Consumer packaged goods

Extended-content labels

Cortegra has introduced its new cost-effective extended-content labels (ECL) with proprietary designs for information-rich products, multiple language translations, and lengthy and complex drug facts.

October 5, 2008

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Taking aim at OEE

Is your company on-target with your OEE program? If not, you may want to reconsider.

October 4, 2008

Consumer packaged goods

A variety of machinery advice

Some additional packaging equipment advice that’s worth passing along.

October 4, 2008

Sustainability

Smart's light still burns bright

Smart packaging thrives, with innovations that drive greater brand marketing and product communication, as well as enhance product quality and safety.

October 4, 2008

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Rotary hot-air bag sealers elevate operating efficiencies

Contract packer installs four units to accommodate high-speed, high-production demands of major paper products manufacturer.

October 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Embedded drive software

Lenze-AC Tech’s configuration and programming software MotionView OnBoard is now embedded in the PositionServo drive, creating platform independence.

October 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Keeping motion and logic separate

This builder of liquid filling machines maintains its belief in a motion controller that is separate from the PLC that governs a machine’s logic.

October 4, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Pack Expo---a spotlight on green

Change, Innovation, and Sustainability are the key themes of this year’s Conference at Pack Expo. But conference speakers will shine the brightest spotlight on sustainability.

October 4, 2008

Flexibles

Digital labels enhance sales samples

Freudenberg Household Products uses digitally printed labels to bring a retail-ready appearance to sales samples of its new Professional line of cleaning products.

October 2, 2008

Flexibles

Energy drinks hit high gear in shrink-sleeved multipacks

A drink for female off-roading enthusiasts is ‘pretty in pink,’ and in silver, and in black.

October 2, 2008

Closures

New canister packaging for beef jerky

In late Summer 2008, Oberto Sausage Co., Kent, WA, introduced its 30-counts of prewrapped Oh Boy!

October 2, 2008

Flexibles

Wine debuts in barrier-coated PET bottles

In March 2008, Artisan Wine Co., British Columbia, introduced to Canadian markets its Painted Turtle brand Semillion/Chardonnay and Cabernet/Shiraz wines in 750-mL silicon oxide-coated PET bottles from Ball Corp. (www.ball.com).

October 2, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

'Purchasing Plans' update confirms slow machinery sales

For the first time, the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (www.pmmi.org) has issued an update to its “Purchasing Plans Study,” asking respondents to reexamine their responses to the study earlier this year.

October 2, 2008