Contract Packaging

EastPack is the total resource

Bring your packaging projects to EastPack for help in finding the solutions you need. The show opens June 6 in New York’s Jacob J. Javits Convention Center.

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Industries: Page 510

Dairy

Gateway to Mexico and Central America

Some 30ꯠ visitors are expected to descend upon Mexico City’s Centro Banamex for the June 27-June 30 Expo Pack Mexico.

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Contract Packaging

Print-registered film wrapper brings co-packer new business

As the demand for multipacks of multiflavored aseptic juice boxes continues to grow, this contract packager invests in machinery to keep up with the trend.

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Closures

Hinged-lid container

The new 425RQ “Smart Hinge” lightweight, tapered, rectangular plastic container from Letica holds 4.25 gals (maximum weight 34 lbs) of dry product such as bulk snacks, pet food, bird seed, or detergents, enabling full access to package contents via an integrated hinged lid.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

MAP packaging hits turbulence

Petition raises questions of safety and approval of new, low-oxygen varieties of case-ready meat packs.

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Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Post-pasteurization bags

Flavorseal™ Post Pasteurization Shrink Bags from Carroll Mfg. & Sales provide a skintight package that withstands the rigors and extreme temperatures of the pasteurization process to help kill surface bacteria.

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Detergents/cleaners

Concentrate on 'small' to win precious real estate

Unilever may be onto something in the quest to maximize space on cluttered store shelves. At Wal-Mart, Unilever has introduced an All sub-brand called Small & Mighty.

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Controls & Machine Components

Coming May 23-24

We’ve teamed up with sister publication Automation World to bring you the Packaging Automation Forum, our first conference. Hershey, Coors, Miller, P&G, Astrazeneca, Wyeth, and Lilly are among the firms whose representatives will be delivering presentations.

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Detergents/cleaners

Being more relevant

"Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes." —Peter Drucker

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Fruits/Vegetables

Transport system satisfies need for speed, flexibility

Strawberry co-op upgrades operations with high-speed chain conveyor and versatile aluminum modular assembly components.

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Flexibles

Opening up

“Since I’m from Wisconsin, I do have a chain saw available, but I’m not inclined to go through all the procedures (e.g., chain tensioning) to get it going just to gain access to a package.”

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Soups/Condiments/Sauces/Spices/Dips/Dressings

Multihead printer

The ThermalPak™ Model TP-4000 multihead thermal transfer printer from Norwood is designed to match the high throughput of multilane packaging machines.

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Conveying & accumulation

Sandwiching machine

The Spooner Vicars© high-speed, single-lane sandwiching machine is fitted with round, rotating product guides to create self cleaning production lanes.

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