Secondary Packaging

Mint-condition packaging

The United States Mint upgrades cartoning and casing operations for collectible, lens-packed proof coins.

October 3, 2008

Machinery: Page 632

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Setting a brand apart through effective sustainable packaging

A growing number of companies are focusing on sustainable products and processes to reduce their impact on the environment, improve efficiency, and strengthen their brands.

October 3, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID to the core

Sonoco Products Co., Hartsville, SC, adds RFID technology to the fiber-based cores it provides the paper industry using a solution from IPICO (www.ipico.com).

October 3, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

New law tries to wake up sleepy commission

When is a regulatory agency not a regulatory agency?

October 3, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Fishing for customers

Ronnie Wrenn waits patiently for retailers and consumers to catch on to fresh, never frozen case-ready seafood from his company, Fresher Than Fresh, which provides its products in modified-atmosphere packaged overwrapped trays (see www.packworld.com/casestudy-26065)

October 3, 2008

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Enhanced vf/f/s

The robag® 3 vf/f/s packaging system from tna includes new kanga jaw technology for high-quality, specialty bag formats and long bag applications such as cereals and frozen foods.

October 3, 2008

Flexibles

Digital labels enhance sales samples

Freudenberg Household Products uses digitally printed labels to bring a retail-ready appearance to sales samples of its new Professional line of cleaning products.

October 2, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Servos deliver robotic dexterity

Multipacks of refrigerated dessert cups have been ‘discovered’ by German food marketers and their consumers. At Campina, better automation was required.

October 2, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Reining in the rogues

With the exception of an infectiously joyous masterpiece known as “Where the Hell is Matt,” I’m no fan of YouTube.

October 2, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

'Purchasing Plans' update confirms slow machinery sales

For the first time, the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (www.pmmi.org) has issued an update to its “Purchasing Plans Study,” asking respondents to reexamine their responses to the study earlier this year.

October 2, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Arrowhead Systems purchases select assets of Priority One Packaging

Arrowhead Systems, Inc., which specializes in material handling equipment and packaging line integration, has purchased some assets of Priority One Packaging—a case palletizing/depalletizing, robotics, and conveyor system specialist.

October 2, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Ensuring RFID's Bottom Line Payoff

RFID's capabiltiy to drive business process improvement, increase supply chain efficiency and ultimately improve bottom line results...

September 30, 2008

Sustainability

Promoting PLA to the consumer

The claims made about PLA to consumers differ in their relevance, as well as in their susceptibility to attacks; therefore, strategic thought should go into their choice.

September 26, 2008