Labels

Stepping up for the 'little guys'

Small manufacturers are driving a lot of innovation in beverage aisles. They’re leaning on co-packers to provide the ‘value-addeds’ that make their brands financially viable.

August 5, 2009

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Flexibles

Measuring value? Go beyond the 'box score'

As you put each expense under the microscope, do some extra critical thinking and understand the total value you’re getting in return for your check.

August 4, 2009

Flexibles

Industry watch

August 4, 2009

Containers

New vodka and a touch of elegance, at $37 per bottle

First impressions are everything for a new brand, especially in a crowded aisle like vodka.

August 3, 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

Controls & Machine Components

Pack Expo purchases spur a return to Vegas

For a bakery in Georgia and a potato chip manufacturer in Hawaii, Pack Expo Las Vegas 2007 was the place to buy equipment that brought greater productivity and company growth.

August 3, 2009

Flexible packaging

Bag sealer boosts loose-leaf tobacco sales

A compact, flexible bag-sealing system enables Farmer’s Tobacco of Kentucky to enter the roll-your-own market. Solution minimizes costs and labor for startup product.

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

Flexible packaging

Carrying a torch for sustainable packaging

A switch to PET jug preforms for lamp fuels improves sustainability and reduces in-transit package damage.

August 3, 2009

Sustainability

Biodegradable bags: A real solution or more greenwashing?

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

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Candy maker refines packaging flexibility

Fully automated, easily programmable form/fill/seal/print systems reduce labor costs and packaging material waste.

August 2, 2009

Conveying & accumulation

Rutgers 'enrolls' in RFID

August 2, 2009