Contract Packaging

EastPack is the total resource

Bring your packaging projects to EastPack for help in finding the solutions you need. The show opens June 6 in New York’s Jacob J. Javits Convention Center.

April 30, 2006

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Filler Specialities, Inc.

www.filler-specialties.comThis new Web site has updated information on the company’s rotary filling and capping machine product line.

April 30, 2006

Protective/transport packaging

Protective packaging

Cushioncubes.com offers Cushion Cubes protective packaging for shipping and handling irregularly shaped and fragile items. Designed to serve small businesses, e-commerce, and other users, Cushion Cubes are available online and shipped directly via UPS and/or FedEx.

April 30, 2006

Contract Packaging

Print-registered film wrapper brings co-packer new business

As the demand for multipacks of multiflavored aseptic juice boxes continues to grow, this contract packager invests in machinery to keep up with the trend.

April 30, 2006

Closures

Hinged-lid container

The new 425RQ “Smart Hinge” lightweight, tapered, rectangular plastic container from Letica holds 4.25 gals (maximum weight 34 lbs) of dry product such as bulk snacks, pet food, bird seed, or detergents, enabling full access to package contents via an integrated hinged lid.

April 30, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

MAP packaging hits turbulence

Petition raises questions of safety and approval of new, low-oxygen varieties of case-ready meat packs.

April 30, 2006

Closures

Multifunctional ties

From Qosinacome 2 versions of advanced polymer multifunctional ties, designed with a chain of cells terminated by a threading tongue that may be inserted through any cell and pulled through to form a closed loop.

April 30, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Industry Watch

TRACKING PACKAGING CHANGES

April 30, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Coming May 23-24

We’ve teamed up with sister publication Automation World to bring you the Packaging Automation Forum, our first conference. Hershey, Coors, Miller, P&G, Astrazeneca, Wyeth, and Lilly are among the firms whose representatives will be delivering presentations.

April 30, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID Tribe talk

Mark Johnson, president of the industry group RFID Tribe, talks about its past, present, and future, and what’s in it for packagers.

April 30, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

ID Technology acquires The Glennon Group

Pro Mach's ID Technology div. has acquired The Glennon Group, a provider of labeling, marking, and packaging systems and services throughout the Midwest.

April 30, 2006

Secondary Packaging

Case sealer

The new 3M-Matic™ Adjustable Case Sealer 110a from 3M offers assistance for companies outgrowing manual case sealing or when backup is needed for small runs, overruns, or seasonal surges.

April 30, 2006

Conveying & accumulation

Parts feeder

The compact DS1100 from Distech Systems uses an over/under conveyor design to feed parts in trays to conveyor-fed casing lines and automated workstations.

April 30, 2006