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A Peek at PACK EXPO

It’s been four years since PACK EXPO International graced the halls of Chicago’s McCormick Place with its dynamic presence, and what a return it was.

November 30, 2022

Machinery: Page 108

Conveying & accumulation

Pivoting Wire Belt Conveyor for Rejected Bakery Product

Multi-Conveyor

Multi-Conveyor recently built a 9 ft x 42 in. sanitary food-grade stainless steel wire belt conveyor with a pivoting discharge end. The pivot is used to dump batches of rejected bakery product from proceeding down the line.

November 29, 2022

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Ultra-Versatile, Modular Cup Filling System

The modular design of Synerlink’s Versatech cup-filling system enables it to handle a potentially ‘infinite’ range of cup sizes, styles, and materials, while its automatic slat changing technology allows for format changes in just 20 min.

November 29, 2022

Robotics

Delta ModTech Unveils Innovations at 2022 Technology Showcase

Delta ModTech

Delta ModTech and Frontier recently hosted the 2022 Technology Showcase, unveiling several new innovations and demonstrating them on-site in their Ramsey facility.

November 29, 2022

Thermoform/fill/seal

Advice About Vacuum Thermoformed Packaging

Don’t get caught in a knowledge vacuum about this major way of producing plastic packaging.

November 29, 2022

Operational Excellence

Will Digitalization Replace Sustainability as a Focus for Packagers?

As CPGs’ future growth increasingly depends on their ability to mitigate the effects of inflation on the supply chain, digitalization may overtake sustainability as a key driver.

November 28, 2022

Labels

Joseph Weber Jr., Past President and CEO of Weber Packaging, Passes Away

Weber Packaging Solutions

Weber saw the potential of the company founded by his father and spent his life building one of the premier labeling companies in the world. He passed away on October 17, 2022.

November 28, 2022

Contract Packaging

Build Stronger CM/CPs-Brand Relationships to Create a Resilient Supply Chain

CM/CPs joined with CPG and brand customers at F4SS to address how to strengthen their supply chains in spite of shortages and improve communication between companies to streamline contracts and improve the quality of the business relationship.

November 21, 2022

Robotics

Epson Robot Used in IPSi’s Automated Print-and-Apply Labeling Solution

EPSON Robots

IPSi incorporated Epson ColorWorks with industrial robot to create a one-to-one automated color labeling system.

November 21, 2022

Contract Packaging

Preparing for Change

Bosch Rexroth offers insight on benefits for contract manufacturers and packagers in adopting automation, such as quick changeovers, combatting labor and supply chain issues, and providing increased overall flexibility on their lines.

November 21, 2022

Contract Packaging

A Tough Couple of Years

As the industry adjusts to how much the pandemic has affected the world, companies and CM/CPs need to be patient with their people and business partners.

November 19, 2022

Robotics

Epson Robots Launches Robot Certified Training Centers for Customers and System Integrators Nationwide

EPSON Robots

Epson’s certified courses offer students standardized training on implementing, programing, and operating automation systems quickly and effectively.

November 17, 2022

Cartoning

Multi-Conveyor Builds Conveyors Featuring Several Technologies from Two Cartoners to One Case Packer

Multi-Conveyor

Using slug accumulation, Micropitch and 90° transfers, curves, and more, Multi-Conveyor built a series of independently powered conveyors to reorient various size cartons of product for inspection, fed from two cartoners, merging to a single case packer.

November 17, 2022