Flexible packaging

High-volume retailers set the pace for packaging

Consumer packaged goods companies follow high-volume retailers’ packaging lead as they seek to align with retailer strategies, brand positioning.

January 11, 2008

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Secondary Packaging

High-speed multipacker for plastic lids, sealed pouches, or CDs

See the ATS US 2000 SIB from Wexler, a high-speed downstacking system that accumulates many types of products and pushes them through an integrated banding system.

November 14, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Six-axis bundler

From Tekkra Systems comes the new high-speed 6-axis Servo Bundling System.

November 7, 2007

Conveying & accumulation

Shrink tunnel system

George Gordon Associates presents its AccuWrap modular shrink packaging system with integrated shrink tunnel.

October 17, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Banding together: the best way to bundle

This white paper from Wexler Packaging Products outlines the ways in which banding offers energy conservation, material savings and waste reduction. In addition, find out which new enhancements are occurring all the time, making banding a state-of-the-art method for enhancing a packaging operation.

August 20, 2007

Cartoning

Automation initiative brings sweet results

A robotic solution lets Necco put its popular Sweethearts Conversation Hearts on a fast track to greater throughput at higher speeds with reduced labor costs.

August 8, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Tray packing/shrinkwrapping

The Douglas Contour™ 105 Series Tray Packers and Shrink-Wrap Systems use Slipstream™ HS pinless metering to accurately and quickly meter products at speeds to 105 cycles/min.

July 12, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Packaging's contribution to social equity

Sustainable packaging is widely perceived as a three-legged stool. Packaging professionals focus a lot of attention on two of those legs, the “environmental” and the “economic.” What about the third leg, “social equity?” That’s the one that has us measure a business’s success not only in terms of profit made but also in terms of the positive impact the business has on society in general.

July 11, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Shrink solutions for tube multipacks

The odd shapes and sizes of tubes have always been a challenge to package. Watch this patented automatic pick-and-place loading system feed a completely automated tube multipacking process.

May 11, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Tray loading, forming, shrink packaging machines

Tray loading, forming and shrink packaging machines from Polypack collate products into trays at speeds ranging from 15 to 50 trays per minute.

May 11, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Clear or Printer Film Multi-packer

Polypack’s new CLEAR-PRINT wrapper is equipped with quick and easy changeover.

May 3, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Vertical shrink wrapping systems

Rennco vertical shrink wrapping systems utilize centerfolded packaging material to shrink wrap items from as small as 2" in length up to 65" in length

May 3, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Horizontal MAP System

At Pack Expo 2006 in Chicago, Ilapak demonstrated its Delta 3000 HSR horizontal wrapping machine.

January 9, 2007