Flexible packaging

ProAmpac Facility Receives International Sustainability Carbon Certification

ProAmpac’s Rocky Mount, Va. facility received an International Sustainability Carbon Certification Plus (ISCC Plus) certification.

August 17, 2022

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Robotics

COVID-19, Technology Advancements Drive Robot Adoption

Part I of Packaging World’s 2022 Robot Report explores how new challenges are driving the development of robot technologies for primary food and pharma packaging, case packing, and palletizing/depalletizing.

August 17, 2022

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ProMach Pharma to Showcase Line Integration Services at PACK EXPO International

ProMach

See it at PACK EXPO International, Booth W-17002! ProMach’s Pharma business unit will showcase a turnkey packaging line, which includes all equipment from vial and syringe filling to case packing, at the Healthcare Packaging Pavilion.

August 17, 2022

Sustainability

Nestlé and other companies are moving toward paper packaging solutions

ThePackHub

See a few examples of paper packaging solutions from Nestlé and others from ThePackHub’s August Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

August 16, 2022

Form/fill/seal - horizontal

Matrix Apprenticeship Sets High School Student on Path to Success

Matrix Packaging Machinery, a ProMach product brand

A partnership with the Ozaukee Youth Apprenticeship Program helps showcase careers in packaging to high school senior Sam Kurten.

August 16, 2022

Plastics/resins

Toray Plastics Announces Management Changes

Toray Plastics (America), Inc.

Michael Brandmeier will retire as President and CEO of Toray Plastics and assume a new leadership role at Toray Industries America. Ken Kurokawa was named Chairman and CEO and Christopher Roy was appointed President and COO.

August 16, 2022

Material handling

Romark Logistics Earns Food Logistics’ 2022 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers Award

Romark Logistics

For the fifth consecutive year, Romark has been recognized as a leading third-party logistics and cold storage solutions provider by Food Logistics magazine.

August 15, 2022

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Krones Digital Factory to be Shown at PACK EXPO International

Krones, Inc.

See it at PACK EXPO International, Booth S-2830! Krones will showcase its Krones Digital Factory—breakthrough technology offering personalized solutions and unparalleled control for its customers.

August 15, 2022

Robotics

Six-Axis Robots Gently Depalletize, Clean Cosmetics Bottles

Italian contract manufacturer Cosmint installs a new robotic depalletizing cell designed to clean and manipulate high-end, preprinted cosmetic bottles without leaving a scratch.

August 15, 2022

Sustainability

Focke & Co. Launches Destination: Your Hygiene Hub

FOCKE & CO

Join Focke & Co on August 31, 2022, to learn more about the growing use of paper as a packaging material and the benefits of hybrid turnkey packaging machines, utilizing both plastic and paper, by one machine.

August 15, 2022

Controls & machine components

ABB to Acquire Siemens' NEMA Motor Business

ABB

To expand its low voltage NEMA motor portfolio, ABB signed an agreement to purchase Siemens’ low voltage NEMA motor business to establish itself as a leader in that segment.

August 12, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Consumer Preference, not EPR, Driving U.S. Packaging

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a circular economy “reduces material use, redesigns materials to be less resource intensive, and recaptures ‘waste’ as a resource to manufacture new materials and products.”

August 12, 2022

Digital Printing

Colordyne’s Open House Focuses on Hybrid Printing Technology

Colordyne Technologies

Colordyne Technologies welcomed visitors to its new Inkjet Innovation Center at its corporate headquarters in Brookfield, Wis.

August 12, 2022