Secondary Packaging

High speed tray packing solution

The Schneider TP-35 Tray Packer, offers a high speed tray packing solution for aseptic brick boxes. Designed for the dairy/juice/functional drink industry, this horizontal tray packer accumulates bundled bricks into proper pack patterns and loads the bricks from 125 to 250 milliliters in size into tray packs.

February 2, 2012

Machinery: Page 497

Coding, Printing & Labeling

New CIJ printer enables expansion of Belgian water line

Belgian soft drinks producer EVIDEL installs new continuous ink-jet printer for 100% production uptime, maintenance-free pushbutton operation, and increased output.

February 1, 2012

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Protective packaging cuts waste and cost

A multilayer blown coextrusion with Surlyn at the core is the key to keeping a high-gloss, thermoplastic washing machine door ‘bezel’ from getting scratched.

January 27, 2012

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

New folding machine produces for Gooding

Machinery investment allows insert/outsert manufacturer to produce up to 210 panels, helping pharmaceutical customers comply with FDA rule changes.

January 27, 2012

Flexible packaging

Case Study: BJ'S Wholesale Club replaces coffee can with new flexible pack

Citing enhanced flavor preservation and logistical cost savings, BJ's Wholesale Club is replacing its 40 oz canned ground coffee with a new, flexible package designed by Fres-co System USA, Inc.

January 25, 2012

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

FDA regulatory changes lead to folder installation

Pharmaceutical paperboard packaging company installs second folder to produce patient-information leaflets for the healthcare market.

January 24, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: On-machine motor controllers

The Allen-Bradley ArmorStart LT distributed on-machine motor controllers from Rockwell Automation provide simplified installation and space savings for machine builders.

January 24, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Laser coding solutions for your packaging line

With zero ink and solvent consumables, laser coding can provide a lower overall cost of ownership versus traditional inkjet coding. Contact Matthews today to find out what we can do for you.

January 24, 2012

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Roche finds flexibility in secondary packaging of pharmaceuticals

Company’s Diagnostics Division employs a top loader that provides flexibility and a small footprint for secondary packing of CoaguChek diagnostic strips used to test blood clotting time.

January 23, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Save money vs. labels & pre-print

Brand on demand with the new Viacode high resolution inkjet printer by Matthews. Print crisp, precise barcodes, multiple lines of text, and large graphics directly on your corrugated cartons. Print what you want, when you want, with Viacode.

January 19, 2012

Thermoform/fill/seal

Aseptic tf/f/s line helps German baby food producer

DMK Deutsches Milchkontor expands baby food production with line that produces up to 57,000 cups/hr.

January 19, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Siemens Industry Inc: Scalable motion control system

Siemens’ Simotion Scout, the engineering system used for configuring Simotion motion controllers, has been updated with a wide range of usability improvements.

January 19, 2012

Robotics

From oven to packaging with 5,000 biscuits a minute

Cavanna SpA, has taken an important step forward in the Japanese market! Cavanna was selected to supply the transport system and packaging line for one of the largest biscuits producers of Japan. The order includes 4 production lines for a total capacity of more than 5000 biscuits/min.

January 18, 2012