Pat ReynoldsHomeHere's where innovation hangs its hatBy the time I left Ice River’s plant, I knew I’d just seen not only one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen in the sustainable packaging arena but in packaging overall.August 5, 2011SustainabilityThe crop waste buzzUsing crop waste as a biopolymer feedstock is suddenly hot.June 29, 2011Controls & automationGetting personalThe commercial printing industry has a technology that could migrate to packaging and have a sizable impact. It’s called personalization, and it rests on a three-legged stool of variable printing, affinity marketing, and automated route sequencing.February 10, 2011Materials & containersVictoria's Secret tackles sustainability“The key is recycling"—a candid view from LabelExpo.September 11, 2008Primary packagingCarton sealer's a keeperEquipment, materials boost the production and look of Inland Market's cartoned fish.August 31, 2008Flexible packagingNovel beverage vending conceptFrom interpack: What if a vending machine could hold some 1,500 roll-fed pouches and fill beverage products from concentrate?May 31, 2008Flexible packagingBottle's sidewall made of filmA 300-mL bottle made largely of flexible film has a carbon footprint 50% less than the PET bottle it replaces for Belgium's WCUP.May 31, 2008HomeIpack-Ima to focus on world hungerFrom interpack: An international summit on world hunger will be part of Ipack-Ima 2009.April 28, 2008Controls & automationMachinery advice: Beware of bells and whistles"Buyers of manufacturing equipment are becoming too much like consumers buying the latest in consumer electronics, where bells and whistles carry the day to too great an extent."March 25, 2008Controls & automationData acquisition tool helps production at Tropicana“There’s nothing new about production bottleneck analysis, but this is a much better tool for doing it.” –Tropicana Products.March 15, 2007Page 1 of 5Next PageTop StoriesRoboticsRobotic Automation Doubles Capacity for Dot’s PretzelsWith no perceivable impediment to its growth other than capacity, Dot’s Pretzels, now a Hershey Co. brand, opened a new facility with a special focus on robotic packaging automation.Package DesignPair Eyewear Grows Up, But Retains its Joyful EnergyBusiness intelligencePackaging and Processing Seen As Ideal for AutomationPrimary packagingFlexible Consumer Health Filling Lower OutputsWorkforceStudents Explore Packaging and Processing at PACK EXPO International
