mountain portfolio of BOPP films prevents package failures during transport of foods in high-altitude, low-atmospheric-pressure conditions.

November 8, 2016