Protective/transport packaging

Ranpak Announces the North American Launch of its Automated Packaging Solution

AutoFill is a high-speed, fully automated, end-of-line packaging system that optimizes void fill dispensing and maximizes throughput.

August 3, 2021

Case erect/seal: Page 10

Palletizing/depalletizing

Hamrick Packaging Systems Breaks Ground for New Manufacturing Facility

Hamrick Packaging Systems

Hamrick Packaging Systems, Inc. broken ground on a new 63,500 sq ft manufacturing facility in Brimfield, Ohio.

August 3, 2021

Conveying & accumulation

Compact Dual Lane 90° Case and Product Rotation

Multi-Conveyor

Multi-Conveyor recently built a cost-effective, compact dual lane 90° case turner to rotate and align single lane filled cases that quickly transfer onto an existing case sealer.

July 1, 2021

Shrink wrapping

Engage Technologies Named Top Workplace in Minnesota

Engage Technologies Corporation

Engage Technologies Corp. was named one of the Top Workplaces in Minnesota by the Star Tribune.

June 24, 2021

Robotics

Robotic Case Packers Improve Output by 20%

German food producer Kühne realizes increased OEE for eight glass packaging formats through new case packers’ faster machine changeover and digital data gathering and networking capabilities.

May 19, 2021

Palletizing/depalletizing

The Massman Companies Announces Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Massman Companies

Mark Suchy was promoted to the new position of Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing for The Massman Companies.

April 20, 2021

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Hartz Mountain liquid filling line upgrade features unscrambling through case packing

From unscrambling straight through to case packing, this versatile new line features filling and capping out of Italy and a small-footprint case packer from Germany for a variety of pet shampoo SKUs.

March 20, 2021

Shrink wrapping

Lantech Wins 3M 2020 Supplier of the Year Award

Lantech

Lantech won the 2020 3M Supplier of the Year Award in recognition of the company’s contribution to improving 3M’s competitiveness.

February 18, 2021

Case erect/seal

WestRock Earns Top Marks in HRC’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index

Smurfit Westrock

WestRock earned 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s annual assessment of LGBTQ workplace equality.

February 8, 2021

Adhesives/tape

Mark Ewing, Shurtape, Passes Away

Shurtape Technologies

Mark Ewing, Packaging Sales Professional at Shurtape, passed away on January 19, 2021.

January 26, 2021

Case erect/seal

WestRock Announces Chief Marketing Officer

Smurfit Westrock

Margaret Herndon joined WestRock as Chief Marketing Officer.

December 4, 2020

Secondary Packaging

RSC Case Erecting and DRC Case Forming in One Machine

Fallas combines the features of its case erector for pre-formed, pre-glued cases with its plunge-style case former for flat blanks to enable RSCs, Display Ready Cases, beer trays, and other case/tray styles to be created on one machine.

November 12, 2020

Case erect/seal

ACE Carton Former Debuts

The Kliklok ACE (Advanced Carton Erector) topload carton former made its North American debut at PACK EXPO Connects 2020.

November 12, 2020