Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Four named to Packaging Hall of Fame

The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute announces Hall of Famers, adds 16 members, and announces its 2011 board members and executive committee.

September 15, 2010

Machinery: Page 557

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Label Expo makes case for sustainability, digital printing

Speakers implore brand owners to develop end-to-end processes to maximize sustainability efforts, and to investigate digital printing’s untapped pluses in labeling.

September 15, 2010

Filling/capping, dry

Rotary chuck cappers

The new modular design of New England Machinery’s rotary chuck cappers includes a compact frame with easy to change stations.. See them at PACK EXPO Booth #S-2247.

September 14, 2010

Contract packaging

Modular Packaging Systems standardizes on B&R for controls

Solid dose pharmaceutical packaging specialist selects B&R Industrial Automation based on high speed performance, packaging line integration requirements and local support.

September 13, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Teaching retorts how to communicate

Operations management in all types of manufacturing is under constant pressure to continually achieve efficiency improvements.

September 13, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Automation suppliers target processing and packaging

Need a reminder of how increasingly intertwined processing and packaging have become?

September 13, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Best-in-class manufacturing ops

At Heineken South Africa and Microsoft Europe, efficiency-minded suppliers help make processing and packaging logical extensions of each other.

September 13, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Perspectives on RFID in pharmaceuticals

RFID is a tool that can benefit pharmaceutical manufacturers from clinical trials through to the commercial supply chain.

September 13, 2010

Sustainability

Plantable nursery pot biodegrades in soil

Taking root in independent nurseries around the country, Ball Horticultural Co.’s new SoilWrap® bio-based plantable, compostable plant container is said to completely eliminate 100% of the environmental impact of the package, while reducing related fuel emissions.

September 12, 2010

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Effective package design is built on more than meets the eye

I was in the grocery store doing my weekly shopping. My first stop: body wash. I stood in front of a sea of options when one caught my eye. I glanced at the price.

September 9, 2010

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Industry watch

September 9, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Pack Expo purchases triple production

End-of-line equipment purchased at Pack Expo International 2008 helped Garden Lites boost productivity significantly. Top management will be back at the Chicago show this Fall

September 9, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Ingredient blending goes in house

Retrofit with blender and flexible screw conveyor adds in-house blending to packaging of cosmetic powder. New-found flexibility satisfies customer requirements.

September 9, 2010