Sustainable Packaging

The medium is the message

The need to produce lower-weight, yet strong, corrugated board requires innovation up and down the value chain—innovation that has been lacking in North America.

July 2, 2008

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Web Plus

July 2, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Industry Watch

July 2, 2008

Flexible packaging

Opening ceremonies: Where has that magical moment of wonder gone?

Recalling his childhood, Dyfed “Fred” Richards, executive creative director, North America, at Interbrand (www.interbrand.com), writes in Shelf Impact! that he loved being the first person in his family to break through the seal of any new package.

July 2, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

A case for easy printing

A cereal co-packer replaces its sophisticated case coder with a simple system that’s high on reliability and low on cost.

July 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Sustainability gains in machine and process ops

Sustainability isn’t only about the amount of packaging materials we can keep from the solid waste stream. There are opportunities in machine and process ops, too.

July 2, 2008

Flexibles

Albany goes biodegradable

In South Africa, Tiger Brands has taken what it believes is a giant green leap by converting all its bread packaging to ‘degrade-to-water’ biodegradable film.

July 2, 2008

Flexibles

Measurable success on the sustainability front

To paraphrase poet Robert Frost, we’ve miles to go before we’re green. But look at the progress we’ve made in the few short years sustainability has been on the front burner.

July 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Bosch Rexroth Corp.: Bosch Rexroth Corp.: Electromechanical cylinders

The new series of Electromechanical Cylinders from Bosch Rexroth provides high-thrust, high-speed capabilities with greater flexibility and control to applications traditionally using hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders.

July 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

DC-to-DC converters

AutomationDirect has extended its Rhino™ PSM line of power supplies to include DC-to-DC converters.

July 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

PSI: PSI: Pressure transmitter

Schneider Electric has released its most versatile solution for fluid control applications, the Telemecanique® brand Nautilus™ type XMLG pressure transmitter.

July 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Omron Electronics LLC: Universal analog input module

Omron’s new CJ1W-PH41U is a 4-point universal analog input module that introduces the industry’s first PLC-based analog input module with temperature resolution to 0.001ºC.

July 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Minimizing downtime

Component and system diagnostics on this vertical form/fill/seal system help ensure that buyers of the machine will keep unplanned downtime at bay.

July 2, 2008