Coding, Printing & Labeling

What's new at Pack Expo 2009?

The Brand Zone, which will house The Showcase of Packaging Innovations, is just one of the new features you’ll find at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2009.

September 4, 2009

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Additives, coatings & inks

New duty to report dangerous foods

Starting September 8, 2009, food companies have an important new legal obligation: They have to report to FDA when they discover a food has a reasonable probability of causing serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or other animals.

September 1, 2009

Conveying & accumulation

Wine-box packaging line speeds sake filling

Centuries-old Japanese sake company Gekkeikan Sake invests in modern packaging technology to handle growing demand for its restaurant-bound bag-in-box product.

August 17, 2009

Contract Packaging

As board leadership evolves, a vision is firmly in place for the CPA

August 5, 2009

Closures

Surprise! Tobacco products get their butts kicked

Did YOU know there were large numbers of people just itching to put more restrictions on cigarettes?

August 2, 2009

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Checkweighing top-grade food products

At this German producer of fine preserves and frozen products, product quality is assured thanks to an in-line checkweigher.

July 7, 2009

Flexibles

Taking stock of sustainability

Don’t let misunderstandings, myths, or misgivings hamper your ability to deliver on the sustainable packaging goals you’ve established for your company.

July 2, 2009

Secondary Packaging

Sara Lee speaks on three-pronged green goals

In an exclusive interview, Sara Lee Corporation’s director of packaging innovation and development shares the company’s strategy surrounding sustainability.

July 2, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

In-mold labels save trees

Lloyd’s Barbeque Co., a div. of Hormel Foods Corp. recently introduced new sustainable plastic tub packaging with in-mold labeling.

June 30, 2009

Sustainability

Sustainable packaging-many ways to skin this cat

Coca-Cola, Sara Lee, and ConAgra are putting a lot of thought into sustainable packaging initiatives. Consider these ideas as you ponder your own carbon footprint.

June 23, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Industry watch

June 5, 2009

Tamper-evident machinery

Tracking elusive OEE in pharmaceutical packaging

Pharmaceutical manufacturers lag behind food and other industries when it comes to overall equipment effectiveness on their packaging lines.

June 5, 2009

Sustainability

Pad packing cuts costs, materials

Cleanser manufacturer SerVaas Laboratories cleans up on costs and materials savings when it swaps its shipping cases for shrink-wrapped pad packs for retail and distribution.

June 4, 2009