Workforce

Premier Tech Introduces Innovative Technical Training Programs to Address Labor Challenges in the Manufacturing Industry

Premier Tech Systems and Automation offers flexible training programs to help manufacturers combat high labor turnover and skill gaps by enhancing employee engagement and efficiency.

July 16, 2025

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Workforce

Mike McConnell Promoted to Vice President of Sales of Enercon Industries Corporation

Enercon Industries Corp.

McConnell will oversee Enercon's surface treating and cap sealing sales in his new role.

July 7, 2025

Workforce

Enercon Promotes Jessica Toellner

Enercon Industries Corp.

Toellner, a 20-year veteran of Enercon, is promoted to sales director of cap sealing.

June 24, 2025

Bagging & Pouching

Updated Bagger Boosts Uptime, Slashes Maintenance Costs

BW Flexible Systems’ Thiele UltraStar G2 second-generation horizontal bagger includes a redesigned frame, a new controls architecture, and faster changeovers, while maintaining speeds to 38 bags/min.

June 20, 2025

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

How Products are Loaded and Sealed into Pre-Made Bags and Pouches

In this episode of Package This, you’ll learn about the technology used to fill candy and snacks into pre-made stand-up plastic pouches, put meat and cheese into flat plastic bags, and fill grains and pet food into large paper sacks.

June 12, 2025

Bio-based

Shell and Braskem Partner for Sustainable Polypropylene

Braskem

Shell Chemicals is supplying bio-attributed and bio-circular propylene feedstocks to Braskem to produce more sustainable polypropylene for various consumer markets.

June 9, 2025

Workforce

Triangle Promotes Brianna Wagner to Product Line Manager

Triangle Package Machinery Company

Wagner aims to manage Triangle's product portfolio and lead market intelligence efforts while continuing her work as a Future Workforce Committee Member with PMMI.

May 23, 2025

Workforce

Video: As Prospector Popcorn Scales Up, Leadership Eyes Automation At PACK EXPO Southeast

Baggers, conveyors, case packers, and sustainability-minded materials were among the points of interest for Elizabeth Gallo and Tara McGlynn at PACK EXPO Southeast. Prospector Popcorn's leadership talks about scaling operations around a unique workforce.

March 12, 2025

Operational Excellence

Massman Companies Showcases Comprehensive Packaging Solutions at PACK EXPO Southeast

Massman Companies

Visit Booth 1911 to explore Massman's unscramblers, fillers, palletizers, case packers, cartoners, wrappers and more.

February 25, 2025

Bagging & Pouching

Video: Coffee Producer Mayorga Adds a Bagger to Meet Surge Demand

Mayorga Organics, a family-owned coffee company built on strong relationships with family-owned coffee growers in Latin America, relies on automation to optimize efficiency.

February 5, 2025

Sustainability

Syntegon Achieves SBTi Validation

Syntegon

Syntegon's climate targets, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions across its operations and value chain, have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative as consistent with the 1.5°C global warming limit.

January 27, 2025

Bagging & Pouching

Cannabis Distributor Supercharges Packaging Efficiency with Automation

A combination scale, bagger, checkweigher, and coding and marking operations accelerated packaging production efficiency to 300 parts per labor hour, up from 40 parts per labor hour.

December 4, 2024

Bagging & Pouching

Ultra-Compact Bagger Reaches Speeds of 300 Packs/min

Measuring less than 1 m wide, the new SVX Compact from Syntegon can produce flat bags up to 270 mm wide as well as pillow, gusseted, and flat bottom styles at 300 /min for snack, confectionery, and bakery products.

November 11, 2024