Secondary Packaging

New Stretch Wrapper for Closet Works Shuts the Door on Freight Damage

A new portable stretch wrapper with roping device helps custom closet company Closet Works reduce damaged shipments from one per week to one or less a month.

June 27, 2022

Stretch wrapping/load stabilization: Page 5

Shrink wrapping

Garrido Printing Equipment Opens Factory Training Center

Garrido USA

Garrido Printing Equipment, Inc. converted one of its warehouses into a FAT center where distributors and clients could send their technicians to get trained on the Garrido line of equipment as well as perform machinery testing prior to shipment.

June 14, 2022

Workforce

Rudolf Hausladen Named CEO of the Beumer Group

BEUMER Group

Rudolf Hausladen was named CEO of family-owned Beumer Group, effective today. He succeeds Dr. Christoph Beumer who has led the group of companies as CEO and Managing Partner since 2000.

June 1, 2022

Conveying & accumulation

Columbia PSI, LLC Acquires Control Design and Manufacturing

Columbia Machine, Inc.

Columbia continues to invest and grow its Denver operations with this acquisition. CD&M will become part of Columbia PSI, LLC.

April 25, 2022

Secondary Packaging

Automation and Flexibility in EOL Equipment Needed for Expanding SKUs

As the trend of more variety, more sizes, more choices, and ultimately more SKUs increases, end of line machinery is keeping up by including more robots, cobots, and modularity.

February 24, 2022

Palletizing/depalletizing

Orion to Demonstrate Updated Features on its Pallet Wrapping System at PACK EXPO East

Orion, a ProMach brand

Visit Orion Packaging Systems, a ProMach brand, in Booth 2214 to see how the updated features on its Flex LPA performs entire wrap cycle without operator handling film at beginning or end of cycle.

February 18, 2022

Secondary Packaging

Future Looks Bright for End of Line Equipment Market

Four trends will affect continued growth on EOL machinery through 2026, with the food and beverage industries driving the majority of purchases.

January 25, 2022

Robotics

Robopac to Exhibit at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Robopac USA

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas Booths #C-3635 and C-3829! Robopac will exhibit its line of secondary packaging equipment, including the semi-automatic Robot 7 portable stretch wrapper.

September 15, 2021

Secondary Packaging

Three Models of Secondary Packaging Operations

Secondary packaging trends are being driven by retail demands, e-commerce growth, and direct-to-consumer (DTC). See how these three models are impacting end-of-line operations.

September 2, 2021

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Co-pack/Co-man Bets on Beverage Market Transformation

Wisconsin-based beverage co-packer Octopi positions itself to address a rapidly changing beverage market, as well as a shift from bottles to cans, with two canning lines, the newest of which will produce up to 1,200 cans/min in seven sizes.

June 17, 2021

Robotics

Pacteon Acquires Phoenix Stretch Wrappers

Pacteon Group

The addition of Quebec-based Phoenix Wrappers will bring state-of-the-art stretch wrapping technology into Pacteon’s portfolio and expands its packaging line integration capabilities.

April 1, 2021

Secondary Packaging

Craft Brewer Grows into Two-In-One Palletizer, Stretch Wrapper

Automation often begets more automation. That was certainly the case with Pelican Brewing Co., whose fast filling operations soon necessitated end-of-line palletization.

November 18, 2020

Palletizing/depalletizing

Orion to Offer Virtual Pallet Wrapping Demonstrations at PACK EXPO Connects

Orion, a ProMach brand

Orion Packaging Systems, a division of ProMach, will demonstrate its latest innovations in stretch-wrapping technology via virtual presentations at PACK EXPO Connects.

October 26, 2020