Conveying & accumulation

Need for automation continues to grow!

Newly designed automation saves both time and money.

April 30, 2005

Cosmetics/Personal care: Page 78

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Bulldog-Mentality Changeover Tactics

Look beyond the more obvious mechanical-side opportunities. Efficiencies lurk in operational procedures, especially when the relationship with a customer is strong.

March 31, 2005

Converting equipment

Packaging 'Payback'

Sonoco creates economies of scale that accelerate speed-to-market and reduce obsolescence in helping manufacturers meet the emphasis on outsourced packaging that works at retail.

March 31, 2005

Contract Packaging

Packaging 'Payback' (sidebar)

Harnessing the power of postponement

March 31, 2005

Contract Packaging

10 Questions to Ask When Purchasing Machinery

You can protect your company from getting ‘taken’ by learning about the dealer’s history and key relationships.

March 31, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Wal-Mart strikes again

Machinery OEMs who supply the equipment now automating the packaging lines that funnel product to Wal-Mart shelves take note: It’s unlikely your job is going to get any easier any time soon.

March 31, 2005

Secondary Packaging

Marden Edwards' new servo end-fold wrapper

75 cpm wrapper offers enhanced graphics, gentle film handling, from Marden Edwards at Interpack 2005

March 31, 2005

Closures

Whitener pens niche with cosmetics

Out-of-the-carton thinking for BriteSmile Inc., Walnut Creek, CA, has pushed the retail version of its product into a premium niche at cosmetics counters.

March 31, 2005

Sustainability

Consumer survey identifies package challenges

Packaging for liquid soap and for ready-to-eat, precut fruits were identified by consumers as the most consumer-friendly in a new survey and report from Mona Doyle/The Consumer Network.

March 31, 2005

Flexibles

Clarification

On page 47 of Packaging World’s March coverage of the Flexible Packaging Association’s awards competition, the wrong image appeared with the description of the Autopak® Sterilization Pouch.

March 31, 2005

Sustainable Packaging

Cosmetics may have to show warnings

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now taking a hard look at whether common cosmetics and personal care products that contain untested chemicals need to display a warning label to consumers.

March 31, 2005

Flexibles

Schick looks sharp for tray lidstock improvement

Sealing temperatures that range too high or dwell time that grows too long are tough on packaging materials.

March 31, 2005

Flexibles

On paper, a world of opportunity

The consensus view is paperboard is hardly old-fashioned. But both consumers and retailers believe it can do far more to intensify the visual theater, clarify the price-value relationship with the product, and improve security.

March 31, 2005