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Conveying & accumulation

Strategically designed canning line kicks up coffee filling

Extreme changeover flexibility, operator safety and convenience, and increased capacity are key considerations for new 120-can/min coffee filling line for Melitta USA.

May 3, 2010

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Juice maker finds sweet success in new label, applicator

A new polyolefin film label with a 50% shrink ratio and a new roll-fed sleeve labeler with laser welding capability helps Italian juice maker extend product quality to packaging.

April 1, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

PET line brings capacity, flexibility to Coke plant

Anchored by a blow/fill/cap Combi system, this new line handles three bottle sizes and reaches 32,000 bottles/hr on 1.5-L bottles. Just two 'pilots' are required to guide it.

March 31, 2010

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

ProSys introduces MTS semi-automatic plastic tube filler and sealer

Designed and built in the U.S.A., the ProSys MTS series is a state of the art, semi -automatic squeeze tube filling and closing system.

March 18, 2010

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

New low-acid aseptic plant hits the mark

SunOpta, Inc.'s new Modesto, CA, plant expands the company's capacity to process and co-pack soymilk and other nondairy milk alternatives for its West Coast customers.

March 7, 2010

Flexible packaging

VF/F/S bagmaker

The G3 twin-tube VFFS snack food bagmaker from Kliklok-Woodman uses all-servo motion controls to produce up to 240 bags/minute (120/tube).

February 4, 2010

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Tube filler

MG America’s Axomatic Optima 1400 automatic tube filling machine fills and seals metal, polythene and rolled tubes for the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, nutritional, food and the general packaging industries.

January 6, 2010

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Steel aerosol cans get enhanced green makeover

In the fourth quarter of 2008, CRC Marine Products adopted new lightweight, polymer-coated steel aerosol can packaging for some of its marine cleaning/maintenance products.

December 6, 2009

Conveying & accumulation

Packaging innovation marks syrup's debut

The closure is user-friendly and the filling system is ultra-clean. Soon, an in-line labeler will maximize shelf impact by neatly aligning neck and body labels.

October 4, 2009

Flexible packaging

Contract packer flexes its flexibility

New blister packaging machine helps Contract Packaging Resources meet the demands of its pharmaceutical customers, reduce labor costs, and improve efficiency.

September 6, 2009

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

New equipment brings a boost to Pompeian

This maker of olive oils and other food ingredients is using new filling, labeling, and nitrogen-dosing equipment to improve its manufacturing efficiency.

September 6, 2009

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Screw actuators solve a bag-positioning riddle

Flaws in bag consistency make it difficult for this bulk bag filling system to position bags accurately. Screw actuators meet the challenge.

September 4, 2009