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.

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Flexibles

Kellogg Company: Bulk packaging of cereal: Placement of slip sheet

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

September 30, 2004

Flexibles

Kellogg Company: Bulk packaging of cereal: Bag attachment

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.

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Flexibles

Kellogg Company: Bulk packaging of cereal: Bag opening and filling

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: 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

Flexibles

Kellogg Company: Bulk packaging of cereal: Placement of slip sheet

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

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.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Shrink sleeve labeler

*Bottle body label and cap shrink band are applied at the same time,while the two magazines permits interchangeable operations.

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Converting equipment

Rotary blow molding system

ZYI offers its rotary blow molding system that integrates both the preform heating oven and the stretch blow molding section into one optimized structure.

September 30, 2004

Flexibles

Cans strike back in the tuna category

Even a casual observer of today’s packaging arena can’t help but notice the trend toward tuna in retortable pouches.

September 30, 2004

Cartoning

IWK launches blister machines

IWKA PacSystems offers the first of a new series of IWK blister packing machines, the advanced BP Series, which are automated with ELAU’s PacDrive automation system.

September 30, 2004