Secondary Packaging

Candy maker sweetens cartoning efficiencies

Installation of automatic carton erecting and closing equipment improves production rates and cuts costs.

October 12, 2010

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Sustainable Packaging

Digital printing--a difference maker in launch of Windows 7

Less waste, accelerated speed to market, and anticounterfeiting advantages are some of the benefits gained through on-demand digital printing of folding cartons.

September 9, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Snacking trends signal packaging opportunities?

Food channel releases Top 10 Snack Trend Report

August 23, 2010

Containers

'Big mouth' plastic containers are shrinking

Those jars that are popular in club stores for bulk products are seeing reduced diameters and improved geometry to cut costs while also retaining stacking strength.

August 18, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Robotics rallies in 2010; packagers automate for profit

After the past couple years’ serious sales slump, the industrial robotics industry is beginning to rebound, with food and consumer goods applications showing strong gains. Recent packaging installations testify to the value of automation.

August 8, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Software links printers company-wide

Jelly Belly Candy Company has increased factory automation and reduced the costs of pre-printed packaging through good use of package-coding software.

August 8, 2010

Confection/Candy

International package design firm wins American award...

July 15, 2010

Dairy

In the same vein...

July 15, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Making chocolate candy faster

Adding a little automation to the mix makes a chocolate candy process machine happier while eliminating a very boring job.

June 16, 2010

Flexibles

Biodegradable film for chocolate Melts

In the UK, Melts chocolate candies from Thorntons are wrapped in metallised, biodegradable NatureFlex™ NM film from Innovia.

June 4, 2010

Sustainability

90-day shelf life + sustainability gains = progress at Byrne Dairy

Byrne Dairy has a proven track record in ESL products. Now it’s using a new technology called ‘dry sterilization’ to get 90-day shelf life and get greener at the same time.

May 3, 2010

Beverage

More signs of a gradual recovery

Impluse sales at convenience stores seem to be picking up--candy, snack and soda sales finally show improvement.

April 30, 2010

Flexibles

Wrigley says so long to foil wrappers for iconic brands

Among the first to use foil wrappers for its chewing gum, Wrigley makes a switch to paper for five brands to save 850 tons of aluminum per year.

April 27, 2010