Sustainability

Toying with bottle design

A playful bottle is engineered for educational, environmental, and humanitarian benefits.

February 1, 2008

Industries: Page 449

Bakery/Snack

White Paper: The superiority of single-source providers

In an industry saturated with competitors, researching individual equipment suppliers and manufacturers can prove a daunting and time-consuming task. That’s why more times than not it makes sense to purchase weighing and packing systems from a single-source provider, according to this White Paper by WeighPack Systems.

January 30, 2008

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Robotic trends in packaging

Part 2 of a 2-part series on trends in packaging robotics. (Our previous report explored reasons for the proliferation of purpose-built robotic capabilities in packaging machine designs. This concluding article looks at applications and design considerations for OEMs.)

January 30, 2008

Beverage

Will buzz about energy drinks impede growth?

Recent criticism over high caffeine and taurine content in energy drinks and possible links to high blood pressure and heart diseases could lead to a slowdown in the U.S. energy drinks market.

January 28, 2008

Cartoning

Embedding robotic functionality in packaging machinery

Part 1 of a 2-part series explores the trend toward packaging machinery integrating purpose-built robotic capabilities.

January 21, 2008

Flexibles

Reclosable bacon package

Oscar Mayer makes bacon more convenient with its Stay-Fresh Reclosable Tray.

January 21, 2008

Prepared Foods

Continuous motion cartoner is operator friendly on frozen food line

The Pegasus Cartoner: Continuous motion, horizontal cartoner for erecting, loading, and closing glue or tuck style cartons at up to 120 cpm. This video from Econocorp shows operator friendly cartoning on a frozen food, ethnic entree packaging line.

January 18, 2008

Closures

Upscale glass jars reflect family pride

DelGrosso Foods chooses retro-look glass jars for its Italian sauces.

January 14, 2008

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Industry watch

January 11, 2008

Sustainability

Biodegradable void-fill

Ecologically designed packing peanuts from Starch Tech are 100% biodegradable and provide a sustainable alternative to cushioning products that end up in landfills.

January 11, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

Renewable produce packaging

Three new produce packaging designs available from Earthcycle Packaging all use palm fiber, a renewable resource that composts in fewer than 90 days.

January 11, 2008

Flexibles

Ovenable, peelable lidding

New Rocklid GP PET peelable, dual-ovenable lidding for foil containers is now available from Rockwell Solutions.

January 11, 2008

Additives, coatings & inks

Light stabilizers

Ciba has introduced Novel Encapsulated Additives Technology (NEAT) to enable equivalent UV protection in waterborne coatings as that of high-performance light stabilizers in solvent-borne coatings.

January 11, 2008