Sustainability

iQ household cleaner reduces plastic waste by 80%

Innovative and eco-friendly cleaning system is honored with Best Green Packaging award.

April 5, 2011

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Labels

McDowell Label receives its 10th & 11th World Label Awards

McDowell Label was recognized on March 15th in Palm Beach, FL with two new World Label Awards.

April 4, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Video: Famar TF100 Thermoformer

From MG America, compact, servo-driven blister machine offers hot and cold forming of oral solid dose blisters.

March 31, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Live from Interphex NY 2011: Day II

Packaging machinery, material developments merit attending trade shows such as Interphex.

March 31, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Five Critical Factors for Selecting Fieldbus Valve Manifolds

White paper from Numatics presents controls engineers, specifiers, and buyers with new insights into five crucial factors they must consider before selecting pneumatic fieldbus valve manifolds — commissioning, distribution, modularity, diagnostics, and recovery — while also outlining some shortcomings of conventional approaches.

March 29, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Kundinger Controls exclusive B&R partner in Michigan

In February 2011, B&R Industrial Automation appointed Kundinger Controls to their ranks of partners in North America.

March 29, 2011

Containers

Recycled can brings new life to reconditioned waste ink

A new paint, manufactured entirely from waste emulsion, is being trialed by a U.K. DIY retailer in a plastic pail that incorporates 25% post-industrial content.

March 28, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Video: Large character printing in dusty environment

Video shows SQ2 Scorpion large-character ink-jet coder printing on multiwall cement bags in dusty, harsh-duty environment.

March 26, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Packaging growth escalates in China

China Med and ProPak China events, recent studies point to continued growth in packaging in China, and not just for exports.

March 25, 2011

Consumer packaged goods

Domino receives top prize at 25th Anniversary PLC Awards

Domino Printing Sciences plc, the Cambridge, UK-based manufacturer of product identification, traceability and digital printing solutions, has been named Company of the Year at the 2010 PLC Awards.

March 22, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

SPS 2011 surpasses expectations

The first edition of Greener Package and AIChE’s event around sustainable packaging tops 220 attendees, sparks lively debate, and raises the level of discourse around packaging and the environment.

March 22, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Five lessons for building great packaging

Today’s purchasing decisions are made quickly. Here are some ideas for conveying your brand’s story while also standing out and educating consumers.

March 17, 2011

Material handling

FDA's track-and-trace workshop talks Turkey about item-level pharmaceutical packaging

The packaging executives gathered at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration track-and-trace workshop in mid-February didn't mean the bird when they talked Turkey between sessions at the FDA White Oak Complex in Silver Spring, MD.

March 16, 2011