Weighing/combination scales

Heat and Control Opens Russian Office

Heat and Control announces the opening of its Moscow office, its newest site and its first in Russia.

February 14, 2020

Machinery: Page 211

Package design

Nanographic Press to Connecticut Converter

Keystone Paper & Box Company, celebrating its 75th year as one of New England’s most innovative, award-winning folding carton producers, is the latest to purchase a Landa S10 Nanographic Printing Press.

February 14, 2020

Secondary Packaging

Cartoner

Theegarten-Pactec

See it at interpack 2020. Theegarten-Pactec launches the BLM cartoner designed to keep pace with primary packaging machines, with speeds to 120 cartons/min.

February 13, 2020

Secondary Packaging

Robotic Case Packing Solution

Midwest Engineered Systems Inc.

Midwest Engineered Systems introduces a robotic case packing solution designed for bagged products that have proven difficult to automate. Available in packing speeds up to 120 bags/min.

February 12, 2020

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Food Industry and E-Commerce: 5 Year Outlook

By 2024, 70% of consumers will likely utilize online grocery shopping, up from 25% now. (FMI and Nielsen, 2018) See what food manufacturers are doing to prepare for this growth.

February 12, 2020

Secondary Packaging

Flow Wrapper Retrofit for Cold Seal Paper

Syntegon

See it at interpack 2020. Syntegon Technology will showcase the paper-ON-form retrofit kit for horizontal flow wrapping machines to form cold-sealable barrier paper.

February 11, 2020

Conveying & accumulation

Duravant To Acquire WECO

Duravant

Duravant LLC, an equipment and automation solutions provider, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Woodside Electronics Corp., a manufacturer of optical color and defect sorting equipment.

February 11, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Weather Stresses Logistics

Reusable Packaging Association

Responding to consumer demands to “get it to my doorstep in a day,” the nation’s supply chain leaders now have to adjust to crazy climate events around the globe. Reusable transport packaging could hold one key to a more sustainable future.

February 10, 2020

Form/fill/seal - horizontal

AlliedFlex and Bossar Announce Sales and Marketing Alliance

ALLIEDFLEX Technologies, Inc.

Bossar Packaging, SA, Barcelona, has partnered with AlliedFlex Technologies as its exclusive North American Sales and Marketing Partner to handle its complete Pouch Packaging Systems Program.

February 10, 2020

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Integrated Labeling Strategy Helps Cannabis Company Grow

Medical marijuana startup Grow Ohio employs a combination of label software, printing systems, and label materials to meet compliance regulations and branding for six different packaging formats.

February 10, 2020

Conveying & accumulation

Plastic Chain Conveyors

QC Conveyors

QC Conveyors introduces the Flextrac Series of modular plastic chain conveyors designed for packaging, automation, and part handling applications. They can handle loads up to 850 lb with speeds up to 160 fpm.

February 7, 2020

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Krones’ Contipure AseptBloc Receives 3-A certification

Krones, Inc.

Krones’ Contipure AseptBloc series received the 3-A certificate from the independent 3-A Sanitary Institute. All future Contipure AseptBloc systems will be permitted to carry the 3-A certificate.

February 6, 2020

Robotics

EOAT Vacuum Tool

Piab Group

Piab’s piCOBOT EOAT is now configurable with any collaborative robot or smaller industrial robots.

February 5, 2020