Flexible packaging

Borden gets 'smart' with tray

It’s Pasta Anytime™, a Borden Foods creation, is set to debut nationally this June in a patented Smart Cooker™ tray. The microwavable, single-serve product is shelf-stable for nine months.

March 31, 2000

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

OMAC group tackles packaging motion standards

OMAC (Open Modular Architecture Controls) Motion for Packaging Working Group hammers out a specific mission and four key areas to simplify motion controls for packaging machinery. Areas include: defining business benefits of open controls; standardize on programming languages; standardize on network protocols; foster education in motion control technologies in tech schools and colleges.

February 29, 2000

Flexible packaging

Clever packages take flexibles to a new level

Sleeves for propane cylinders win Flexible Packaging Assn.'s President's award. Other FPA winners include pouches of grease for fifth wheels, recyclable ream paper wraps and protective air cushion packs.

February 29, 2000

Flexible packaging

Dairy coop decides on dual bag

California Dairies Inc. reportedly will be the first commercial user of a dual film bag system. CDI plans to offer the plastic bag as an alternative to multiwall paper bags for milk powders sold to confectioners, bakeries and cheese manufacturers.

February 29, 2000

Cartoning

Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: PC-based controller

Suitable for use in form/fill/seal, flow wrapping, cartoning, labeling and blister forming machinery, the PacDrive™ PC-based controller/servo drive system from Elau (Chicago, IL) is a fully digital system that replaces mechanical main shafts.

February 29, 2000

Flexible packaging

Pouch is part of a 'brand block'

In a major packaging initiative, Heinz launches a stand-up bag with a TransZip™ resealable closure as a replacement for lay-flat plastic bags for all Ore-Ida frozen french fries, hash browns and tater tots.

January 31, 2000

Flexible packaging

Circle Packaging Machinery Inc: Towelette pouch f/f/s

Circle Packaging Machinery’s (Green Bay, WI) V12BT6S wet wipe towelette f/f/s machine is capable of 500 pouches/min. The machine uses a servo/touch drive and control system, featuring all Allen-Bradley components, to increase speed and efficiency.

January 31, 2000

Flow wrapping

Klockner Hansel Tevopharm USA: Flow wrapper

The servo-driven Pack 200 horizontal flow wrapper from Klockner Hänsel Tevopharm (Sarasota, FL) uses cold- or heat-sealable film to wrap bakery and confectionery products at speeds to 350 packs/min.

January 31, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Contract packager blends vf/f/s systems

Unusual integrated blending scale systems enable a California contract packager to fill as many as nine different individually quick-frozen vegetables into a single bag.

January 31, 2000

Flexible packaging

Flexible materials shine

Mobil’s Golden Mummy and Pyramid awards programs honor pouches for disposable washcloths, Pop Tarts® and dinosaur snacks, as well as labels for vitamins, beverages and bug spray.

December 31, 1999

Flexible packaging

Tiny patch 'dots' pharmaceutical landscape

Noven Pharmaceuticals employs a new cartoner to help introduce an estrogen replacement therapy patch sold to pharmacies and merchandised free as physician samples.

December 31, 1999

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

Machine builders debate PC vs PLC control

Part two of our report on PC vs PLC control for packaging machinery, from the perspective of design engineers at leading packaging machinery builders.

November 30, 1999

Flexible packaging

Foodservice packs at twice the speed

Canadian coffee marketer sees growth in coffee filter-packs used by guests in hotel rooms. A new flow wrapper lets the firm aggressively pursue this foodservice market niche.

November 30, 1999