Secondary Packaging

Rovema hires new Director of Project Management

Rovema North America hires Ken Place as Director of Project Management for all new equipment orders.

March 1, 2016

Case/tray packing: Page 37

Cartoning

Manufacturers Alliance recognizes MGS Machine with award

Minnesota-based Manufacturers Alliance bestows its 2016 Manufacturer of the Year on MGS Machine.

February 24, 2016

Secondary Packaging

JLS names Chris Greene Director of Operations

Chris Greene brings 20 years experience to his new role overseeing the JLS facility in York, PA.

February 17, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Bossar USA names Alex Marzo new General Manager

Marzo had recently been International Operations Manager and running Bossar’s Operation in China.

February 11, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Pearson Packaging Systems appoints Ryan McCart to head new business unit

The purpose of Pearson’s new dedicated business unit is to continue expanding its integration capabilities.

January 8, 2016

Flexible packaging

Mayo debuts in a spouted standup pouch

Described as ‘a great addition to the existing Duke’s product line,’ this southern style mayonnaise comes in a shapely recloseable pouch that’s packed in a retail-ready case.

January 5, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Case packing veteran joins JLS Automation

Mike Newcome brings 15 years of sales and management experience to post covering Central U.S. and Canada.

January 5, 2016

Conveying & accumulation

Natures Organics’ compact packaging meets retailer needs

Case packing and palletizing line with robotics and Transmodul transport conveyor system reduces footprint, increases output, and meets shelf-ready retailer needs.

December 22, 2015

Secondary Packaging

Delkor adds Sales Manager for Northeast U.S. and Eastern Canada

New Sales Manager Scott Shepard brings eight years of packaging industry sales experience to Delkor.

December 3, 2015

Secondary Packaging

The robotic TriVex SL/SLi vertical pack loader puts Douglas Machine on the leading-edge of retail-ready packaging

Douglas Machine's robotic TriVex SL/SLi vertical pack loader packs bags, pouches and cartons in a standup configuration into retail-ready cases with one or two product facings. With speeds up to 150 products per minute, the robots combine the functionality of a product infeed, pack pattern collation and case loading functions into one mechanism.

October 30, 2015

Secondary Packaging

Sacmi: Integrated flexi pack solutions

Sacmi Packaging offers a complete plant engineering solution to handle these ever-more popular package types that are in growing market demand.

October 20, 2015

Secondary Packaging

Robotic carrier handle applicator

The new robotic applicator for '€˜dog bone' carrier handles shown at the Roberts PolyPro booth operates at speeds to 30 cases/min. The Fanuc robot is guided by a vision system that senses when a case is skewed so that the robot end effector adjusts its position accordingly.

October 13, 2015

Secondary Packaging

Horizontal case packer

Schneider Packaging Equipment demonstrated a horizontal case packer for gabletop cartons. A variety of case sizes can be handled, and speeds are in the range of 38 cases/min.

October 12, 2015