Flexibles

Darrell Lea Joins AlliedFlex Sales Team

Lea brings years of Industrial and packaging equipment sales and account management experience to his new position with AlliedFlex Technologies, Inc.

May 26, 2020

Machinery: Page 203

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

New Filler for Beer

Pyraser Landbrauerei, founded in 1868 in the Franconia region of Germany, recently invested in a KHS Innofill Glass DRS filler.

May 26, 2020

Flexibles

BW Flexible Systems Establishes Sales and Support Office in South Africa

BW Flexible Systems

Craig Bergset and Andre Systermans join the local team to serve customers in the region.

May 26, 2020

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

Spee-Dee Promotes Mark Navin to Vice President of Sales

Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery, Inc.

Navin to lead company’s entire sales effort after 25 years of strategic account success.

May 26, 2020

Sustainability

Sitma Machinery Packages Masks in Sustainable Paper

Sitma S.p.A.

Sitma offered its skills, machinery, and workforce to package a supply of over 30.0000 masks for the Municipalities of Castelvetro and Vignola, in Modena area (northern Italy).

May 21, 2020

Shrink wrapping

Engage Technologies Awarded ISO Certification

Engage Technologies Corporation

Engage Technologies Corp. was awarded the ISO 9001:2015 Certification for Quality Management Systems.

May 21, 2020

Robotics

ABB Offers Support Package to Customers Resuming Operations

ABB Robotics

ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation business launched a special package of digital solutions as well as virtual and field service support initiatives to help businesses restart production lines that may have been idle during the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 19, 2020

Flexible packaging

AlliedFlex Technologies and Scholle IPN Announce North American Sales and Marketing Alliance

ALLIEDFLEX Technologies, Inc.

AlliedFlex and Scholle IPN entered into a Sales and Marketing Alliance whereby AlliedFlex will offer Sholle’s IPN Aseptic Spouted Pouch Packaging Machinery and IPN Bag in Box Machinery program as part of its Flexible Packaging Machinery portfolio.

May 19, 2020

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Shrink Sleeve Fits Fine for Cannabis Seltzer & Soda Line

With varied SKUs for CP/CM business, plus a quickly growing in-house brand of its own, this cannabis-infused beverage producer found that shrink sleeve labeling is the right solution for just about any and all form factors, whether glass, PET, or cans.

May 19, 2020

Operational Excellence

Economic Outlook: 2020 and Beyond

Discussing the current economic outlook amidst a “double black swan event,” Alex Chausovsky of ITR Economics presented “Guidance in an Uncertain Economy” last week as part of PMMI’s Executive Leadership Conference.

May 18, 2020

Flexible packaging

Glenroy Recognizes Its Workers During COVID-19

Glenroy, Inc.

Glenroy Inc. initiated a campaign to recognize its manufacturing staff as heroes who come to work every day to continue to produce flexible packaging for essential products such as food, medical supplies, sanitizers, and soap.

May 18, 2020

Digital Printing

Direct Digital Print Brings AR Experience to Beverage Cans

By printing a QR code on the side of aluminum beverage cans, this Canadian firm and three partnering beverage producers are lifting spirits in this time of pandemic.

May 18, 2020

Form/fill/seal - horizontal

Harpak-ULMA Announces Packaging Design & Prototyping Services

Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC.

Harpak-ULMA announced a new suite of packaging design and prototyping services to help producers more rapidly and cost-effectively develop and operationalize innovative packaging concepts.

May 14, 2020