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Sustainability

Sustainable resin

To help retailers serve environmentally conscious consumers, PWP Industries has introduced AgroResin® sustainable packaging.

June 2, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

New BIB wine line toasts tried-and-true technologies

Mission Bell Winery’s 5-L bag-in-box wine line serves as a blueprint for a new 3-L line that provides ‘outstanding’ sterility, ergonomics, and productivity.

June 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Omron Electronics LLC: High-capacity power relay

Omron has introduced the G7Z high-capacity power relay, a compact and powerful alternative in applications where bulkier and less efficient contactors have traditionally been used and consumed valuable panel space.

June 2, 2008

Protective/transport packaging

PCW corrugated boxes

Salazar Packaging’s Globe Guard™ corrugated boxes are made from 100% post-consumer waste material.

June 1, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Catalent expert addresses turnkey serialization

Catalent Pharma Solution’s Akan Oton provides a contract manufacturer/packager’s perspective on serialization, authentication, and track-and-trace technologies in pharmaceutical distribution.

June 1, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Beating the e-Pedigree deadline

The January 2009 e-Pedigree deadline set by California may have been pushed back two years, but that didn’t stop Biogen Idec from forging ahead with a solution.

June 1, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Direct print brings direct benefits to bag coding

Galloway’s move from labels brings real-time coding changes to foodservice bags of BIB frozen dairy products.

June 1, 2008

Secondary Packaging

The changing face of case-ready packaging

A new study tracks case-ready packaging trends in the fresh meat case, but will a reversal in Wal-Mart’s meat-packaging strategy set these statistics on a new course?

June 1, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Automated pick-and-place replaces manual operations

Kao ‘K.O.s’ labor cost inefficiencies, while improving production rates.

June 1, 2008

Sustainability

Sustainability News & Events

Noteworthy Items Gleaned from World News

June 1, 2008

Sustainability

Plastic suppliers enhance performance characteristics of PLA

Ingeo™ polymer produced by NatureWorks LLC (www.natureworksllc.com) is one of the most discussed biopolymers on the market today.

June 1, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID proves fruitful for produce tracking in Europe

An RFID tracing system for organic fruit and vegetables distributor/wholesaler Alterbio France is the first of its kind in the industry.

June 1, 2008