Flexible packaging

Stick sachet line helps Almac Group meet pediatric formulation demand

Machinery expands Almac Group’s commercial packaging facility by packing pediatric drug products—powders, minitabs or granules—in stickpack sachets.

November 29, 2016

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Sustainable Packaging

Comedian schools Millennials on recycling in new video

Inspired by survey findings that people 60 and over are more likely to recycle, Plastics Make it Possible creates a video with comedian Rudy Mancuso to educate Millennials on the topic.

November 28, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

EPA joins WRAP to promote plastic film recycling

The Wrap Recycling Action Program welcomes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as latest partner to promote plastic film recycling.

November 27, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

How2Compost label launched

The on-package label informs consumers that packaging is certified compostable, offers direction on appropriate composting, and includes the How2Compost URL.

November 26, 2016

Sustainability

Styrene-Free Medical Device Trays Improve Durability and Product Protection

Eastman’s Eastalite resin material is extruded by Pacur into sheet that's thermoformed by Plastics Ingenuity into trays that yield multiple benefits for medical device manufacturers.

November 18, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Frain Industries releases 2015 sustainability results

Frain Industries shares results from its “Commitment to Sustainability” initiative.

November 18, 2016

Flexibles

An impact-resistant pouch film also provides better clarity

The SealTOUGH family of coextruded films from Jindal Films can replace sealant layers for equal strength at lower gauges, targeted to replace sealant layers in a lamination or single layers in mono-web applications.

November 17, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Polpharma Implements PAS-X MES in Poland

Manufacturing Execution System will support efficient operations in the production departments for parenteral and solid forms as well as in R&D.

November 17, 2016

Contract Packaging

New solution: Software as a Service...to contract packagers

New Nulogy GO software debuted in a preview event at PACK EXPO. Specifics are pending for the new cloud-based system's release, but here's the gist.

November 15, 2016

Contract Packaging

Contract Packaging Association partners with The Packaging School

Based on a packaging curriculum developed at Clemson University, the program offers on-demand video courses to help professionals earn a Professional Certificate of Packaging.

November 8, 2016

Flexibles

An impact-resistant film also provides better clarity

The SealTOUGH family of coextruded films can replace sealant layers for equal strength at lower gauges.

November 8, 2016

Form/fill/seal - horizontal

PAC Machinery bagging systems lean into order fulfillment, e-commerce

With the explosive growth of e-commerce, PAC Machinery is designing systems, like the Magnum line of horizontal and vertical baggers, to meet the unique needs of fulfillment and distribution facilities.

November 8, 2016

Operational Excellence

Considerations for implementing single-use filling systems

More targeted medical treatment therapies push the single-use systems option for fill/finish operations.

November 7, 2016