Secondary Packaging

Mike and Ikes Bounce Back via Social Media

A successful social media campaign put Mike and Ikes back into the regular movie theater and checkout line rotation. The big bump required a major automation installation.

September 5, 2019

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Secondary Packaging

End-of-line automation handles dairy tubs with care

Six robots on a new packaging line at Czech dairy Choceňská mlékárna quickly and gently case-pack and palletize tubs of product at 20,000/hr.

August 18, 2019

Secondary Packaging

Cobots take on undesirable tasks, increase efficiency by 30%

Faced with a competitive labor pool and unable to expand in size, John Griffin, Director of Operations at a consumer tooling company, turned to the only variable over which he had any control: automation.

July 16, 2019

Case erect/seal

Ohlson Packaging builds out sales and marketing teams

The company adds sales director and marketing manager to help lead growth.

June 19, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Chemical copacker cuts out inkjet maintenance, supervision

For certain SKUs at Mill-Chem, the switch from continuous to thermal inkjet meant simplicity alongside reduced babysitting and cleanup.

June 13, 2019

Secondary Packaging

Polypack makes French end-of-line equipment acquisition

Though they shared the same origins and name, Polypack Inc. in the U.S. and Polypack France (Polypack Sarl) were separate entities with no relationship—until now.

December 11, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Cobot erects random box sizes on-demand

Universal Robot-powered XPACK ROBOX™ box erector allows packagers to randomly erect any box in their suite on-demand without changeover.

October 29, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Tape sealing systems now connect to IoT

Shurtape used PACK EXPO to preview its upcoming Production Monitor system, currently in Beta testing. The system plugs existing tape sealing operations into a facility's larger IoT deployment and takes advantage of big data to eliminate hidden inefficiencies.

October 25, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Entire secondary packaging system in one machine

See this innovative cartoner, case packer and palletizer deliver 625 cartons per minute, loading them into a retail ready display and efficiently and reliably inkjet printing and palletizing the cases—all with one machine and one operator

October 25, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Automated small box solution rightsizes for eCom

International Paper used PACK EXPO to demonstrate a small box solution tailored for e-commerce channels.

October 23, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Case erector that efficiently assembles corrugated boxes

See how this compact, robust system with its turnbelt drive and toolless changeover capabilities applies even positive pressure to reliably deliver square boxes for product shipping.

October 23, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Versatile case packer uses robotics to ensure reliability

See how updated technology accurately and consistently places stand-up pouches and other flexible packages in club store stackable trays, shelf-ready containers and standard shippers.

October 23, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Highly-efficient case packer with a compact footprint

See how next-generation case packer reliably handles a variety of rigid containers from squeeze bottles to soup cans, seamlessly cartoning them in shelf-ready packages or standard shippers.

October 23, 2018