Flow wrapping

BW Flexible Systems to Open Technical Center in EMEA

BW Flexible Systems, a Barry-Wehmiller Packaging Systems company, will open a new Technical Centre of Excellence in Nottingham by the end of June to expand its presence across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

June 18, 2021

Machinery: Page 169

Robotics

New Era of High-Performance Actuation to Enable Simpler, Safer, and More Productive Robots and Machines

This direct-drive actuator combines high torque density, cleanliness, and reliability to improve performance and lower total cost of ownership, the company says.

June 18, 2021

Plastics/resins

P&G Designs Packaging for the Visually Impaired

Tactile notching on PET bottles of Procter & Gamble’s bio:renew shampoos and conditioners goes a long way toward helping consumers with impaired vision differentiate one product from another.

June 17, 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

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Amazon Expands Frustration-Free Packaging Programs to Include Smaller Eligible Product Sizes

The Frustration-Free Packaging Programs Incentive Expansion, announced June 1, 2021 for North America and following later this year in Europe, has expanded its product size range downward, to include ASINs starting as small as 6 x 4 x 0.375 ins.

June 16, 2021

Cartoning

IMA Group’s Virtual Event Recap

IMA Group

IMA Group’s Make the Most in the Choco & Confectionery Market virtual meeting held May 27-28 featured live sessions about stand-alone machines and complete lines for gums, candies, coated sweets, chocolate & bars, from processing to palletizing.

June 16, 2021

Robotics

RōBEX Announces New Vice Presidents

RōBEX

RōBEX promoted Cal Bowers to Vice President–Growth and Troy Kudzia to Vice President-Solutions.

June 14, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Eckes-Granini Launches 100% rPET Bottle

Headquartered in the German city of Nieder-Olm, Eckes-Granini has been using 25% rPET in its hohes C PET juice bottles since 2018, but now that has changed.

June 11, 2021

Digital Printing

Ken Brown Appointed Global Category Specialist, Labels and Packaging for Fujifilm North America Corp.

Fujifilm

Ken Brown was appointed to the newly created role of Global Category Specialist, Labels and Packaging for Fujifilm North America Corp., Graphic Systems Div.

June 11, 2021

Conveying & accumulation

Heat and Control Founder, Andy Caridis, Celebrates 100th Birthday

Heat and Control, Inc.

The Heat and Control family celebrated a special milestone on June 1, 2021, with the 100th birthday of its founder, Andrew (Andy) Caridis.

June 9, 2021

Coding/marking

Diagraph Names Eric Joiner Vice President and General Manager

Diagraph, An ITW Company

Eric Joiner was named Vice President and General Manager of Diagraph Marking & Coding, a division of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) based in St. Charles, Miss.

June 8, 2021

Material handling

Companies Invest in the International Expansion of Safe Load Testing Technologies

Safe Load Testing Technologies

Safe Load Testing Technologies' products and its leadership in Europe were the two determining factors for the MONDRAGON Corp. and CDTi to invest more than €600,000 in international expansion of the company.

June 8, 2021

Conveying & accumulation

K2 Kinetics Acquires Robotic Packaging Machinery, LLC

K2 Kinetics, LLC

RPM designs and manufactures case packers throughout the U.S. Founded in 2011 by Scott Thiede, the company has an established product line of 4 key models designed around functionality and efficiencies needed for a variety of customers.

June 7, 2021