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Flexible packaging

Ampac: Greener grass-seed packaging

September 30, 2009

Flexibles

United Resource Recovery Corp.: A first in monolayer rPET

September 30, 2009

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Validation processes and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Serving the highly regulated pharmaceutical industry, what challenges did Contract Packaging Resources face in its acquisition of the new blister-thermoforming machine?

September 6, 2009

Flexible packaging

Contract packer flexes its flexibility

New blister packaging machine helps Contract Packaging Resources meet the demands of its pharmaceutical customers, reduce labor costs, and improve efficiency.

September 6, 2009

Sustainability

Earthbound Farm provides a how-to on recycled content

September 3, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Some bad news, some good news

So I’m talking to this crackerjack controls engineering guru about next year’s Packaging Automation Forum*, and by the end of our conversation it hits me: The U.S. manufacturing sector is cost-cutting itself into a heap of trouble. I know, in an economy where consumers who once engaged in aspirational spending have now shifted to desperational spending, being lean is what it’s all about these days.

August 31, 2009

Flexible packaging

Medical device packaging takes center stage in New York

Johnson & Johnson executive addresses the growing sophistication of counterfeiters; operating room nurses evaluate medical device packaging.

August 3, 2009

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Robots come within packagers' reach

Increased speeds and flexibility, less complex operation, and lower price tags are putting robotics within reach of a range of packaging operations.

August 3, 2009

Tamper-evident machinery

PET recycling facility opens with 40MM-pound annual capacity

A gorgeous, sunny June day was the backdrop for a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Davisville, WV, that celebrated the opening of a new, 800,000-sq-ft in-house plastics recycling facility that represents a $20 million investment and took just eight months to complete.

August 3, 2009

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Has the bloom gone off China's rose?

Could the rush to China be over? Are tasks once sent there showing signs that now is the time for them to be reeled back in?

August 2, 2009

Cartoning

Minor change saves $500,000/yr

In a follow-up discussion, this medical device manager elaborated on his response by adding the following details: “This project involved going from packages as singles to groups of five, and then someone suggested we could carton them at that point.

July 3, 2009

Sustainability

Lessons learned from your best projects

Packaging professionals share their best experiences with projects—and what they learned.

July 3, 2009