Closures

Vodka Debuts In Blue-Hue PET Bottles

This summer, White Rock Distilleries, Lewiston, ME, introduced its Pinnacle-brand vodka in new 1.75-L translucent blue PET bottles supplied by Amcor PET Packaging (www.amcor.com) and topped with upscale 33-mm polypropylene closures from Berry Plastics Corp.

July 31, 2006

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Closures

Data acquisition bottles

You may be surprised at what's packed inside these containers.

July 31, 2006

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Anatomy of a servo labeler

What’s a rotary servo labeler? Only the biggest news in flexibility since the invention of the timing screw. And innovative machine builder K2 Engineering is delivering now.

June 30, 2006

Filling/capping, dry

Le Nature: Rinsing/filling/capping of beverages in PET bottles

At this bottler of flavored or enhanced waters, sports drinks, fitness waters, teas, juices, and other New Age beverages, at the heart of the rinse/fill/cap block is a 133-valve filler from Krones.

May 31, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

HF vs. UHF RFID study

Scientific methodology is applied to an item-level RFID 'battle of the frequencies' analysis in the pharmaceutical supply chain.

April 30, 2006

Flexible packaging

Filling/capping beverage pouch system

PPi Technologies Global offers its PSG YUE UltraClean filling and capping beverage pouch system. Machine evacuates the pouch using nitrogen, fills the pouch, washes the spout thread, places the spout cap, and tightens the cap to the desired torque.

April 30, 2006

Cartoning

EEC forum reports lean, integrated and robotic trends

The Eastern Equipment Committee’s revamped annual forum features such notables as Changeover.com expert John Henry, mechatronic machinery developer Norden Pac and packaging automation innovator ELAU.

April 30, 2006

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Nitrogen dosing cuts packaging costs

Indian Hills Spring Water implements liquid nitrogen dosing to avert bottle paneling or collapsing and reaps bottle weight-reduction benefits.

April 30, 2006

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Filler Specialities, Inc.

www.filler-specialties.comThis new Web site has updated information on the company’s rotary filling and capping machine product line.

April 30, 2006

Flexible packaging

The future of resealable packaging

Robert Hogan is director of international sales and marketing at Zip-Pak, a global leader in zipper technology for packaging. Bryan Muskat is president of Triangle Package Machinery, a leading supplier of zipper-compatible VFFS packaging machinery. Presented here are their views on the whys and wherefores of incorporating resealable packaging features.

April 30, 2006

Cartoning

Machinery's growing role in package innovation

At PMMI Partners in Packaging event, packaging machinery automation supplier ELAU presents examples of innovative packages and the machines that made them commercially viable.

April 30, 2006

Flexible packaging

PMMI: Machinery shipments soared in 2004

U.S. packaging machinery shipments reached $5.344 billion in 2004, a 9.3% increase from $4.889 billion in equipment shipped in 2003, according to the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI).

March 31, 2006

Filling/capping, dry

Club store fills bulk bags on demand

PriceSmart club stores in Latin America offer on-demand, in-store bulk packaging of dry and liquid commodities.

February 28, 2006