Coding, Printing & Labeling

Exploring the hidden challenges of serialization

Part I of a three-part series looks at decoding and verifying serialization to meet the FDA’s Drug Supply Chain Security Act.

April 27, 2017

Machinery: Page 299

Closures

Bottled water is the category with the largest packaging growth opportunity around the world

For some regions of the world, bottled water remains a convenience or a healthy alternative to sugar drinks. But in other regions, distrust of the local water supply drives growth. New study from PMMI Business Intelligence spans the globe.

April 27, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Lab automates serialization efforts

A serialization system helps a laboratory meet DSCSA requirements in a small footprint, handling cartons or flat blanks.

April 26, 2017

Filling/capping, dry

Amazing things

Touring packaging operations has always been the thing I like most about my job.

April 26, 2017

Cartoning

Coffee capsule lines extraordinaire

Close collaboration between Barrie House Coffee & Tea and a dedicated core of packaging machinery OEMs yielded four sophisticated lines each capable of running 300 single-serve coffee capsules/min.

April 26, 2017

Secondary Packaging

Wrapper built for shelf-ready packaging

Achieves speeds up to 120 packages/min.

April 25, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Connected packages deliver value direct to consumers—and the brands they love

This packaging technology uses imperceptible pixel patterns to replicate a barcode dozens of times on a package.

April 24, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Yaskawa partners with Spartan Controls, Ltd.

Spartan Controls becomes exclusive representative for Yaskawa in Western Canada.

April 24, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

ePac, LLC adds second plant in Colorado

ePac’s second U.S. facility will allow the company to improve turnaround time.

April 24, 2017

Secondary Packaging

Langen becomes Molins Langen

Langen joins with Molins to form a single company, retaining the brand name, ethos, and heritage.

April 21, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Ink-jet printing upgrade at sausage maker

This California maker of premium sausages was relying on a mix of ink jet printing and thermal-transfer printing on both film and paperboard. New CIJ printers have changed everything.

April 21, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Testing article

Testing article

April 21, 2017

Conveying & accumulation

Heat and Control Inc. and ScandiNova Systems AB partner to supply pulse electric field solution

Heat and Control Inc. and ScandiNova Systems AB will partner to deliver the next-generation of pulse electric field (PEF) technology to the food industry.

April 21, 2017