Coding, Printing & Labeling

Automated labeler boosts efficiencies

Fuel additive company’s switch from manual to automated labeling cuts labor costs and revs up productivity.

August 5, 2011

Household/Automotive: Page 6

Flexibles

DuPont Award winners announced

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers today announced winners in the 23rd DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, representing breakthrough developments from brand giants such as Gillette and Coca-Cola.

June 13, 2011

Flexibles

CCL Industries announces organization change

CCL Industries Inc., a world leader in the development of labeling solutions and specialty packaging for the consumer products and healthcare industries, announced today that Gaston Tano, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has tendered his resignation to accept a new position, in a similar capacity, at a consumer products company in the private sector and will be leaving CCL at the beginning of August following the release of the Company's second quarter earnings.

June 6, 2011

Secondary Packaging

Case Study: How Kelly-Moore achieved 76% 1-year ROI on automated palletizing

Download this detailed case study from Intelligrated to learn how paint manufacturer went from manual palletizing to fully automated, substantially eliminating overtime and increasing flexibility in the face of proliferating SKU's.

May 24, 2011

Sustainability

Convertible clamshell for McDonald's earns top AmeriStar Package Award

Creative pack for McDonald’s wins ‘Best of Show’ while a bag-in-box for automotive fluids takes sustainable packaging honors at the 2011 AmeriStar Package Awards competition.

May 12, 2011

Household/Automotive

IQMS adds new employees to its European division

In order to continue its expansion into Europ and strengthen its global presence, IQMS has announced the expansion of its IQMS Europe team by welcoming Edward Waddington, Yves Dormont and Marco Pinzon.

May 8, 2011

Dairy

Enthusiasm builds for Expo Pack Mexico

Expo Pack Mexico is June 21-24 in Mexico City, and by now it’s clear that both packaging and processing solutions providers are ready and enthusiastic.

May 7, 2011

Contract Packaging

How to achieve cost savings via Continuous Improvement

With rising commodity prices, and increasing margin pressure, cost savings have never been more important than they are today.

April 12, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Five Critical Factors for Selecting Fieldbus Valve Manifolds

White paper from Numatics presents controls engineers, specifiers, and buyers with new insights into five crucial factors they must consider before selecting pneumatic fieldbus valve manifolds — commissioning, distribution, modularity, diagnostics, and recovery — while also outlining some shortcomings of conventional approaches.

March 29, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Kundinger Controls exclusive B&R partner in Michigan

In February 2011, B&R Industrial Automation appointed Kundinger Controls to their ranks of partners in North America.

March 29, 2011

Flexibles

Xpedx launches new North American network of package design centers

Xpedx has announced a new network of 7 Package Design Centers with the opening of centers in the San Francisco Bay Area and Rochester, NY, and the expansion of existing design centers in Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Juarez, Mexico, metropolitan areas.

February 22, 2011

Sustainability

Green battery pack seats six

New blister pack for launch of batteries for home theatre 3DTV glasses uses eye-catching “stadium seating” design and allows for resealability and 100% recyclability.

February 8, 2011

Conveying & accumulation

Pro Mach Acquires Shuttleworth, Inc.

Pro Mach, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Shuttleworth, Inc., a leading global conveyor automation and product handling machinery manufacturer based in Huntington, Indiana. Shuttleworth, with facilities in Belgium and Malaysia, will become a division of Pro Mach’s End of Line Business Unit.

January 6, 2011