Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeler with track-and-trace ability

Weber’s Packaging Execution System (PES) allows users to record and manage internal track-and-trace data in conjunction with the operation of the Model 5300 Series’ label printer-applicators.

August 31, 2009

Machinery: Page 603

Tamper-evident machinery

Candy boxes protect organoleptics

Fazer Confectionery, Helsinki, Finland, is a leading Nordic manufacturer of chocolate products, chewing gums, and other confections.

August 31, 2009

Converting equipment

Key Baby introduces BPA-free infant care line

Infant care product manufacturer Key Baby, LLC introduced its Weil Baby line of baby bottles, sippy cups, nipples, pacifiers, and accessories made with Tritan™ EX401, a new-generation copolyester resin from Eastman (www.eastman.com), as well as in glass.

August 31, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Some bad news, some good news

So I’m talking to this crackerjack controls engineering guru about next year’s Packaging Automation Forum*, and by the end of our conversation it hits me: The U.S. manufacturing sector is cost-cutting itself into a heap of trouble. I know, in an economy where consumers who once engaged in aspirational spending have now shifted to desperational spending, being lean is what it’s all about these days.

August 31, 2009

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Blister card folder/wallet machine

MGS ‘s latest High Speed Blister Card Folder/Wallet Packaging System is the third generation of pharmaceutical blister card folder/wallet card machines, with an emphasis on modular stations and devices for future flexibility and product changeover.

August 30, 2009

Sustainability

Naked Juice's 'reNEWabottle' is 100% RPET

A new clear juice bottle for Naked Juice’s beverages is expected to save 8.1 million pounds of virgin plastic annually.

August 30, 2009

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Drum discharging/feeding system

Material Transfer’s 180 Degree Rotation Drum Discharging and Feeding System safely inverts drums containing corrosive, dusty, hygroscopic powders then meters the materials into an existing process.

August 30, 2009

Conveying & accumulation

Dual track spiral conveyors

Ryson’s dual track spiral conveyors now come in 8-in. wide and 20-in. wide slat models.

August 30, 2009

Secondary Packaging

Empty can palletizer

The EuroPal empty can palletizer from FleetwoodGoldcoWyard is designed specifically for high-speed European can lines or can lines supplying the European market that require the use of multiple pallet sizes and top frame configurations.

August 30, 2009

Secondary Packaging

Case packer

Brenton’s Series 10 case packer provides a flexible, cost effective alternative to manual low speed hand pack operations.

August 30, 2009

Tamper-evident machinery

Vitamin water launches in aluminum bottles

Live Young Forever Health and Wellness (LYF) has introduced Live Young Forever Citrus, a vitamin enhanced water.

August 30, 2009

Conveying & accumulation

Wine-box packaging line speeds sake filling

Centuries-old Japanese sake company Gekkeikan Sake invests in modern packaging technology to handle growing demand for its restaurant-bound bag-in-box product.

August 17, 2009

Secondary Packaging

Hartness Intl. and RKW announce Grab Pack partnership in Europe

Hartness International and RKW will introduce Grab Pack at Drinktec 2009 in September. A new film package, Grab Pack offers enhanced customer convenience, quality display characteristics, and reduced packaging material.

August 17, 2009