Digital Transformation

Benchmarking OEE

EMI brings packaging line performance analysis to life. Are you Best-in-Class, Average, or Laggard?

September 9, 2010

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Flexible packaging sales revenue forecast to rise 3.4% this year

The Flexible Packaging Assn. predicts U.S. sales revenue to reach $27.3 billion this year. Also, raw materials pricing supplants the economy as the primary concern of survey respondents.

September 9, 2010

Sustainability

P&G pushes the limits of two-stage ISBM

P&G teams up with an innovative resin supplier and a specialist in high-performance packaging to commercialize a PP preform for stretch blow molding.

September 9, 2010

Containers

Packaging guidelines take effect for suppliers of Whole Foods Market body care, supplement products

Company leads the responsible packaging program with new recycled-content containers for store-brand products.

September 9, 2010

Flexible packaging

Pharmaceutical packaging demand forecast to rise through 2014

Regulations and standards that address issues such as barrier protection, patient drug compliance, and diversion and counterfeiting will increase demand for containers and accessories.

September 9, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Campbell Wrapper Corporation: Horizontal flow wrapper

Campbell Wrapper Corporation’s full servo driven On-Edge Revolution Horizontal Flow Wrapper features a sanitary modular design with a cantilevered tube forming section that allows debris to fall away from internal drive components while providing an attractive wrap for a variety of products including cookies, crackers, frozen hash browns and frozen meat patties at speeds ranging from 50 - 150 packages/min.

September 8, 2010

Flexible packaging

Parsons-Eagle Packaging Systems: Linear scale

The Parsons-Eagle Duplex E Series Linear Scale is a reliable, heavy-duty scale system that weighs free-flowing and semi-free flowing products including pet food/treats/litter, sugar, salt, ground meal, plastic pellets, granulated chemicals, etc., and is especially suitable for large pre-made bag, case and drum filling applications.

September 8, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

National Instruments: New interfaces provide LabVIEW connectivity

National Instruments provides products for connecting NI LabVIEW to PROFIBUS, FOUNDATION Fieldbus and DeviceNet.

September 8, 2010

Cosmetics/Personal care

Sound off!

September 8, 2010

Bakery/Snack

Food danger reports at one year: program expansion may be on way

The Reportable Food Registry, the program requiring food packers, makers, processors and distributors to report potentially dangerous foods and ingredients to the Food and Drug Administration, is almost a year old.

September 8, 2010

Protective/transport packaging

Video on foam-in-bag protective packaging system

Video of next-generation IntelliPack Smart Bagger foam-in-place system from Pregis shows first-ever telemetry to monitor performance, bar coding which enables correct consumables usage and automatic supply reordering.

September 8, 2010

Sustainability

Ice cream giving other indulgence products a licking?

Category sales have been solid during a chilly economy, and green packaging appears to be one tactic that might be helping to drive sales.

September 8, 2010

Detergents/cleaners

Squeezing out sustainability benefits: P&G's powder laundry detergents to be compacted

Starting next year, a number of P&G’s powder laundry detergents will be compacted into smaller cartons for ‘meaningful environmental benefits.’

September 8, 2010