Cartoning

Tom's uses 'natural' look to package wellness products

Packaging design strengthens brand identity for Tom’s of Maine’s new natural wellness line.

December 31, 1999

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

PneumaticScaleAngelus: Liquid filler

With fill-height accuracy to ±0.2", the redesigned Pneumaflow® Filler from Pneumatic Scale (Cuyahoga Falls, OH) positions the product supply directly above the fill heads so that fewer tubes are used to deliver the product.

November 30, 1999

Sustainability

Dow Corning sings praises of palletizer/stretch wrapper combo

Combo systems at the end of three silicone sealant cartridge packaging lines save space, money and materials at the company's Elizabethtown, KY, facility.

November 30, 1999

Cartoning

Flexible bag becomes all wet

Bag serves as a self-contained, disposable dehumidifier. Calcium chloride in a top portion absorbs moisture, that drains into the bag's lower portion. Filling machinery saves labor costs for DampRid.

October 31, 1999

Flexible packaging

Equipment 'Powers' stick-pack production

Fullerton, CA-based ConAgra Grocery is among the first to use a slim stick pack, for its Sidewalk Caf/ instant cappuccino. Contract manufacturer/packager The Power Group packs the product on Japanese equipment.

October 31, 1999

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery, Inc: Cup filler

The use of a servo motor on Spee-Dee's (Sturtevant, WI) newest volumetric cup filler means fewer wear parts and less downtime. Filling 120 cups/min with granular products, the compact machine easily integrates with form and seal equipment.

September 30, 1999

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Oden Corporation: Gear pump fillers

Oden (Buffalo, NY) introduces a new line of volumetric liquid fillers. The inexpensive Servo/Fill machines dispense water-like to viscous liquids at variable flow rates using sanitary design gear pumps.

September 30, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Liquid filler yields better accuracy

A new hot-fill liquid filler is improving yields and filling accuracy for contract packager Beverage Capital (Baltimore, MD) and customers such as Triarc Beverage Group, White Plains, NY, whose well-known Snapple beverages are filled on the machine.

September 30, 1999

Cartoning

Packaging marketplaces take center stage

This year will be recorded as the year of the Internet "packaging auction gold rush." Auction--and classifieds--Web sites are popping up faster than you can say "network protocol" in the great race to establish Internet-based marketplaces for selling packaging equipment and materials.

September 30, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Marking for the millennium

Y2K compliance, cost cuts and improved print quality top the list of reasons why a Kentucky soft drink bottler changed to a new coding system for its glass bottles.

September 30, 1999

Flow wrapping

Packagers take a lease on new business

Packagers that lease equipment cite preservation of working capital and tax benefits as advantages over buying.

September 30, 1999

Cartoning

Packaging helps Johnson & Johnson enter food business

A custom thermoform and sophisticated packaging machinery help bring Johnson & Johnson's cholesterol-reducing Benecol spread to supermarkets across the country.

September 30, 1999

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

IWK Packaging Machinery Inc: Tube filler

The TFS 80 tube filler from IWK Packaging Machinery (Fairfield, NJ) features precision servo drives, no-tool changeover and multiple closing systems.

August 31, 1999