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NACD's best packages highlighted

Activate earns best of show in NACD's 46th annual competition.

June 3, 2009

Converting equipment: Page 29

Sustainability

Industry watch

May 5, 2009

Converting equipment

High-speed gluing/inspection

Valco Melton’s 524 series glue valves feature advanced solenoid technology for short glue patterns at high machine speeds.

May 2, 2009

Flexible packaging

2008/2009 AmeriStar winners revealed

The Institute of Packaging Professionals announces the 2008/2009 AmeriStars.

April 5, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Industry watch

April 5, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Redesign sets the stage for mic brand's heritage story

Shure’s SM 57 Instrument Microphone has been used on every president’s lectern since Lyndon Johnson, and the company’s SM 58 Vocal Microphone is a mainstay among touring musicians.

April 5, 2009

Flexible packaging

Packaging philosophies guide AFP through stormy economic seas

By modifying used packaging machinery and combining production runs, American FlexPack cost-effectively produces single-use packs for its customers.

April 5, 2009

Sustainable Packaging

Tropicana is first U.S. brand to be Carbon Trust-certified

Carbon footprint certification gives PepsiCo a benchmark for greenhouse gas reduction.

April 4, 2009

Converting equipment

Sidel creates Engineering & Conveying unit

Sidel is responding to customer demand by creating the “Engineering & Conveying” business unit to focus on optimizing existing bottling lines, rather than investing in new production capacity.

March 24, 2009

Converting equipment

Compact blow molder

A linear blow molder from Sidel produces flat bottles and complex shapes in PET, at speeds to 5,600 bottles/hr. Uses a Compact™ Preferential heating system, and permits fast changeovers with minimal down time.

February 6, 2009

Contract Packaging

Where there is a downturn, there is opportunity

Where there is a downturn, there is opportunity I am fortunate that occasionally I can catch up on paperwork while working in my office at home.

December 6, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Delivering the best product at the lowest cost

Want to cut product or packaging costs? Whether you make or package the product, look for what you don’t know. Opportunities exist to impact the bottom line.

December 4, 2008

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Industry watch

December 3, 2008