Cartoning

Devils Backbone keeps it local, familiar

This growing East Coast brewery has found value in responsive, local machine builders and vendors who are intimately familiar with their lines of bottling and canning equipment.

March 1, 2017

Machinery: Page 292

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Steady growth makes automation essential

Beers brewed by this Munster, IN, brewery just 60 miles from Chicago have won their fair share of accolades over the years. Now management is focused on expansion and automation.

March 1, 2017

Operational Excellence

Serialization Event for CMOs, CPOs and 3PLs

Two interactive days in Princeton, NJ, aim to assist key pharmaceutical manufacturers, CMOs, CPOs and 3PL’s achieve cost-effective compliance with November DSCSA serialization deadline.

February 28, 2017

Flexible packaging

New chip pack format seen at PACK EXPO East

Irving, TX-based Mission Foods has sold its popular tortilla chips in preformed flat-bottom pouches made of a paper lamination for many years now, but new packages shown at PACK EXPO East suggest that a change is being evaluated.

February 28, 2017

Flexible packaging

New cat litter pack spotted at PACK EXPO East

Clorox brand Scoop Away cat litter now comes in a convenient new format: four flexible-film brick packs in a shrink-wrapped corrugated tray holding a total of 38 lb of cat litter.

February 27, 2017

Sustainability

Pharmapack Celebrates 20 Years of Innovation

Vial injector, pharma compliance pack, smart packaging and auto-injector for prefilled syringes named best innovations in 2017.

February 24, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Nestlé taps new blow molder control system for efficient PET bottle production

Blow molder control helps Nestlé Waters align efficient PET bottle production with consistent consumer experience.

February 24, 2017

Secondary Packaging

JLS Automation adds VP of operations and manufacturing

Craig Wolfe joins JLS Automation’s senior leadership team as the VP of Operations and Manufacturing.

February 23, 2017

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Robotic Arms Make the Difference in Oncology Vial Filler and Capper

When a pharmaceutical manufacturer could not find a machine to fit their needs, they found a collaborative and innovative partner.

February 22, 2017

Material handling

Surge Expected in Warehouse Robotics Growth

Mobile robots are expected to lead the overall warehouse robotics market between 2017 and 2022, according to a new market research report.

February 22, 2017

Filling/capping, dry

Medication Errors Prompt Advanced Technologies in Pharmacy Repackaging

The rise in the number of outpatient visits has encouraged pharmacists and hospitals to incorporate automated systems to improve their prescription handling capacity.

February 21, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Altana AG acquires Landa Group’s Metallography technology

Landa will progressively transfer the remaining development and engineering work to Altana to bring the technology to market.

February 21, 2017

Operational Excellence

New Developments in Pharma Packaging and Drug Delivery

Pharmapack Europe trends include ‘human factor’ principles, with individualized packaging and serialization as integral future solutions.

February 16, 2017