Coding, Printing & Labeling

FDA seeks comments on front-of-package labeling, shelf-tag symbols

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on April 28 asked for comments and information from the public and other interested parties about front-of-package nutrition labeling and on shelf tags in retail stores.

May 1, 2010

Machinery: Page 575

Converting equipment

HCPC revamps Web site, logo; symposium set for May 5

Adopting compliance-prompting packaging to improve patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs is job one for the council.

April 27, 2010

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

New Engineering Manager for Morrison Container Handling Solutions

Morrison Container Handling Solutions, manufacturer of timing screws, change parts and drive units for the packaging industry, announces Mary Kay Bendis is the company’s new Engineering Manager.

April 27, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

New FDA regs may prompt cigarette package labeling changes

Agency addresses marketing of tobacco products to minors, announces ‘FDA-TRACK’ program for transparency and accountability.

April 22, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Need for MES more critical than ever

Just as a new study from Frost & Sullivan underscores how important it is to integrate top-level business systems with packaging machines on the plant floor, we’re holding a conference in which major brand owners will discuss how they’ve been doing just that.

April 21, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Nanotechnology brings new barrier material?

Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) is a coating technology that is incredibly thin yet provides barrier properties good enough for pharmaceutical blister packs.

April 19, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

A-B-C's high speed Model 450 case erector/bottom sealer offers speeds to 55 cpm

You need a workhorse machine to feed, erect, and seal corrugated cases every 1.1 seconds, shift after shift, and A-B-C Packaging Machine Corp.'s Model 450 is a heavy duty, production-proven unit to handle this challenge.

April 19, 2010

Secondary Packaging

No Film Break™ (NFB) machines from Lantech

Loads get to their destination with less risk – looking better than ever – with less tweaking and hassle – with up to 30% less film – and at an overall lower net cost.

April 16, 2010

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Robot product feeder handles the tough accumulation jobs

A video of Robocombi from Marchesini shows this robot in a range of product feeding applications. The Robocombi is a robotic feeding solution for types of packaging that do not lend themselves to fast, effective accumulation —  blisters, strips, trays, flowpacks, and squeezable and rigid tubes.

April 15, 2010

Cartoning

High performance robotic blister line

The Marchesini INTEGRA 300 robotized blister line shown in this video integrates into a single robotized monoblock the two operations of blister thermoforming and cartoning. The line is managed by a PC and features a small footprint.

April 15, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeling system meets pharmaceutical industry specifications

The video from Marchesini shows the BL400 VTE XL labeling system. Designed to meet the serialization needs of pharmaceutical manufacturers, this system offers labeling speeds in excess of 400 cartons per minute.

April 15, 2010

Filling/capping, dry

FTC24: Flexibility and innovation in pharmaceutical counting

The "solids" area of Marchesini Group confirms the efforts in offering flexible and innovative solutions. The offer is enriched with the double electronic counter FTC24, which alongside the well-known FTC12 model, is currently able to satisfy production requirements of up to 110 vials/minute and 720 thousand tablets/hour.

April 15, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Palletizer with extended accumulation table

A-B-C Packaging’s Model 72AE low-level palletizer with extended accumulation table allows continuous layer forming during completed layer transfer and stacking.

April 9, 2010