Robotics

More Flexible Robots Allow for More Case-Packing Options

New robotic equipment enables end users to address the growing range of case sizes, counts, and formats required by their customers with ease of programming and changeover.

August 10, 2021

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Triangle to Showcase VF/F/S Bagger at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Triangle Package Machinery Company

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas Booth #C-2614! Triangle Package Machinery Co. will showcase its Model XYTLF liquid fill vf/f/s bagger featuring a unique squeegee that keeps product out of package seals.

August 10, 2021

Conveying & accumulation

Slideways to Exhibit Line of Standard and Custom Plastic Components

Slideways, Inc.

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas Booth #C 3704! Slideways’ booth will feature a full range of UHMW extruded profiles and guide rails in addition to other materials that meet FDA, USDA, and pharmaceutical requirements.

August 10, 2021

Additives, coatings & inks

Laura Glascoe Appointed VP of Sourcing & Supply Chain Management for Chroma Color

Chroma Corp.

Glascoe possesses almost 30 years of experience, with much of it in businesses directly in or adjacent to Chroma’s space and the compounding sector.

August 10, 2021

Flexible packaging

Amcor Makes Transformative Gift to MSU School of Packaging

Amcor Flexibles North America

A $10.8 million gift from global packaging innovator Amcor to the Michigan State University School of Packaging will establish an endowed faculty position focused on sustainability and support renovations to the School of Packaging building.

August 9, 2021

Robotics

Cobots for Packaging Offer Greater Reach, Payload & Flexibility

Among new cobot introductions are those that handle heavier payloads for use even with palletizing applications and a unique new machine that’s a cross between a delta robot and a cobot, called a ‘sidebot.’

August 9, 2021

Sustainability

Eastman Enters into Partnership with Procter & Gamble

Eastman Chemical Co.

Eastman entered into an agreement with Procter & Gamble to further accelerate the transformation of plastic packaging and collaborate on recycling solutions to enable a circular economy.

August 9, 2021

Sustainability

Brushing up on Toothpaste Packaging Innovations

Take Five video: To reduce the number of toothpaste tubes ending up in landfills each year, both multinationals and startups in the oral care industry are engineering new packaging that is not only recyclable, but in many cases, eye-catching as well.

August 6, 2021

Thermoform/fill/seal

Multivac, Italianpack Sign Collaboration Agreement

MULTIVAC Group

Multivac signed a collaboration agreement with packaging machine manufacturer Italianpack, expanding its product portfolio in the tray sealer sector.

August 6, 2021

Robotics

Six-Axis Robots Continue to Thrive

New introductions in six-axis, articulated-arm robots for packaging applications offer a longer reach, greater flexibility, and more options for robotic palletizing.

August 5, 2021

Sustainability

Colgate Elixir Tops the 2021 IoPP AmeriStar Awards

Colgate Elixir, by Colgate-Palmolive, landed in the top spot as the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) announced the winners of the 2021 AmeriStar Awards competition. There were 24 winners and three student award winners.

August 4, 2021

Cartoning

Schubert Will Present its lightline Carton Packer at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Schubert North America

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas Booth #SU-7651! Schubert will present its compact lightline Carton packer to a North American audience for the first time at PACK EXPO Las Vegas.

August 4, 2021

Sustainability

Minimalist Design Reflects Cannabis Brand’s Earth-Centered Focus

Ebb-brand dissolvable THC powder is packaged in an earth-friendly, child-resistant paperboard tube with simple yet colorful graphics that let the product speak for itself.

August 4, 2021