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Edson 3600C compact case packer

Report: Innovative New Machinery at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Ten intrepid Packaging World editors fanned out across PACK EXPO Las Vegas in October in search of packaging innovation. Here's what they found.

Counting Down the Top 10 articles of 2019 - #8: Amway's Nifty New Dispenser

Based on our 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. At #8 is this article on Amway's Vessl nitrogen-pressurized dispensing system.

Closure Subassemblies—each in a puck and each already filled with liquid amplifier—enter the Nuspark system and are immediately pushed from a white conveyor belt and into a station where four mechanical grippers (A in photo) orient them four at a time. The pucks are then pushed to the next position (B in photo), where four Casing Subassemblies come down from above and are placed in the four Closure Subassemblies. Then the four pucks are pushed back onto the white conveyor belt, which takes them to the next station.

Amway expands use of unique dispensing system

In bringing out a new skin care line called Artistry Signature Select, Amway is among the first to leverage the unique advantages of the Vessl nitrogen-pressurized dispensing system.

groninger debuted its 'Business Line' machine series, where they’ve taken the best capabilities from existing, customized equipment and configured them into designed modules for expedited shipment times. Source: groninger

Combining the Benefits of Custom and Off-the-shelf at interpack 2017

Highlights from interpack 2017 include an expedited machine design strategy, crowdsourced tablet coating innovation, and talk of Industry 4.0 in pharma.

Internal view of IMA's Perfima drum.

Patheon moves from lab scale to production with a high containment tablet coater

For a highly potent oral solid dose form, the company overcame coating challenges during scale-up from development to manufacturing.

A series of pneumatic stops, escapements, and right-angle pushers ensure that cartons are released onto the trunk line at the right time.

Carton control is the key

This California tea producer needed to run multiple flavors from four cartoners to one case packer simultaneously and quickly in limited space without damaging the product.

Omega Design Corporation’s PakSync modules make unit to bundle aggregation easy and secure

Safe Connections to Prevent Counterfeit Drugs

The Industrial Internet of Things Comes of Age for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers.

Pfizer’s PCCM manufacturing prototype includes GEA’s ConsiGma continuous high-shear granulation and drying system, which is currently installed at Pfizer Labs in Groton, Conn.

The New Pharma Factory

Under FDA and industry pressure, drug manufacturers are abandoning their old batch ways for a continuous approach to manufacturing. But it’s a slow transition.

With open-mold thermoforming, Senagral can manufacture its shaped ‘ball cups’ in-house at a reduced cost.

Ball-shaped yogurt pots thermoformed in-house

French yogurt producer shows how open-mold thermoforming technology can be used to produce custom-shaped yogurt containers for the same cost as straight-walled cups.