Tamper-evident machinery

PipeLine: Is it really complacency?

Among some responses I received to the November column on packaging’s role in thwarting terrorism, one was from Robert Heilman, a packaging industry veteran who is now an independent inventor.

January 31, 2002

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Flexibles

Insecticide debuts in 'killer' packaging

GardenTech launches 10-lb stand-up bags of Over ‘n Out in a three-piece display-ready case with a stand-out four-color design.

January 31, 2002

Containers

'Scaling up' on vaccine filling

Now the world’s fourth largest supplier of poultry vaccines, Lohmann Animal Health maintains its ranking through capital investment. See in-plant video

January 31, 2002

Fruits/Vegetables

Instant changeover with Del Monte's labeling duo

A pair of interconnected applicators yields automatic label roll changes using labels printed offline just-in-time. See in-plant video

January 31, 2002

Consumer packaged goods

Coder grows on lawn-and-garden bagmaker

Exopack’s Tomah, WI, plant adds a thermal-transfer coder to print production dates of lawn-and-garden bags sold to customers such as The Scotts Company.

January 31, 2002

Containers

Are packaging jobs secure?

How will packaging jobs hold up to recession, consolidation from mergers and acquisitions, and the war against terrorism? Packagers respond via an exclusive Packworld.com survey.

January 31, 2002

Containers

New friction-top belt conveys success

A new friction-top belt conveyor replaces a belt-on-roller incline conveyor at Miller Brewing’s Irwindale, CA, facility. Less maintenance, no case slippage are the results.

January 31, 2002

Confection/Candy

Frövi Bright is sweet

EXCLUSIVE NEWS FROM OUR EUROPEAN PARTNER: Quality and taint & odour values were cited by Nestlé España as reasons for choosing Frövi Bright board for its Caja Roja chocolate box. Click logo for full article.

December 31, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Global Beverage Systems: Empty bottle handling on bottled water line

On this new bottled water filling line, bulk bottles are depalletized by a Sig Simonazzi high-level depalletizer and then single-filed for delivery to the air conveying system from Descon Conveyor Systems and Consultants.

December 31, 2001

Containers

Global Beverage Systems: 128-valve counter-pressure filling for bottled water

On this new bottled water filling line, the 128-valve counter-pressure filler from Sig Simonazzi is among the largest of its kind.

December 31, 2001

Filling/capping, dry

Global Beverage Systems: Capping for bottled water line

The capper on this bottled water line was supplied by Fowler Products, and came with three sets of chucks so that bottles with 28-, 33-, or 43-mm neck finishes can be run on the line.

December 31, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Global Beverage Systems: Tray packing for bottled water line

On this bottled water line, following automatic lane dividers, bottles are collated and tray packed on equipment from Vantage Pak. Pressure-sensitive print-and-apply labelers from Loveshaw apply product ID and date code to each side of the tray before it enters an Arpac shrink wrapper. Then an incline conveyor takes finished trays to a remote palletizer.

December 31, 2001

Beverage

Global Beverage Systems: Hydraulic pallet lift

At the end of this bottled water line, a hydraulic device lifts pallets to the level of the warehouse floor.

December 31, 2001