Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

AroMetrics packs refreshed

A good-looking and good-smelling package redesign for Valvoline car fresheners cuts through the ‘noise’ at retail.

October 3, 2007

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Conveying & accumulation

Picking, packing, and palletizing with robots

Robotics—a flexible automation system that improves productivity, quality, and workforce capabilities—continues making inroads into packaging.

August 9, 2007

Secondary Packaging

General Mills: packaging equipment must be 'worth it'

At the second annual Packaging Automation Forum sponsored by ELAU and other automation suppliers, packagers zeroed in on the supply chain impact of flexible, standards-based automation technologies on the packing floor. The keynote speaker in particular nailed the topic.

June 18, 2007

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Anti-counterfeiting strategies begin to take shape

From the automotive aftermarket to personal-care products to pharmaceuticals, new brand authentication and anti-counterfeiting initiatives are swimming into view.

June 11, 2007

Household/Automotive

A role for robots

Senior director of operations Jack vanderDeen of Siptop Packaging talks about robotic solutions implemented recently at Siptop’s Mississauga, Canada, plant (see www.packworld/view-22569).

March 8, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

SEW-Eurodrive USA: Decentralized control

SEW-Eurodrive has introduced MOVIFIT® Field Integrated Technology, the next generation in intelligent decentralized control.

February 10, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Resilient RFID tag

Now available from Confidex, Ironside RFID transponders work on metallic objects and in the most demanding conditions.

January 11, 2007

Closures

1-piece CR closure

Rexam now offers a 24mm CR Flip-Top 1-piece dispensing closure, the first size in a new dispensing series.

November 6, 2006

Secondary Packaging

Fallas Automation's Adabot™ lets packagers 'add a robot'

Built for speed and agility, new R700 Adabot™ robotic case packer tracks and picks products on the fly. But that's not all. Plug and play robot cells can be readily added for increased productivity.

October 10, 2006

Conveying & accumulation

Schneider Electric: Schneider Electric: Ultrasonic Sensor

The new Hyde Park Virtu™ 30 from Schneider Electric is an ultrasonic sensor available in a 30-mm barrel body style.

October 7, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

PIAB USA Inc: Oval suction cups for difficult applications

PIAB Vacuum Products, a leading manufacturer of industrial vacuum products and components, introduces new DURAFLEX oval suction cups as a solution for difficult applications.

September 22, 2006

Contract Packaging

Supply Chain Convergence

Contract packaging is merging with contract logistics—a benefit to product manufacturers as they tighten their supply chains. But co-packers who fail to adapt will fall behind.

July 31, 2006

Conveying & accumulation

Robots a perfect fit for packaged solution

Robots handle primary and secondary packaging on a customized turnkey line that collates, cases, labels, and palletizes industrial filters.

July 31, 2006