Cartoning

Off The Shelf: Clever carton for Milk-Bone chews

It’s designed to look like a tooth paste carton so that pet owners will think ‘canine dental health’ when they encounter it in the store.

December 16, 2014

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Cartoning

Healthy rewards for Big Heart Pet Brands

Customized carton closing equipment for a package whose shape and graphics make it look like a toothpaste carton was a key to this year’s PMMI Packaging Line of the Year.

November 19, 2014

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Model XYS08 VFFS Bagger offers ultrasonic sealing, high speed bagging

High-speed ultrasonic cross-seal and vertical seal machine, dubbed XYS08 from Triangle, is designed for powders, confectionary, lettuce and cheese applications, as well as quick changeover to heat sealing for nuts and snacks. Ultrasonic sealing reduces leakers and uses less film. Sealer is available in three different sanitation levels: stainless steel, stainless steel washdown, and 3A designation.

November 13, 2014

Flexible packaging

Run small, run fast

GEA Food Solutions demonstrates its line of SmartPacker Vertical Form-Fill-Seal bagging equipment. Here, the twin tube C- high speed pillow bagger has been optimized to run small and pillow pouches at high rates of speed.

November 4, 2014

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

VF/F/S bagger for single-serve snacks

Saves time, labor, and packaging material costs.

November 1, 2014

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

PC-based control brings performance boost, cost reduction

Getting its new vf/f/s system ready in time for Pack Expo Las Vegas was a challenge, but Matrix managed just fine. A bit of strategic retooling included One Cable Technology and EtherCAT.

April 2, 2014

Flexible packaging

Flexible pack merchandises like a rigid container

Formed from ‘exoskeleton’ rollstock on a vf/f/s machine, the PrimaPak combines benefits of a rigid container with the cost and sustainability advantages of flexibles.

February 28, 2014

Flexible packaging

Holiday pretzels in a revolutionary package

Just in time for the holidays comes a new package innovation developed for John B. Sanfilippo & Son’s Flavor Tree brand Limited Edition Premium Dark Chocolate Pretzels.

November 15, 2013

Flexible packaging

Off the Shelf: Doritos Gamer Packs function on multiple levels

Teaming up with Microsoft to build excitement about the release of the newest Xbox gaming system, Frito-Lay comes up with a one-of-a-kind limited edition package

November 15, 2013

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Flexible packaging machines serve a variety of food, chemical markets

Turnkey flexible packaging systems from Fres-co can package coffee, snacks and other dry products, as well as high-value agricultural chemicals as an alternative to fiber drums.

October 25, 2013

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Bagger features ultrasonic sealing

From Triangle Package Machinery's XYM series of baggers comes a stainless steel version that offers ultrasonic sealing, which pushes interfering product out of the way so that seal integrity is assured.

October 10, 2013

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Bag maker does 160/min

Apache CM bag maker from Kliklok-Woodman does up to 160 bags/min in continuous motion. Has an open, low-profile design and is available with ultrasonic sealing.

September 29, 2013

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Versatile automatic sachet machine

The Beta 200 sachet machine for cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications can dose for powders, granules, pastes, liquids, and wet wipes of various shapes and sizes.

September 25, 2013