Flexibles

HF/F/S Machine Offers Automatic Changeover, 140 pouches/min

The CMR II from Cloud, part of its CMR line of continuous-motion hf/f/s machines, completes changeover in just 15 minutes and requires just one tooling post for all bag sizes.

November 13, 2020

Materials: Page 156

Secondary Packaging

New Automated 3D Dimensioning System for On Demand Packaging

The new Scan2Pack from Packsize uses a customizable laser light curtain to scan products, gathering dimensional data to create right-sized shipping cases on its converting machines.

November 13, 2020

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Seal Integrity Sensor Inspects Cups Inside the Filler

Using multiple sensors inside the cup filling system, the new SIT system from Teledyne TapTone can check for bad seals, damaged or deformed foil lids, and weak seals at speeds to 200 m/sec.

November 12, 2020

Flexible packaging

Label/Flex-Pack Printer Rolls Out New Digital and Silk-Screen Capabilities

Overnight Labels adds an HP digital press with HP Mosaic, capable of generating thousands of unique graphics from one label design, and installs a new rotary silk-screen print unit.

November 12, 2020

Flexible packaging

Charter NEX and Next Generation Films Rebrand to Charter Next Generation

Charter Next Generation

Next Generation Films and Charter NEX will now be known as Charter Next Generation (CNG). The rebrand reflects a full integration of the two companies that merged in April 2019.

November 12, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Paperboard Can Handle Applicator

This modular paperboard can handle applicator accommodates latest in aluminum can and beverage trends.

November 11, 2020

E-commerce/D2C packaging

E-commerce and Covid-19

Georgia-Pacific Corrugated

New consumer shopping behaviors, sustainability and returns are just some of the changes Covid-19 has accelerated for shipping products direct to your door.

November 11, 2020

Flexibles

Online Tool Speeds Flexible Packaging Prototyping

New app-like virtual design configurator puts control of pouch prototype design in the customer’s hands, reducing design time by up to a week and stimulating new ideas in package design.

November 11, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Commercialized Projects for Concurrent Fiber-Based Pack Launches

Two concurrent PACK EXPO Connects launches by Sonoco--EnviroSense paperboard canisters and Natrellis dual ovenable molded fiber trays--ask CPGs to reimagine paper in packages where plastic used to be necessary.

November 11, 2020

Flexibles

Shrink Wrap Side Sealers Handle Variable Pack Sizes

That was the Clamco 6800CS automatic side sealer, a highly efficient all-electric side sealer that combines a hot-knife end seal with an adjustable seal and trim knife.

November 11, 2020

Plastics/resins

Cap Sterilization and Industry 4.0 HMI for Liquid Filling/Capping

Serac President & CEO Dino Chece shares his thoughts on the company’s new technologies, featured in its PACK EXPO Showroom.

November 11, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

PlastiCorr, the Brown Box Replacement, at PACK EXPO Connects

Sustainable box system is moisture resistant, improves safety and ergonomics, and has no extra thickness.

November 11, 2020

Closures

Next Gen Induction Cap Sealer is Backward Compatible

New features on the new generation include mechanically and electrically integrated stalled-bottle sensors.

November 11, 2020