Contract Packaging

Pack Expo To Add Contract-Packaging Pavilion, Brand Protection Center

Many of the more than 50ꯠ attendees expected to attend this year’s Pack Expo International in Chicago will receive added value by visiting the contract packaging pavilion, which will be open throughout the show’s run from Oct.

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Secondary Packaging

How Repackers Help Unilever In Mature Markets

Consumer products giant drives sales with specialty packs and displays. Success requires that repackers have the right location, can manage costs, and can support marketing initiatives.

July 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Pet Bottle Brings Production Ease To Co-Packer, Design Benefits To Marketer

Panel-less bottle’s smooth sidewall enables H.A. Rider to apply labels in registration. MD Drinks avoids the ‘crinkly’ label look on its Urban Detox beverage line.

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Digital Printing: What and How to Make it work in co-packing

Under the right circumstances, co-packers can work with digital-run specialists to help spare manufacturers the risk and expense of excess inventory of emerging products.

July 31, 2006

Flexible packaging

Around The Industry

Sonoco opens innovation center near P&G in Cincinnati Major consumer products manufacturers say they would be served more efficiently if their outsourcing partners located either adjacent to the product manufacturer’s facilities or in transportation hubs.

July 31, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Dimensions Of Turnkey Service: The'General Contractor'

Assemblies Unlimited positions itself as the ‘point’ for entrepreneurial marketers, using a national network of suppliers to deliver services from design to logistics.

July 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The looming impact of integration, WiFi, RFID

Technological advances have already driven dramatic improvements in manufacturing.

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Controls & Machine Components

Tharo Systems, Inc: Tharo Systems, Inc: Tharo Systems, Inc: Tharo Systems, Inc: RFID Troubleshooter

Tharo Systems has created an RFID Troubleshooter to guide their EASYLABEL software users through the process of printing and encoding RFID smart labels, as well as resolve common RFID encoding problems.

July 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Medical label design and production

PRISYM ID Inc.’s Medica software is developed to meet the FDA’s current requirements, in particular, 21 CFR Part 11 rules regarding electronic records and signatures.

July 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Bowl-Shaped Cans

Crown Food Europe has introduced its extended range of bowl-shaped cans for the single-serve food market, including foods such as tuna and meat salads, patés and spreads, puddings, fruits, and cream desserts.

July 31, 2006

Conveying & accumulation

Dorner Mfg. Corp.: Vacuum Conveyors

Dorner offers its 2200 Series low profile vacuum conveyor. With a frame height as low as 1.87”, it can easily fit in tight places. It is well suited for holding parts to the conveyor belt while moving up an incline or down a decline, or for securing parts to a fixed position on the conveyor’s belt for inspection, assembly, and accurate feeding.

July 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Vi-Cas Mfg: Verified Vacuum Cups

A new service from Vi-Cas Mfg. matches customer-supplied custom vacuum cups against an extensive selection of standard parts. With the Match and Test program, Vi-Cas engineers suggest alternate materials and configurations that may yield shorter lead-times and lower costs than original parts.

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Controls & Machine Components

Enhanced Robot

Sage Automation’s new Polar Robot is capable of payloads to 2ꯠ lb and was designed specifically to maximize vertical stroke while minimizing ceiling height requirements.

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