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Sustainability

A fresh take on aerosols

The benefits of aerosol containers—or pressure packaging—starts with dispelling misconceptions.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The wrap-up: The tell-tale labeler

At a ‘haunted’ inn in Norwich, VT, a rebuilt 50-plus year-old labeler is still labeling bottles of a local microbrew.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Clinical trial tips from Bristol-Myers Squibb

What’s new, what’s now, and what’s happening in Clinical Trials Materials (CTM) was the subject of an October 25 educational session held at the 2004 ISPE Annual Meeting in San Antonio featuring Bristol-Myers Squibb.

October 31, 2004

Cartoning

PACK EXPO bash celebrates ELAU customers

At an exclusive off-Rush Street venue, Europe’s packaging automation leader thanked a hundred ELAU customers for helping them achieve critical mass in North America.

October 31, 2004

Flexible packaging

Grate Chef: Four-station rotary poucher for grill wipes

Packaging is done 2-up at a rate to 30 pouches/min on a four-station MFG Inc. pouching machine located at contract packager Packaging Division Inc. in Northlake, IL.

September 30, 2004

Secondary Packaging

Kellogg Company: Bulk packaging of cereal: Stretch wrapping

Consisting of a corrugated bottom sheet, a pre-made flexible-film bag, and stretch film, the K-one system replaces a corrugated bulk box and flexible film liner.

September 30, 2004

Secondary Packaging

Kellogg Company: Bulk packaging of cereal: Completion

Consisting of a corrugated bottom sheet, a pre-made flexible-film bag, and stretch film, the K-one system replaces a corrugated bulk box and flexible film liner.

September 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

HealthPack 2005 to be held in March

HealthPack 2005, an event for medical device professionals, will be held in San Antonio, TX, on March 23-24.

September 30, 2004

Flexible packaging

U.S. shipments for packaging machinery rise in 2003; exports increase by 33%

PMMI study predicts growth in future buying activity; record back log of $1.3 billion.

September 30, 2004

Conveying & accumulation

Open frame labeling system

The NEW Label-Aire Inline Series 6000 labeling system is designed to be very easy to configure while also making labeling easier and faster.

September 30, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

SERCOS interoperability demo at Pack Expo

The SERCOS interface trade associations will exhibit a Pack Profile interoperability demo at Pack Expo International 2004, November 7 to 11 at Chicago’s McCormick Place.

September 30, 2004

Converting equipment

A shift in the global packaging balance of power

The impact of emerging eastern-hemisphere markets have brought about a shift in the global packaging balance of power.

September 30, 2004