Consumer packaged goods

A variety of machinery advice

Some additional packaging equipment advice that’s worth passing along.

October 4, 2008

Other Packaged Goods: Page 129

Closures

Dawn's dual-product package differentiates brand

Packagers unwilling to invest in innovative, smart packaging will be the ones whose products are left on the shelf, advises smart packaging consultant Dr. Paul Butler.

October 4, 2008

Sustainability

Smart's light still burns bright

Smart packaging thrives, with innovations that drive greater brand marketing and product communication, as well as enhance product quality and safety.

October 4, 2008

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Rotary hot-air bag sealers elevate operating efficiencies

Contract packer installs four units to accommodate high-speed, high-production demands of major paper products manufacturer.

October 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Embedded drive software

Lenze-AC Tech’s configuration and programming software MotionView OnBoard is now embedded in the PositionServo drive, creating platform independence.

October 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Keeping motion and logic separate

This builder of liquid filling machines maintains its belief in a motion controller that is separate from the PLC that governs a machine’s logic.

October 4, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Pack Expo---a spotlight on green

Change, Innovation, and Sustainability are the key themes of this year’s Conference at Pack Expo. But conference speakers will shine the brightest spotlight on sustainability.

October 4, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Setting a brand apart through effective sustainable packaging

A growing number of companies are focusing on sustainable products and processes to reduce their impact on the environment, improve efficiency, and strengthen their brands.

October 3, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

New law tries to wake up sleepy commission

When is a regulatory agency not a regulatory agency?

October 3, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Fishing for customers

Ronnie Wrenn waits patiently for retailers and consumers to catch on to fresh, never frozen case-ready seafood from his company, Fresher Than Fresh, which provides its products in modified-atmosphere packaged overwrapped trays (see www.packworld.com/casestudy-26065)

October 3, 2008

Flexibles

Digital labels enhance sales samples

Freudenberg Household Products uses digitally printed labels to bring a retail-ready appearance to sales samples of its new Professional line of cleaning products.

October 2, 2008

Flexibles

Energy drinks hit high gear in shrink-sleeved multipacks

A drink for female off-roading enthusiasts is ‘pretty in pink,’ and in silver, and in black.

October 2, 2008

Flexibles

Tanning line saturated in 360-deg color

Full-body shrink-sleeve labels adorn slender-neck bottles to create a stir.

October 2, 2008