Gretchen Edelbrock

Optel Vision to create 140 jobs with expansion in Limerick, Ireland

Optel Vision, which specializes in the development and manufacture of Track & Trace vision inspection systems, has announced plans to create 140 new jobs in Limerick as part of a major expansion plan.

October 20, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

B&R: Control panels require no hard wiring

B&R’s openSAFETY control panels allow safe data exchange over the bus system with just one cable and simple cabling of swing arm systems; hard wiring of E-stop, operating mode, and start buttons are unnecessary.

October 20, 2014

Pw 73894 Br Opensafety Panel

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Griffin-Rutgers: Flat product thermal printer system

Griffin-Rutgers

Griffin Rutgers’ Xxtreme/64 flat product thermal printer and feeder is a compact, affordable machine that prints cards, pouches, Tyvek lidstocks, sleeves, cut labels, garment tags, and more – on demand – at speeds up to 400mm/sec.

October 17, 2014

Xxtreme/64 flat product thermal printer and feeder

Mettler Toledo: X-ray inspection systems

METTLER TOLEDO Product Inspection

See it at PACK EXPO, Booth #S-1706! Mettler Toledo’s X36 Series of X-ray inspection systems enable food and pharmaceutical manufacturers to inspect products for contamination and quality at up to 300 products/min on both single and multi-line operations, while reducing energy consumption.

October 16, 2014

Pw 73814 Mt X36 Series X Ray System

Pregis’ IntelliPack business unit granted ISO 9001 certification

ISO 9001:2008 certification has been granted to Pregis Corp.’s IntelliPack business unit, making it the only U.S. foam-in-place (FIP) equipment manufacturer to be currently ISO-certified.

October 16, 2014

UPM Raflatac: Label stock for craft beverages

UPM Adhesive Materials

Designed for use on glass, PET, and aluminium, UPM Raflatac’s high-performance label stocks for the Americas craft beverage market, are suitable for beer, wine, liquor, and even non-alcoholic beverages, such as energy drinks, flavored waters, and specialty sodas.

October 15, 2014

Nowofol: Flexible packaging film

Nowofol’s Nowostraight MDO (machine-direction orientation) film for flexible packaging features easy-open convenience for food and non-food products.

October 15, 2014

Pw 73797 Nowostraight

KM Packaging: Antifog tray lidding films

KM Packaging Services Ltd.

KM Packaging’s KM Klarity, designed for the meat, fish, ready meals, and fresh produce sectors, extends the company’s range of PF3 films while offering improved antifog performance even through the temperature variations that can occur during distribution and retail.

October 15, 2014

Spectra: Twisted square pack bottle

Spectra Packaging

The new Ritorto Square twisted square pack bottle from Spectra Packaging features a unique twisted profile on two of its four faces to offer a distinctive packaging experience.

October 15, 2014

Pw 73796 Worldpressonline Spectra Packaging

Additives, coatings & inks

Michelman: Food contact compliant overprint varnish

Used to enhance appearance and protect printed materials, Michelman’s DigiGuard Gloss 310 protective overprint varnish for flexible packaging printing applications is designed to be used over HP Indigo Electroinks applied on HP Indigo digital presses, protecting and enhancing the appearance of inks used on f/f/s packaging applications.

October 15, 2014

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Glacier’s AI system identifies a Colgate toothpaste tube on a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) conveyor line. The system uses optical and material recognition to distinguish HDPE tubes from other plastics, verifying how often they are captured in the recycling stream.

Colgate & Amazon Turned Recycling Data into Insight; Now Other CPGs Can, Too

Pilots with Colgate-Palmolive and Amazon helped shape Glacier’s new DataStream platform, a subscription tool launched today that lets CPGs verify recyclability performance and close the loop between packaging design and real sortation and recovery outcomes.

Through the Line: Packaging and Processing

Through the Line Podcast: Kopu Water Brings Aluminum Bottles to Luxury Hotels

Under the 2018–2025 Global Commitment, participating brands reduced virgin plastic use, tripled recycled content, and cut 775,000 tonnes of problematic packaging — avoiding the use of one barrel of oil every second.

With EMF’s New 2030 Plastics Agenda Targets, Signatories Pivot from Ambition to Scale

Nextloop Americas Receives FDA LNO, Develops AI Sorting

Innovative packaging solutions

Innovative packaging solutions