Form/fill/seal - horizontal

Off-the-Shelf HFFS Runs Sustainable Films

The entry-level system runs at speeds up to 100 pouches/min, and is capable of format changeover in less than 15 minutes.

November 9, 2020

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Robotics

Robotics Special Report: Case Packer for Croutons Saves Dough on Corrugated

Specialty food products manufacturer installs a robotic case packer for croutons that can keep pace with the rest of the packaging line, while saving costs on shelf-ready packaging, as well.

July 28, 2020

Package Design

Little Red Box Gets First Redesign in Decades

A brand refresh for Sun-Maid’s raisin and other whole-fruit products includes changes that aim to appeal to millennial shoppers looking for healthy snacks for their families.

May 19, 2020

E-commerce/D2C packaging

PepsiCo Opens Two New E-Commerce Outlets

PepsiCo launches new direct-to-consumer offerings to deliver food and beverage products and meet increased demand amid pandemic.

May 11, 2020

Flexible packaging

A Dang Good Redesign for Asian-American Snacks

Healthy snack brand Dang is repositioned and redesigned to tastefully emphasize Asian-American roots while infusing fun, playful personality.

April 14, 2020

Robotics

Pick-and-Place Robots, Flow Wrapper, Fuel High-Volume Bakery

With daily volumes in the millions and demand growing, this Canadian bakery automated what was once a manual process and is now hitting speeds of 280 product/min.

April 7, 2020

Flexibles

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.

February 17, 2020

Bakery/Snack

J&J Employs Versatile X-Ray for Mixed Snack Foods

To maximize detecting capability, J&J Snack Foods recently installed three x-ray systems from Mettler-Toledo Safeline, including an X33 model in 2017 and another X33 and a two-lane X36 model last year.

January 12, 2020

Secondary Packaging

Horizontal Bucket Conveyor Designed for Bakery Application

Multi-Conveyor

Multi-Conveyor recently built a dual strand, roller chain conveyor with bucket-style attachments to transport loaves of bread—ultimately ending up at a robotic pick zone.

December 13, 2019

Retail display packaging

50 Years On, Moon Landing Occasions Inspiring Tin Pack

To help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, Independent Can and MoonPie partnered with the Kennedy Space Center for a unique treat.

December 5, 2019

Flexibles

Kellogg, Bear Naked’s Stand-Up Pouch Takes Circular Route to Recyclability

Confronted with questions around sustainability, the flexible packaging industry is working to make recyclable pouches a reality in support of a more circular economy, using the How2Recycle label.

November 1, 2019

Flexibles

V/f/f/s Makes Maintenance a Breeze

Wheeled, hinged electrical cabinet is on rails, making for easy maintenance access, among other features of the fast, snack food-aimed, 500 bag/min dual mandrel system.

September 25, 2019

Flexibles

Zipper Reclosure for Fresh English Muffins

A PACK EXPO highlight in the Upper South hall of Amcor was a package of English muffins from Dave’s Killer Bread, a firm based in Milwaukie, OR.

September 23, 2019