Reliability Assurance Program from Douglas Machine

Douglas Machine’s Reliability Assurance Program provides comprehensive and timely machine inspection, along with audit and analysis services to help extend the life of equipment and improve the bottom line.

Aug 13th, 2018

Douglas’ goal is to provide the knowledge and services needed to reach maintenance goals and ensure maximum productivity. For complete program details contact Douglas Technical Services at 320/763-5507 or service@douglas-machine.com.

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Technology Enhancements Provide Flexibility for More Demanding Applications

Technology Enhancements Provide Flexibility for More Demanding Applications

Douglas Variety Pack Solutions Your Way

Douglas Variety Pack Solutions Your Way

Douglas Machine’s CpONE™ Intermittent Motion Case Packer: This Simplifies Everything

Douglas Machine’s CpONE™ Intermittent Motion Case Packer: This Simplifies Everything

Via the Syntegon horizontal flow wrapper, individually-wrapped wafers are multipacked in units of four, five, six, or eight.

Caramel Wafers are Wrapped and Case Packed at 650/Min

New packaging line for caramel wafer biscuits from Scotland’s Tunnock’s die-fold wraps, multipacks, and case packs caramel wafer biscuits with high flexibility and fast changeover.

Cerf Emmanuel New

PMMI Welcomes Diverse Executive Committee

Patty Andersen poised to be first female chairperson in PMMI history

On Feb. 11, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), backed by more than 30 Democrat legislators, unveiled the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020.

Plastics Legislation Proposed

Federal legislators propose the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020, which puts the economic burden of recycling in the hands of CPGs and packaging suppliers and halts all new investments in plastics production plants.

Pioneering New Cannabis Packaging Standards

Pioneering New Cannabis Packaging Standards

A myriad of challenges face cannabis packagers, from state-to-state regulatory requirements to adapting machinery and processes specifically to the cannabis market.

Examples of packages to be printed by Keystone on the new S10 press.

Nanographic Press to Connecticut Converter

Industry award to honor packaging and processing professionals

Industry award to honor packaging and processing professionals

Beginning March 3, PMMI will accept nominations for the Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame. Since 1971, this prestigious award has recognized some of the most distinguished contributors to industry. Learn more »

The new carton for Woodland Dairy's First Choice ESL milk is made from 80% renewable material and has a cap engineered partly from bio-based plastics.

Dairy is First in South Africa to Use Bio-Based Closure

A new package for Woodland Dairy’s extended shelf-life milk is made from 80% renewable materials and uses a closure partly made from bio-based material, making it 100% recyclable.

Food Industry and E-Commerce: 5 Year Outlook

Food Industry and E-Commerce: 5 Year Outlook

By 2024, 70% of consumers will likely utilize online grocery shopping, up from 25% now. (FMI and Nielsen, 2018) See what food manufacturers are doing to prepare for this growth.

Midwest Engineered Systems Inc.

Previewing PACK EXPO East 2020

With one-third of the nation’s CPGs, and many pharma manufacturers, located within 200 miles of Philadelphia, PACK EXPO East 2020 promises the full PACK EXPO vibe in an easy-to-get-to location.

Machine used to extract CBD from Cannabis plants

OEMs Needed for $32 Billion Budding Cannabis Industry

Automated operations are the wave of the future in a growing industry that is expected to reach $32 billion globally by 2024, with a CAGR of 28%. Off the record, OEMs report cannabis companies get sticker shock!

Industry award to honor packaging and processing professionals

Industry award to honor packaging and processing professionals

Beginning March 3, PMMI will accept nominations for the Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame. Since 1971, this prestigious award has recognized some of the most distinguished contributors to industry. Learn more »

Butterfly Effect cannabis flower is packaged in an aluminum can with a child-resistant reclosable cap.

Integrated Labeling Strategy Helps Cannabis Company Grow

Medical marijuana startup Grow Ohio employs a combination of label software, printing systems, and label materials to meet compliance regulations and branding for six different packaging formats.

Unique digitally printed labels from Dutch hot sauce maker Dokter Worst.

Unique Digitally Printed Labels for Hot Sauce

Dutch hot sauce maker Dokter Worst is using unique label designs for marketing a special food festival edition of its “Nondedju Hete Saus” brand.

The overall design for Marie’s Market Reserve features hand-drawn illustrations, and clean and modern typography, along with bright colors to support a fresh, gourmet feel.

Ingredient Illustrations for Salad Dressing Evoke Fresh-Market Experience

Marie’s Salad Dressing uses a small-batch, freshly-crafted identity for its new sub-brand, Marie’s Market Reserve, a product made with ‘carefully selected gourmet ingredients.’

