Dairy

Flip-top jar covers

O.Berk has reintroduced its Flip-Top Jar Covers in 70/400 and 89/400 finishes for use in 4- and 8-oz low-profile PET jars.

May 13, 2008

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Sustainability

Sustainable tube packaging from Norden

In Europe, not all toothpaste tubes come in cartons – to reduce packaging material usage, more tubes are now being tray packed and shrink wrapped for use as point-of-sale display packs.

May 13, 2008

Secondary Packaging

PRB introduces servo overwrapper

PRB's new high-speed fleXE FAR servo bundler/overwrapper is one of the smallest and fastest film overwrappers on the market.

May 13, 2008

Secondary Packaging

IMA offers totally automated servo case packer

Recent research sponsored in part by ELAU suggests a much higher incidence of packaging lines with multiple changeovers per day – some 37% of respondents.

May 13, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Package 'powerhouse' produces for global produce marketer

Marking its 20th year, the DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation 2008 include a number of notable achievements in sustainable packaging.

May 12, 2008

Secondary Packaging

PRB's top-load casepacker

The F30 robotic vertical case packer from PRB is equally at home packing snack bars or shampoo bottles at speeds up to 20-30 cases per minute, and up to 100 individual products per minute. Find out why PRB has selected ELAU for its automation platform.

May 2, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Pester robotic case erector & packer

Pester Pac Automation launched a new robot arm design for its 60 cpm, 8-axis servo case packer at interpack, among other new machines.

May 2, 2008

Reusable/Returnable

2008 packaged goods trends--top 10 countdown...

#10—Probiotics are everywhere.

April 17, 2008

Cosmetics/Personal care

High-speed digital video recorders help P&G analyze packaging line problems

At its packaging facility in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, England, Procter & Gamble UK contract packages a range of premium perfume products in container sizes from 30mL to 125mL. Brand names include Dolce & Gabanna, Lacoste, Hugo Boss, Laura Biagotti, and Baldessarini.

April 14, 2008

Containers

The modern retail-packaging conundrum

What is the role of product packaging, given the fast-changing face of retailing and consumer demand now?

April 9, 2008

Containers

CR caps for plastic tubes

World Wide Packaging is expanding its market with newchild-resistant caps for plastic tubes,

April 7, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Resolver-based drive

Lenze-AC Techhas released the resolver-based Model 941 PositionServo Drive.

April 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Incremental encoders

SICK STEGMANN’s DFS 60 Incremental Encoders are now available in blind hollow shaft versions.

April 3, 2008