Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Lane pouch filler

MG America will exhibit its Schmucker 16-Lane Pouch Filler (Model Tube/S), a vertical packaging machine that shapes, fills, and seals small tubular sachets of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products.

October 4, 2007

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Flexibles

Honeywell's clutter-management products court 'soccer moms'

Innovation brings women to an aisle in the store—auto care—they don’t normally frequent, and integration of a network of vendors gives Honeywell a ‘virtual factory.’

October 4, 2007

Cartoning

Call for PAF presentations

With the third rendition of the Packaging Automation Forum set for May 19 - 20 in Chicago, PAF organizers are seeking speakers who can address the broad area of packaging automation through better use of integrated controls technology.

October 3, 2007

Labels

Smart packaging--gaining traction in the marketplace

The promise of smart packaging has always been impressive. Now, at last, some pretty intriguing commercial applications are starting to surface.

October 3, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

Bottled water pros vs cons

Beyond the tap water vs bottled water taste debate, the issue of bottled water has clearly spilled onto the national table.

October 3, 2007

Flexible packaging

Water bottles deliver refreshing environmental twist

Amid a wave of anti-bottled water sentiment, light-weighted bottles and bottles made with corn-based PLA flow into the market in the United States and in Europe.

October 3, 2007

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

AroMetrics packs refreshed

A good-looking and good-smelling package redesign for Valvoline car fresheners cuts through the ‘noise’ at retail.

October 3, 2007

Conveying & accumulation

More RFID test centers

This list supplements the RFID Labs and Test Centers directory we initially published in the August issue. For a full listing of the more than 20 labs along with additional details, see www.packworld.com/view-23573.

October 3, 2007

Labels

A productive passion for wine

Tom Cooper is technical director of the Foster’s Group’s Napa Bottling Co. facility in Napa, CA, that packages the company’s Beringer Estates products.

October 3, 2007

Case erect/seal

Inline adhesive applicator

The SynchroDot™ Pro from Glue Dots is an automated inline adhesive applicator that integrates into any production line.

October 3, 2007

Closures

Custom glass bottles for cocktail mixes

In January 2007, Creative Juices, Inc., Beverly, MA, introduced “Mixerz”—a new line of fresh-tasting, all-natural cocktail mixers for home bartenders, packaged in distinctive, sleek, 750-mL glass bottles custom-designed by TricorBraun .

October 3, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

Global growth seen in compostable bioplastic bottles

European food and drink consultancy Zenith Intl. Ltd. (www.zenithinternational.com) reports that the global market for drinks packaged in compostable bottles rose 150% to reach 10 million liters of volume sold in 2006.

October 3, 2007

Closures

Thermoformed cups give pâté long shelf life

Increased competition for space in refrigerated cases at grocery stores is shifting product marketers’ focus toward food packaging that can deliver a long, ambient shelf life elsewhere in the store.

October 3, 2007