Secondary Packaging

High-speed case packer shown packing bottles up to 75 cases/min

Mach 4 case packer from Brenton engineering allows multiple pack patterns in wraparound cases or trays.

January 19, 2011

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Recycling

Food safety law is here, and so are some of its effects

Now what? Yes, the new food safety law did get passed, yes it did get signed into law.

January 18, 2011

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

MFK teaches Haitians 'how to fish'

Meds & Food for Kids not only brings a live-saving therapeutic food product to Haiti’s starving children, but it also works with local Haitian farmers and labor to produce and package the product.

January 14, 2011

Flexibles

Band sealer expands lifeline for Haitian kids

Nonprofit Meds & Food for Kids in Haiti installs new packaging equipment that doubles its output of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food for the country’s starving children.

January 14, 2011

Sustainability

U.S. demand for green packaging to reach $41.7 billion in 2014

Fastest gains are expected for degradable packaging and plastic recycled-content packaging, reveals new study from Freedonia.

January 14, 2011

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Display unit and the right message increase cereal sales

A test display fixture bearing a healthful product message for General Mills cereals lifted brand sales 17%, category sales 1%—and reduced shopper decision-making time.

January 12, 2011

Flexible packaging

Oxygen, water vapor permeation units installed at pharmaceutical testing laboratory in Tibet

Testing equipment to be used to measure package permeation for traditional Tibetan herbal remedies and conventional pharmaceuticals.

January 10, 2011

Flexible packaging

The Greener Package top 10 for 2010

Articles dealing with end-of-life packaging solutions—primarily compostability, biodegradability, and recyclability—top the list of most-viewed stories in 2010.

January 9, 2011

Containers

HDPE ovals provide trendy look for haircare line

SunPure Beauty line attracts salon customers with luxury look.

January 6, 2011

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Interphex 2011 New York programs announced

Educational program to feature biopharmaceutical manufacturing topics. Meanwhile, ISPE will again sponsor the March 29-31 event in New York.

January 6, 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

Beverage

Bold, debossed label gets small-lot winery in the game

Caliza Winery uses modern, yet elegant labels that combine visual intrigue with a strong, tactile feel to create a high level of differentiation.

January 5, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Graphics not sacrificed in new sustainable pet-food pack

Packaging for Kaytee’s new natural line of pet food uses a high-quality printing process to create rich, animal imagery for pet lovers, while employing FSC-certified, recyclable material.

January 5, 2011