Spotted at Natural Products Expo: StaySteady cereal is a low glycemic, high fiber, high protein cereal made to be helpful for diabetic and weight management. StaySteady cereal is manufactured by Organic Milling, Inc., a 60-year-old cereal and snack company located in sunny San Dimas, California proving not all companies launching disruptive healthy options are new.

CPGs Help Emerging Brands

Recognizing the importance of disruptive innovation, large CPGs and business intelligence firms like Mintel are identifying and nurturing food and beverage companies

Save Me From's six formulations each combat a different source of hair damage for a “Tip To Root Hair Reboot.”

From Dark to Light: Hope in a Jar

Packaging for a line of Ayurvedic-ingredient hair-repair products strikes a serious yet hopeful tone, mirroring the brand’s larger social mission to support suicide prevention.

Recycle Me Again Portfolio Shot

Regional Coke Labels Sacrifice Branding for Recycling Education

With Coca-Cola set to roll out its new range of plastic bottles made entirely from rPET in Sweden, the beverage giant is unveiling new labels that sacrifice its iconic red and white-cursive branding for a powerful recycling message.

Each carton included stats on the most recent game and the Packers’ record that week within the division. It also used AR technology to allow consumers to collect stickers and take selfies with their favorite M&M’S characters, as well as unlock exclusive content.

A Touchdown for Mars Wrigley’s Connected M&M’S NFL Pack

At the AIPIA World Congress, Mars Wrigley and WestRock detail a pilot that used digital printing and Augmented Reality for a collectible, connected M&M’S pack in Green Bay, WI.

Sofresco Wellness Shots, processed and packaged, are prepared to undergo high pressure processing at UniversalPure's Malvern, PA facility.

Unconventional Strategic Partnership Helps Global Juice Brand Expand

Marketed with great success in Europe and Asia as Sonatural, this Portuguese juice maker co-locates with high pressure processor in Pennsylvania forming a unique partnership.

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NAPCOR Executive Director David Collier

Live from TPC: NAPCOR Rolls Out ‘Positively PET’ Campaign

Source: Here to Stay or Up in Smoke? A look at the U.S. cannabis market, by PMMI Business Intelligence. Download the whitepaper for free at pwgo.to/3349.

For the Umpteenth Time, Cannabis Market Hard to Define

The cannabis market remains fragmented and divisive.

Katherine Lugar, President & CEO of the American Beverage Association

Live from TPC: Every Bottle Back Seeks to Close the Loop on PET

Katherine Lugar, President & CEO of the American Beverage Assn., shares how beverage industry initiative involves educational campaign regarding PET bottles' 100% recyclability, on-pack messaging, and investment in recycling infrastructure.

Hellmann's 100% Recyled Plastic

Hellmann’s Canada to Use 100% Recycled Plastic

Packaging changes for mayonnaise bottles and jars expected to save 1 million kilograms of plastic this year

U.S. Needs to Up its Recycling Game

U.S. Needs to Up its Recycling Game

Germany leads the world with a recycling rate of 68%, but the U.S. doesn’t even make the top ten according to “2019 Trends and Advances in Food Packaging and Processing,” a new report by PMMI Business Intelligence.

Special Historical Exhibit Coming to PACK EXPO International

In a major undertaking this year in Chicago, PACK EXPO International sponsor PMMI is creating an interactive display on the history of packaging.

Cannabis Cloud Buster

Embossed Wallet for Sublingual Strip

A recurring theme when it comes to packaging of cannabis is the transition from having an army of people in manual mode to an operation where automated or semi-automated systems reduce the amount of packaging that’s done by hand.

Oan Ag Producer

Controls Upgrade Boosts Bagging

A PACK EXPO Las Vegas Innovation Stage presentation by Emerson Automation Solutions showed how a sophisticated controls solution can be bolted onto legacy equipment.

Pre-labeled pouches, seen here from their transparent backs, are being opened and filled in the GP-M3000 before being vibrated to settle the buds, then heat-sealed.

Harvest Health Automates Cannabis Pouch Filling

Adding automated weighing and pouch filling brought Harvest the consistency and filling speed needed to help continue to meet growing market demand and prepare for future market growth.

Boyer's Food Markets is the first to use the new Eeasy Lid for jars of its Darci's private-label pasta sauces.

New Pasta Sauce Jar Lid is 40% Easier to Open

Regional grocer debuts new lid for its vacuum-packed sauce jar that uses a proprietary push-button technology that makes it easier for consumers to open the jar.

Best Practices for Conveyor Safety

Best Practices for Conveyor Safety

See what the Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) has to say about conveyor-specific safety programs and materials that are available for your facility.