Secondary Packaging

A family winery grows into automation

‘We’re fully automated’ is how the Director of Packaging Operations at McManis Family Winery succinctly puts it when describing how this California winery has upgraded its end-of-line.

August 3, 2018

Case erect/seal: Page 14

Secondary Packaging

Modular system provides multipack flexibility

In response to a major retail customer’s request, Finnish dairy producer installs a three-module system to pack yogurt and quark cups into multipack sleeves and cartons.

February 17, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Douglas launches new website

The new website prioritizes navigation and user experience.

October 10, 2017

Secondary Packaging

Douglas hires new director of sales

Erv Fringer brings sales experience in capital equipment, automation, and machine controls to Douglas.

September 23, 2017

Secondary Packaging

Robotic case erector increases component packing productivity 300%

Radwell International replaces manual case erecting for shipments of small components with an automated system that randomly erects any one of six case sizes on-demand and without changeover.

August 27, 2017

Secondary Packaging

Automated end-of-line system for eight container styles, three case sizes

A small-footprint system at Ring Container Technologies’ blow-molding plant operates 24/7 case erecting/sealing, tumble packing, palletizing, and stretch wrapping.

July 31, 2017

Secondary Packaging

Schneider Packaging Equipment debuts New York training center

Schneider Packaging Equipment opens its new training center for existing and future Schneider partners.

March 28, 2017

Conveying & accumulation

Stone scales craft beer beyond micro format

Known for variety, Stone had long required extreme flexibility in its equipment. But as the business scales up, an all-new line had them looking to strike a balance between agility and volume.

March 1, 2017

Cartoning

Devils Backbone keeps it local, familiar

This growing East Coast brewery has found value in responsive, local machine builders and vendors who are intimately familiar with their lines of bottling and canning equipment.

March 1, 2017

Secondary Packaging

Wayne Slaton, Douglas Machine, passes away

Wayne Slaton, Senior Director of Sales, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 22.

January 26, 2017

Secondary Packaging

An integrated case/tray packer for craft beer cans

The 1210 Combo machine from WestRock combines a DuoDozen secondary packaging machine with a corrugated tray packer to handle 4-packs, 24-packs and virtually any configuration in between at 600 cans per minute.

November 17, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Meeting looming pharma serialization requirements with off-the-shelf technology

A high-speed case packer has been outfitted with serialization equipment for aggregation with less integration time.

November 9, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Case packing upgrade brings many benefits

Semi-automatic case packing was a ‘rate limiter’ that had to be addressed at this growing food manufacturer serving foodservice customers from its Ohio facility.

November 4, 2016