Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Frozen treat package mimics energy drink can

Hershey’s Ice Cream, Harrisburg, PA, has co-branded with Hammond, IN-based Swanel Beverages Inc., the manufacturer of an energy drink called Banzai, to create Banzai Energy Ice. The 4 oz treat is packaged in a squeeze-up tube made of solid bleached sulfate from Solo Cup Co. (www.solocup.com). Hershey fills the tubes using a Flex E Fill Rotary Filler from Solo Cup Co. and heat seals them with a thin foil lid, also from Solo Cup.

March 8, 2007

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Industry Watch

COMPANIES Thermo Electron Corp. and Fisher Scientific Intl. Inc. have merged to form Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., creating a provider of products and services in the high-growth life, laboratory, and health sciences industry.

January 10, 2007

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Trends in aseptic and extended shelf life packaging

Download this study from Serac based on exclusive survey results of 550 end users discerns latest trends in ESL and aseptic filling systems

January 5, 2007

Flexible packaging

Nothing nutty about this bagging system

The need to pre-mix spices and sugar in small batches is an inconvenience that has been overcome since this purveyor of nuts implemented a dosing/bagging upgrade.

November 5, 2006

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Aseptic bag filling

Alphacos has introduced the Type 529 Semi-Automatic IV Bag Filling and Closing Machine for aseptic packaging of infusions, parenteral drugs, and other pharmaceutical and biotech fluids.

October 7, 2006

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

The future of packaging automation

On a recent visit to Chicago, Packaging Automation interviewed Dr. Thomas Cord, CEO of packaging machinery automation provider ELAU and previously the company's R&D manager. In a word, the future of packaging is: software.

September 11, 2006

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Contract packager fills PEN bottles with personal care products for Wal-Mart

At contract packager Lake Consumer Products, polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) bottles from Graham Packaging are conveyed single-file in pucks from left to right through a two-station volumetric filling process for feminine personal care products on Lake's line that relies almost exclusively on Terco equipment.

September 11, 2006

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Blue Ice Vodka Bottle Reaches New Heights

When Distilled Resources Inc., Rigby, ID, added 1-L and 1.75-L bottles to its Blue Ice Vodka line in June, the company wanted to maintain brand consistency and retail shelf height limits.

August 31, 2006

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Beverage makers speak at Packaging Automation Forum

In Part 3 of our PAF report, wine and brewing industry speakers speak out on how to implement automation to achieve business requirements.

May 31, 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

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Sidel Inc: Gravity Weight Filler

The Sidel GWm low-to-high speed gravity weight filler has now extended its range to cover pasteurized milk products. Platform accommodates all varieties of plastic bottles at output rates from 6ꯠ to 40ꯠ bph.

April 30, 2006