Secondary Packaging

Automated case packing handles 450 bags/min at Pepperidge Farm

Pepperidge Farm expands its Goldfish cracker packaging capabilities, adding robotic case packing of cases, trays, and retail ready displays.

August 14, 2016

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Controls & Machine Components

Carlo Gavazzi: Motor thermistor relays

Carlo Gavazzi announces new DTA7 Series of motor thermistor relays, capable of monitoring the temperature of up to six motors (via thermistors on the internal windings).

August 12, 2016

Palletizing/depalletizing

Special new line for a special cement

Calucem of Croatia relies on a complete new packaging line to ship its calcium aluminate cements to more than 60 countries around the world.

August 11, 2016

Material handling

Sharp Packaging Services Selects TraceLink to Achieve DSCSA Compliance

Partnership will help Sharp Packaging Services eliminate point-to-point integration complexities and reduce business risk for its extensive pharmaceutical customer base.

August 10, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Toray Plastics packaging, label films selected for the HP Indigo Pack Ready program

Toray Plastics is the first U.S. manufacturer of extrusion-coated OPP, PET, metallized, barrier, and sealant print-web film technologies to join the HP Pack Ready ecosystem.

August 9, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Apple packing plant automates palletizing

Washington Fruit & Produce significantly reduces labor and product damage when it implements robotic palletizing systems at its two apple-packing plants.

August 8, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Robots replace manual palletizing at Sargento Foods

A complex system comprising eight robotic palletizing cells with three lanes each replaces manual palletizing operations at Sargento’s Plymouth, WI, plant.

August 6, 2016

Conveying & accumulation

Dorner appoints Southern Mexico regional manager

In an effort to establish its brand and improve sales in Mexico, Dorner Mfg. Corp. hires Maria Guadalupe Sandoval as regional manager for Southern Mexico.

August 5, 2016

Material handling

BRC publishes revised Global Standard for Storage and Distribution

BRC Global Standards published its third issue of BRC Global Standard for Storage and Distribution on Aug. 1, with audits against Issue 3 to begin Feb. 1, 2017.

August 5, 2016

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Preventive maintenance kits assist Novo Nordisk

The company jointly develops kits with Bosch Packaging Services to reduce downtime and increase efficiency on its Clayton, NC vial filling line.

August 4, 2016

Cartoning

Safe Connections to Prevent Counterfeit Drugs

The Industrial Internet of Things Comes of Age for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers.

August 2, 2016

Converting equipment

Vitex hires national sales manager, sales and marketing specialist

Vitex Packaging Group hires national sales manager Tom Carlton, and sales and marketing support specialist Bethaney Tinto.

August 1, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Secure solution at the intersection of IoT and Industry 4.0?

Two terms often used interchangeably are “Internet of Things (IoT)” and “Industry 4.0.”

July 31, 2016