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Converting equipment

On-site ink prep brings savings to package printer

Stanpac relies on an in-plant liquid ink dispenser and special software to ensure precise flexo color formulations.

March 14, 2013

Converting equipment

Can decorating machine

Machine brings heightened decorating quality, speed and flexibility to canmaking lines.

January 23, 2013

Labels

Digital color label press is a first

When it comes to quality and perfection, Reynders Label Printing has shown since its founding in 1959 that it knows just how to deliver.

January 2, 2013

Converting equipment

A 500-mL PET bottle weighing just 8.9 g

At the Aoki booth a single-stage ISBM machine was running a 500-mL PET bottle weighing just 8.9 g, and the cycle time was just 8.75 seconds.

December 3, 2012

Converting equipment

Roll and blow tech for plastic bottles

Printpack produces plastic rollstock that can be fed through a unique Agami system that rolls and blows bottles up to 500 mL. Non-barrier for dairy, or barrier for hot fill or aseptic filling.

November 28, 2012

Contract Packaging

Digital printing with a whole new level of in-line integration

By yoking together the priming, printing, and finishing stations of its digital printing operation in one integrated line, ILS gains significant manufacturing efficiencies.

October 4, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Improving multiple label production control

Job tracking software saves 20 hours per week in labor and $15,000 per year in operating costs.

September 25, 2012

Converting equipment

Single zone controller

SISE recently released the 1ZX, its NEW single-zone temperature controller.

August 27, 2012

Converting equipment

KBA waterless printing for short or long runs on many substrates

KBA MePrint, a subsidiary of the printing press manufacturer, has developed the Genius 52 for printing on plastic, labels, paperboard and other materials, for short runs with setup in less than 5 minutes and 10 sheets. The waterless technology provides high quality, consistent print production regardless of run length. Since the late 1990s, KBA has partnered with B&R Industrial Automation for control technology.

August 2, 2012

Converting equipment

HP Indigo: first digital press for flexible packaging

HP is the largest digital vendor in the graphic arts, and the Indigo business specializes in digital printing presses that deliver the highest quality color printing.

August 2, 2012

Sustainability

Boston Scientific boxes savings by producing shippers on demand

The company’s Netherlands distribution center reduces freight and corrugated inventory costs with three converting machines that provide a four-month return on investment.

May 7, 2012

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Rectangular pack is a good fit for allograft tissue

Specially designed cyclic olefin copolymer container housed in an outer blister protects lyophilized tissue used primarily in orthopedic and spine-related surgeries.

September 29, 2011