Controls & Machine Components

Fluid power catalog

Clippard Instrument Laboratory has released its new 388-page, full-line catalog, which includes features, specs, technical drawings, color photos, and application highlights throughout.

May 8, 2007

Machinery: Page 690

Controls & Machine Components

Everett Graphics, Inc: Artisan chocolate bars on-the-go in sleeve-pouches

Recchiuti chocolate bars debuted in February 2007 in innovative, pouch-like sleeve packs that allow consumers to break off a few pieces and tuck the rest of the bar back into an elegant “sleeve-pouch” for safekeeping for carrying and travel.

May 7, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Clear or Printer Film Multi-packer

Polypack’s new CLEAR-PRINT wrapper is equipped with quick and easy changeover.

May 3, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Vertical shrink wrapping systems

Rennco vertical shrink wrapping systems utilize centerfolded packaging material to shrink wrap items from as small as 2" in length up to 65" in length

May 3, 2007

Labels

Top 10 FDA developments

Packaging World and Healthcare Packaging columnist and attorney-at-law Eric F. Greenberg (www.ericfgreenbergpc.com) offered a list of key issues pertaining to healthcare packaging during the Pharmaceutical Packaging Forum (www.packworld.com/ppf), To read the complete story, visit this site.

May 2, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Medium-speed, vertical case packing

Video shows drop packer handling a wide range of container and package types, including glass, plastic, cans and paperboard in round and non-round configurations.

April 26, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Six Sigma and pharmaceutical packaging

In this article, Kent St. Vrain of Paxonix reports on Six Sigma benefits, economic justification, and streamlining the process of getting product more quickly to market.

April 26, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

Why demographics will drive your packaging automation

Don't wait for a workforce crisis to develop before you consider the effect of automation on your employees.

April 24, 2007

Flexible packaging

Co-packing industry assesses opportunities and challenges

The contract packaging industry has no shortage of opportunities and challenges, and some of them were discussed formally and informally at the Contract Packaging Association’s annual meeting, which concluded April 2 in Tucson, AZ. First, the opportunities. One of the hottest segments of contract packaging today is pharmaceutical products, and it’s promising even more growth for co-packers with the right facilities, capabilities, and certification approvals. Speaking to association members, Bill Sharpless said the $400 billion pharma industry is growing at 3% annually. Sharpless is marketing director of pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and medical packaging at Alcoa Flexible Packaging.

April 17, 2007

Sustainability

New Plastics Data in the U.S. LCI Database

Within a matter of days, important new data sets will be available in the U.S. LCI (Life Cycle Inventory) Database. The data will include all steps from “cradle to resin” for nine common plastic resins (HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, PP, HIPS, GPPS, PVC, ABS, PET) and two polyurethane polyols. These materials are commonly used in packaging systems as well as in durable products (for example, building products such as insulation).

April 17, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Finding value in RFID

The sweet spot can be found in certain applications, according to this Webinar held April 5 that cited two RFID implementations.

April 17, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

CCL Label, Inc: CCL Label, Inc: RFID

RFID Tags

April 11, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Corner-wrap label printer-applicator labels two sides at once

Exclusive Weber unit combines high-quality label printing with an applicator that affixes a single label around the corner of a case. Also available with RFID encoding.

April 10, 2007