Flexibles

'Full-panel' reseal realizes gold

Reseal options give companies more ways for providing consumers with added package convenience. One new technology, which adapts the entire front of a package into a recloseable panel, has been recognized with gold-level honors in packaging excellence by FPA judges.

March 4, 2008

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Flexibles

Package 'steams' into frozen vegetable pack

Microwaving frozen vegetables can be messy and inconvenient for consumers. That no longer needs to be so.

March 4, 2008

Flexibles

Better bags are the cat's meow

Sometimes looks do count. Such was the case for Nestlé Purina Pet Care Fancy Feast Gourmet Gold cat food, which earned a gold for printing achievement for Nordenia U.S.A.. The better-looking bags also reflect functional improvements.

March 4, 2008

Flexibles

Hot pouch, highest achievement

A clever design for a pouched line of microwavable heat-and-serve sauces and gravies helped earn CLP Packaging Solutions Highest Achievement honors in this year’s FPA competition.

March 3, 2008

Flexible packaging

Nuspark makes custom packaging standard

Compact vertical and horizontal cartoning, case erecting & packing, robotic pick & place – Nuspark does it all and more. And they build customized solutions from pre-engineered packaging modules, a perfect fit for ELAU Intelligent Servo Module technology.

March 3, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

New case erector is multifunctional, flexible

Pro Pack Systems is rewriting the book on case erecting/bottom sealing with its modular, recipe-driven, servo-adjusted, print-on-demand Pro Print™ EBS 15 machine offering advanced Markem, ELAU and Nordson subsystems.

March 3, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

Eco-friendly void fill

Pregis Corporation’s GeoSpeed 100 System is a highly flexible, low-cost packaging solution that delivers eco-friendly packaging material.

March 3, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

2007 AmeriStars revealed

A color-changing coffee lid and barrier PET bottle are the big winners in the annual awards conducted by the IoPP.

March 3, 2008

Flexible packaging

Stik Pak machines go mainstream

Ropak took stick pack machinery to a new level in time for the single serve packs to become the hottest trend in consumer packaging – and they’ve achieved some incredible throughputs -- up to 1,000 per minute.

March 3, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Latest Adabot™ adds capabilities

Fallas Automation’s latest robotic case packer for flexible packages offers wider payload range, stainless washdown construction, lets operators build pick recipes.

March 3, 2008

Protective/transport packaging

'Packing peanuts' hotline is on the loose fill

Don't toss 'em out or wring your hands: There’s another option for discarding excess EPS pieces.

March 3, 2008

Detergents/cleaners

Sachet packaging opportunity?

A sales-expanding idea for health and beauty aids and other products.

March 3, 2008

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Sylvania's enlightened redesign

Consumer-driven auto aftermarket packaging overhaul of 250+ items also embraces sustainability.

March 2, 2008