Protective/transport packaging

ISTA Pharma Committee Virtual Roundtable Discussions: Aug. 11 and 25

As a follow up to the open meeting held in June, the ISTA Pharma Committee will host two roundtable discussions in August to discuss in-depth the top two topics of interest from the industry survey.

August 5, 2020

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 520

Digital Printing

Steve Lynn to Lead Durst Label and Packaging Division

Durst

Durst North America announced that Steve Lynn, Director and GM, New Markets, will lead the label and packaging division.

August 6, 2020

Additives, coatings & inks

INX International Announces Solvent Price Increase

INX International Ink Co.

INX International Ink Co. informed customers in North America of a price increase on all solvent inks and coatings, effective September 1.

August 6, 2020

Controls & machine components

Beckhoff Employee Appointed to IEEE Committee

Beckhoff USA

Beckhoff's Dr. Karl Weber is the first representative from EU appointed to the IEEE Committee. He will represent the German Federal Ministry in the international Government Engagement Program on Standards

August 6, 2020

Robotics

Motion Controls Robotics at Virtual Converter Expo

Motion Controls Robotics, Inc. (MCRI)

Motion Controls Robotics will showcase its robotic roll handling systems at the 2020 Virtual Converter Expo.

August 5, 2020

Robotics

Robotics Special Report: Cobots Continue to Advance

According to a PMMI robot report, cobots accounted for about 3% of all robot sales in North America in 2017; by 2025, that number is expected to increase to 34%. Here are some of the new cobot technologies driving that growth.

August 5, 2020

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Hudson-Sharp Names Regional Sales Directors

Hudson-Sharp Machine Co.

Hudson-Sharp named Peter Sztehno and Scott Romenesko regional sales directors.

August 5, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Biodegradable and Compostable Packaging

Despite COVID-19’s unwelcome intrusion into our lives this year, sustainability continues to be a substantial area of opportunity for brands and retailers. Increasingly, consumers around the world are demanding more environmentally-friendly packaging.

August 5, 2020

Digital Printing

Domino Welcomes New Product Manager

Domino North America

Shane Govert joined Domino as Product Manager, Digital Printing North America. He will be responsible for supporting the Label and Corrugated markets, as well as aftermarket.

August 5, 2020

Containers

Bold Punctuation on Condiment Label Compels Consumers to Stop and Think

An attention-grabbing exclamation-point logo for U.K. condiment brand Dr. Will’s dominates new graphics for the packaging of its all-natural ketchup, mayo, and BBQ sauce.

August 4, 2020

Conveying & accumulation

ITW Hartness Launches New Website and E-Commerce Platform

ITW Hartness

ITW Hartness unveiled a newly designed website featuring an e-commerce platform, HartnessPARTS, designed for customers to order spare parts online in a user-friendly and efficient fashion.

August 4, 2020

Robotics

Robotics Special Report: Addressing Labor Shortages can ‘Help Feed the World’

Robot manufacturer develops a system to alleviate the lack of labor in the nut industry that can sort nuts at the final stage of the conditioning process.

August 4, 2020

Digital Printing

PCMC Announces New Sales Engineer

Paper Converting Machine Co.

Paper Converting Machine Co. (PCMC), part of Barry-Wehmiller, announced that Brad Klimek joined the tissue sales team as a Sales Engineer.

August 4, 2020