Consumer packaged goods

Web plus

Hitachi America, Ltd., Industrial Systems Division, supplier of sophisticated electrical and electronic industrial equipment and components for application in pharmaceutical plants, food and beverage processing, steel making, mass transit systems, chemical plants, and other manufacturing facilities, has launched a B2B, Web-based portal for the industrial components and equipment business.

March 2, 2008

Consumer packaged goods: Page 88

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Guide to Packaging Law, 2nd Edition

The second edition of Guide to Packaging Law, by Packaging World legal editor Eric Greenberg, is now available from the IoPP bookstore.

March 2, 2008

Flexibles

Flip-top flavor enhancers for dog food

In June 2007, Chomp, Inc., Weymouth, MA, introduced Sniffers Shake-Ins Meal Enhancers for dog food. The dry granulated products are available in three flavors (chicken, bacon, and liver) and are formulated to enhance flavor, add protein, and aid healthy digestion.

March 2, 2008

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Fresh audio packaging proclaims "Digital Democracy"

Fresh audio packaging proclaims ‘Digital Democracy’ for in-store retail and online sales.

March 1, 2008

Flexibles

2008 FPA Silver Award Winners

Photos of the 2008 Flexible Packaging Assn. Silver Award winners.

February 14, 2008

Flexible packaging

Leveraging the potential of servo automation

Hassia Redatron’s sachet machine uses Intelligent Servo Modules for reliability and more precise dosing.

February 13, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

What makes interpack so important?

Guest editorial: the biggest packaging show on earth is also among the most influential. Plenty of corporate packaging machinery buyers from the Fortune 500 attend. Why do only 10% of North American OEMs exhibit there? By John Kowal ELAU Inc. Global Marketing Manager

February 4, 2008

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Robotic trends in packaging

Part 2 of a 2-part series on trends in packaging robotics. (Our previous report explored reasons for the proliferation of purpose-built robotic capabilities in packaging machine designs. This concluding article looks at applications and design considerations for OEMs.)

January 30, 2008

Cartoning

Embedding robotic functionality in packaging machinery

Part 1 of a 2-part series explores the trend toward packaging machinery integrating purpose-built robotic capabilities.

January 21, 2008

Additives, coatings & inks

Light stabilizers

Ciba has introduced Novel Encapsulated Additives Technology (NEAT) to enable equivalent UV protection in waterborne coatings as that of high-performance light stabilizers in solvent-borne coatings.

January 11, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

High-performing micro-drive

The new V1000 adjustable frequency drive from Yaskawa is said to be the world’s smallest, while offering a large menu of performance- and efficiency-enhancing features.

January 11, 2008

Closures

Artegraft switches to copolyester for vascular graft tubes

Company transitions from cylindrical glass culture tubes for its collagen vascular grafts to a copolyester-based tube with a flat side, helping to prevent breakage and save money.

January 10, 2008

Converting equipment

Cooperation proves critical in tube manufacturing

In this Q&A, Mel O’Leary, Jr., president and CEO of Meredith-Springfield Associates, describes how copolyester resin and supplier cooperation helped make the Artegraft tube.

January 10, 2008