Flexible packaging

Brenda Chamulak Named President, Tekni-Plex Packaging Products

Brenda Chamulak joined Tekni-Plex as president of its newly created Packaging Products division that includes Action Technology, Tekni-Films, Tri-Seal, Flexible Healthcare Packaging, and Dolco Packaging businesses within Tekni-Plex.

October 12, 2020

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Conveying & accumulation

Multi-Conveyor Receives Safety Award

Multi-Conveyor

Multi-Conveyor LLC was presented with the ACUITY Safety Award for businesses that exemplify the partnership with ACUITY that helps ensure a safe work place.

October 12, 2020

Material handling

Authentix Acquires Traceless Authentication Group

Authentix

Authentix acquired the Traceless Authentication Group from Bibliotheca, Inc.

October 9, 2020

Beverage

New Sustainable Milk Carton

Clover Sonoma, a third-generation family-owned and operated dairy based in Petaluma, Calif., is transitioning its half-gallon organic milk to a fully renewable plant-based paperboard milk carton.

October 9, 2020

Plastics/resins

Polyplex Announces Alabama Facility Expansion

Polyplex (Americas) Inc.

Polyplex USA announced a $100 million plus expansion to its Decatur, Ala., facility with the addition of a second thin BOPET film line.

October 9, 2020

Cartoning

BPA Hires Sales Manager for Mexico

BluePrint Automation (BPA)

Rosalbina Treviño was hired as Sales Manager, Mexico for BluePrint Automation (BPA).

October 9, 2020

Labels

Badger Tag & Label Celebrating 85th Anniversary

Badger Tag & Label

Company begun by Emil Thiel in 1935 is still family owned and growing beyond the initial objective of “we fit the tag to its purpose.”

October 9, 2020

Case/tray packing

Food Processing Plant Orders Third Somic Case Packer

SOMIC Packaging, Inc.

Due to its rapid growth, OH SNAP! Pickling Co. ordered a third Somic 424 W3 wraparound case packer system to keep up with the demand for its products.

October 8, 2020

Converting equipment

AND&OR Acquires Franco Dolfini Automation

AND&OR

AND&OR has acquired Madrid-based Franco Dolfini Automation a manufacturer of automation machinery for the manufacturing of plastic bottles.

October 8, 2020

Palletizing/depalletizing

BW Integrated Systems Announces Vice President of Culture and People Development

BW Integrated Systems

Heather Spitler was promoted to Vice President of Culture and People Development (CPD) for BW Integrated Systems. She will focus on creating harmony between people and performance.

October 8, 2020

Secondary Packaging

Passive Transfers Facilitate Multiple Side Case Printing

Multi-Conveyor

Multi-Conveyor recently built three mild-steel constructed conveyors that passive off transfer from narrow to wide side leading (and back) to facilitate multiple side case printing.

October 8, 2020

Filling/capping, dry

Spee-Dee Announces Sales Application Manager

Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery, Inc.

Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery promoted Danny Harmann to Sales Applications Manager. He will oversee customer sales to ensure filling and checkweighing solutions meet specific application needs.

October 8, 2020

Containers

Package Design for WD-40 Specialist Line Lands Smoothly

New packaging from the brand that helped send rockets into space relies on color cues to help consumers find the product on shelf and enhance its professional positioning.

October 8, 2020