Operational Excellence

Tips on Handling Last Mile Security Threats

The last mile poses unique risks, particularly for pharmaceuticals with high street values. McKesson’s VP of Corporate Security and Safety discusses response methods that target last mile security threats.

October 4, 2016

Machinery: Page 310

Sustainable Packaging

Cardinal Health earns recognition for plant-based phase-change materials

Healthcare company earns honors from the Reusable Packaging Assn. for its efforts with Sonoco ThermoSafe that deliver multiple benefits in shipments of refrigerated pharmaceuticals.

October 4, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Clippard: Diaphragm regulators

The new DR-2 Series provides greater accuracy and repeatability (±0.15 psi) while maintaining the same flow and performance characteristics as the MAR regulators in a small, sleek package.

October 4, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Propack celebrates 20th anniversary

Canadian-owned Propack Processing and Packaging Systems Inc. will exhibit its latest robotic carton product loader at PACK EXPO International 2016.

October 3, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

SATO appoints executive head of SATO North America

Goro Yumiba has 35 years of experience in developing and managing international business and will serve as the new executive head of SATO North America.

October 3, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Big boost in cartoning through robotics

Leclerc Foods went from 750 to 1,200 energy bars/min in its cartoning operation and gained all kinds of flexibility that helps it meet private-label customer requirements.

October 3, 2016

Flow wrapping

Fin-seal flow wrapper upgrade

Microwave popcorn packer pumps up packaging efficiencies, while deflating maintenance costs and packaging material waste.

October 3, 2016

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Bagging automation sows robust seeds of efficiency

Easy-changeover vf/f/s bagger and net weigher/feeder system reduce manual labor requirements, improve output speeds, and save on packaging material costs.

September 30, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Well-coordinated turnkey ink-jet coding network

Automated suite platform connects and controls bottle, tray, case, and pallet printing operations.

September 30, 2016

Material handling

Track and trace market predicted to soar

Brand protection, increasing packaging-related product recalls, and the need to ensure regulatory compliance to trigger track and trace market growth through 2021.

September 30, 2016

Plastics/resins

Preform deduster adds quality for German mineral water producer

Gerolsteiner Brunnen places deduster upstream of its inspection equipment to keep potential foreign bodies from entering PET preforms prior to stretch blow-molding.

September 29, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

OMEGA: Coded non-contact safety switches

The OMEGA LPC/LMC, CPC/CMC, SPC/SMC Series of coded non-contact safety switches offer top quality construction, universal designs, coded magnetic actuation, and a NEMA PW12 (IP69K) rating to fit a wide range of factory automation applications.

September 29, 2016

Weighing/combination scales

Dutch co-packer adds ninth multi-head weigher

Established in 1997, Vetipak is a Dutch contract packager specializing in the packaging of a broad range of products in the food sector, from instant soups to various confectionery products to animal feed, and its partners include numerous A-List brands and various private labels.

September 28, 2016