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Small-footprint, high-speed Delta robot handles candy

The latest version of Schneider Packaging Equipment's Robox Vi series accurately picks and places M&M's packs using the new Fanuc Robotics Delta-style robot.

November 1, 2010

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Leadership in Packaging category leaders announced

Packaging World’s 2010 Leadership in Packaging program was launched in January to recognize leadership and excellence among suppliers of packaging machinery, materials and services; as this year’s program concludes, twenty companies have earned the honor of Category Leader.

October 14, 2010

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'Right here right now' packs gaining in popularity

Euromonitor identifies a trend in which smaller packages are faring well when they answer an immediate consumer need, from convenience to portion size.

October 14, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Omega Design advances the performance and value of bottle handling

New designs, controls and fabrication techniques add value to Omega's lineup of bottle unscramblers, desiccant feeders, shrinkbundlers and track-and-trace solutions.

September 21, 2010

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Video shows robotic loading/unloading of sealed meal trays into retort system

See how this robotic retort loading and unloading system for 10-oz meal entrees increase line capacity and efficiency.

September 19, 2010

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Video shows parts counting equipment for packaging fasteners or hardware

Short, narrated video from Advanced Poly shows state-of-the-art vibratory bowl parts counting machines. Use for fasteners, hardware, electronics or other components.

September 16, 2010

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Four named to Packaging Hall of Fame

The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute announces Hall of Famers, adds 16 members, and announces its 2011 board members and executive committee.

September 15, 2010

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Effective package design is built on more than meets the eye

I was in the grocery store doing my weekly shopping. My first stop: body wash. I stood in front of a sea of options when one caught my eye. I glanced at the price.

September 9, 2010

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Industry watch

September 9, 2010

Flexible packaging

Parsons-Eagle Packaging Systems: Linear scale

The Parsons-Eagle Duplex E Series Linear Scale is a reliable, heavy-duty scale system that weighs free-flowing and semi-free flowing products including pet food/treats/litter, sugar, salt, ground meal, plastic pellets, granulated chemicals, etc., and is especially suitable for large pre-made bag, case and drum filling applications.

September 8, 2010

Cartoning

Marchesini Open House, October 18-22

From October 18-22, 2010, Italian pharmaceutical and cosmetic packager Marchesini will open its doors in Pianoro, (Bologna) Italy, to customers, the press and anyone else who wants to see the company’s newest packaging solutions.

September 8, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Robotics rallies in 2010; packagers automate for profit

After the past couple years’ serious sales slump, the industrial robotics industry is beginning to rebound, with food and consumer goods applications showing strong gains. Recent packaging installations testify to the value of automation.

August 8, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Conveyance solution comes to PepsiCo snack plant

With customer demand for half cases growing steadily, this PepsiCo snack manufacturer in Adelaide, Australia, needed to find a better way to handle corrugated cases.

July 2, 2010