Grip - handle liquid containers

The General Line Packaging Group, a div. of O.Berk, has introduced Grip-Handle Liquid Containers in PET, providing a lighter-weight, no-breakage option over glass while retaining clarity.

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Available in 48-oz, 64-oz, 2-L, and 4-L sizes, all with 38-400 neck finishes, the bottles are suitable for juice, tea, edible oils, and other beverage products where store-shelf presence is important. Ergonomic design makes bottles easy to pour with maximum room for a strong label presence. Customer can select custom colors, labeling, and silk-screen printing.

Phone: 800/631-7392 | www.oberk.com

Arctic Blue Gin

Mystical Northern Lights Captured on Holographic Carton

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After evaluating the club store format of its Keurig McCafe carton, KDP redesigned the packaging for e-commerce, working specifically with Amazon SIOC specifications.

Keurig Dr Pepper Helps Guide CPGs Through Amazon Packaging Compliance

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Amazon future of E-Commerce Packaging

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Cannabis 2.0 -- Design, Engineering, Operations

Rarely does an entirely new industry emerge in packaging and processing, but the legalization of cannabis for medical and adult-use did just that.

Coca-Cola HBC has successfully begun the roll out of KeelClip™ technology in The Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Austria.

Coca-Cola Bottler Rolls Out KeelClip

Coca-Cola HBC has successfully begun the roll out of KeelClip™ technology in The Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Austria.

Fewer Ampoule Rejects with Automated Inspection

Pharmaceutical manufacturer CDM Lavoisier decided to fully automate its inspection process for injectable glass ampoules, using the new AIM 3000 from Syntegon Technology.

Packaging operations at Pelican include a full canning line and a full bottling line, each capped by its own combination stretch wrapper/palletizer.

Craft Brewer Grows into Two-In-One Palletizer, Stretch Wrapper

Automation often begets more automation. That was certainly the case with Pelican Brewing Co., whose fast filling operations soon necessitated end-of-line palletization.

Pulmuone has launched Golden Apple and Cocoa Classic beverages in Ecolean Air aseptic 125-mL packages. Photo courtesy of Ecolean.

South Korean Processor Embraces Sustainable Packaging

The new beverages are aimed at schoolchildren, featuring an easy-to-use, nutritious companion for their lunch meals.

Exhibitor Initiative Drives PACK EXPO Connects Achievement

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Pharmaceutical Liquid Filling Monobloc with Dual-Weight Verification

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Silvio Colombo, director of Teckdes (left); David Freyre, founder of ImasD (center); and Guillermo Dufranc, Tridimage project manager, (right), were panelists in this webinar of EXPO PACK México and Mundo PMMI.

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Using Beumer Smart Glasses provides operators with hands-free troubleshooting, and helps to mitigate the costs of a technician traveling to the customer site.

Smart Glasses Ease Troubleshooting Communication

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Miss PACK EXPO Connects? No Problem

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Columbia Mini Pal

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The Brenton RP1000 robotic palletizer with integrated Orion MADX stretch wrapper.

Robotics Integration in End-of-Line Packaging

Showing how various modules can be integrated into a packaging line with robotic capabilities, Brenton highlighted innovations in case packing and linear servo tracks.

Bryan Nguyen, engineering manager at Oriental Motor, demonstrates the BMU and BLE2 series of brushless motor and drive systems.

Motor/Drive Systems Maintain Speed Regardless of Load

Oriental Motor highlighted its BMU and BLE2 series of high-performance, IP66 motors that feature speed and torque monitoring.

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MULTIVAC RX 4.0 Thermoformer

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With Aveva Insights, users can see details showing the specific operating parameters that have been crossed by the motor, the consequences of motor failure to the line, and prescriptive actions he can take to solve the issue.

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