Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Flexible-width case sealer for cold or hot environments

Video from BestPack shows case and carton sealer that handles cases that are full or empty, narrow or wide, in a variety of cold or hot plant environments.

June 23, 2008

Industries: Page 431

Sustainable Packaging

Laying down the (packaging) law

The FDA looks to increase its global presence in an effort to safeguard food and beverages to better protect consumers. Packaging plays a role.

June 20, 2008

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Thermo form/fill/seal for high output

The 8000MH Thermo Form Fill Seal Machine is an American made high speed solution ideal for high production output rates in excess of 30 cycles per minute. Video shows meat and poultry application

June 18, 2008

Consumer packaged goods

Pacific Seafood's New Sustainable Shipping Cases

The days are growing longer, the sun feels warmer, and that means one thing: summer is here!

June 10, 2008

Flexibles

Snacks debut in resealable pouches

Stand-up pouches provide greater merchandising options.

June 10, 2008

Cartoning

interpack video report 3: conclusions

This report reinforces attributes that recurred in interpack machinery introductions: automated format changes as fast as 5 minutes, machines designed to run trendy package designs, and purpose-built packaging robots.

June 6, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Packaging: the new enabler

Our PTIS group of packaging thought leaders from across the value chain and across packaging functions is happy to be contributing to Packaging World on a regular basis.

June 2, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Industry Watch

June 2, 2008

Flexibles

OPP film for flexibles

ExxonMobil Chemical’s Metallyte UBW-ES is an innovative OPP film for flexible packaging.

June 2, 2008

Cosmetics/Personal care

Prefilled syringe protection

Schreiner MediPharm’s new Needle-Trap system is a cost-effective syringe label with an integrated needle protection functionality to help reduce accidental needle sticks.

June 2, 2008

Beverage

Salon packages pamper as a 'lifestyle brand'

How can packaging raise the bar for exclusive salon products?

June 2, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

New BIB wine line toasts tried-and-true technologies

Mission Bell Winery’s 5-L bag-in-box wine line serves as a blueprint for a new 3-L line that provides ‘outstanding’ sterility, ergonomics, and productivity.

June 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

OMAC Packaging workgroup rebuttal

Editor’s note: When our resident packaging automation blogger Keith Campbell (www.ontheedgeblog.com) posted some comments on OMAC and its mission, it prompted the OMAC Packaging Workgroup Executive Committee to send in a rebuttal of sorts. On this and the adjacent page, we bring you the blog and the rebuttal.

June 2, 2008