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Secondary Packaging

High-speed secondary packaging line for cosmetic jars at 120/min

Watch this video of a state-of-the-art cosmetics packaging line from Bergami for cosmetics jars at 120/min. Complete line includes booklet feeder, robotic pick-and-place cartoner, high-speed overwrapper, lid stamping, carton closing, and positive transfer to downstream equipment.

July 13, 2011

Flexible packaging

Top-loading, 2-axis robotic cartoner for flexible packs

Video shows state-of-the-art, Italian-engineered Bergami top-loading cartoner for flow packs. Includes servo-driven bucket chain conveyor, 2-axis robotic pack-and-place, forming and gluing station from flat blanks.

July 13, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

'Sustainable and green packaging' market worth $107.7 billion

New report points to rising environmental concerns, increasing health awareness, a dearth of natural resources, and high energy consumption as drivers for sustainable and green packaging.

July 13, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric: Variable speed drives

Schneider Electric’s Altivar™ 212 variable speed drive and the S-Flex enclosed version are designed to provide OEMs and control panel builders with energy efficient and economical solutions for pump and fan applications.

July 12, 2011

Containers

Water bottler shrinks supply chain with in-house closed-loop recycling

"First rate," "inspiring," and "outstanding": These are just some of the words used by the Greener Package Awards judges to describe the closed-loop recycling system implemented by private-label water bottler Ice River Springs, based in Feversham, ON, Canada.

July 12, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

AMERIPEN identifies top priorities

At first member meeting, AMERIPEN selects education, resource recovery, and EPR as focus areas for 2011-2012.

July 11, 2011

Flexibles

Poucher has 22 axes of servo motion

VIDEO FROM INTERPACK. The Model K260 Poucher from KHS has 22 axes of motion thanks to Bosch Rexroth servo technology, and the system handles pouches from 125 mm Wide to 260 mm Wide and heights to 325 mm.

July 8, 2011

Flexibles

SC Johnson hopes to catalyze move toward refillables with Windex Mini

SC Johnson commits to leading change toward refillable concentrate products for household cleaning with the introduction of a flexible pouch-packed concentrate.

July 8, 2011

Containers

Unique cost-saving film labeler

VIDEO FROM INTERPACK. Roll-fed labeler from Sidel takes flat roll-fed film material from 80 to 150 microns thick (PET, OPS, OPP) and forms it into a tube before applying it over a bottle and discharging the bottle into a shrink tunnel.

July 7, 2011

Filling/capping, dry

Multi-axis auger filler

See it at PACK EXPO Booth #C-2308!  The 4-lane Multi-Axis 3600 Series Digitronic® Auger Filler from Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery is designed to accurately fill a variety of dry food products including drink mixes, cocoa, soup mixes and coffee into rigid containers.

July 6, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Multi-technology labeler now handles roll-fed sleeve labels

Video shows Sacmi Opera R.F.S.T. labeler applying wrap-around thermo-shrink plastic film labels from machine-direction-oriented rolls, by means of laser welding technology. First-of-its-kind labeler accommodates full body/partial sleeve, roll-fed, pressure sensitive, cut & stack labeling modules.

July 6, 2011

Flexible packaging

Ampac acquires Swiss Elag Verpackungen AG

AMPAC Holdings LLC, has acquired flexible packaging firm ELAG Verpackungen AG, based in Kirchberg, Switzerland.

July 5, 2011