Flexibles

Frito Lay Canada is first with 100% compostable SunChips bag

Marketed as “The new sound of green,” the SunChips 100% compostable flexible snack bag will begin appearing on Canadian retail shelves in March.

February 8, 2010

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Weighing/combination scales

Nuts about new weigher/bagger

Custom combo system serves up targeted operating and cost efficiencies.

February 7, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Checklist for strategic sustainability

How does your company's sustainability strategy compare?

February 3, 2010

Bakery/Snack

Evaluating automated vs. manual case taping

Strategy brief from Loveshaw evaluates the cost of automated case tapers vs. manual case taping, comparing number of workers, number of cases taped, tape used, and impact on production.

January 31, 2010

Bakery/Snack

Form-pack-seal system answers the need for faster changeover and lower cost

The WFPS 1252 case former/packing/case sealing system shown in the video, makes use of Wexxar's patented Pin & Dome case opening technology and accepts both left-hand oriented and right-hand oriented cases, so one machine can do the work of two. It also provides a tool-free changeover in less than five minutes — improving flexibility and increasing through-put.

January 8, 2010

Bakery/Snack

Packer for baked goods

Weighpack’s high-speed packaging solution for lightweight baked goods includes a 14-head Primo weigher and dual VS horizontal baggers.

January 6, 2010

Bakery/Snack

Mars customizes via packaging

I love stories about innovative companies whose people are willing to try new things.

January 6, 2010

Flexibles

Major Hormel brands are lightweighted for substantial materials savings

Product packaging ranging from cartons and glass jars to tubs and corrugated cases slim down in Hormel’s efforts to reduce its environmental footprint.

December 11, 2009

Bakery/Snack

Highly reliable case erector video

The Pearson CS25 Case Sealer is an innovative, compact case sealer capable of top sealing a case with either tape or hot melt glue at speeds up to 25 cases per minute.

December 8, 2009

Flexible packaging

Global collaboration enables Kraft Foods' culture change

Project-by-project, Kraft Foods’ global business units, with leadership from the company’s corporate sustainability team, are creating a culture where sustainability is a part of every package design.

December 8, 2009

Cartoning

Achieving speed to commercialization: Visual Pak's three-pronged attack

Contract manufacturer and packager touts scale, vertical integration, and personal service to grow while servicing large and small consumer product companies.

December 7, 2009

Bakery/Snack

7-Eleven builds a best-value branding strategy

December 7, 2009

Closures

Private brands--a new balance of power?

Retailers’ brands are creating distinctive identities via design. But at least one expert says the job isn’t finished, thereby providing opportunities across the board.

December 7, 2009