Containers

New lipstick kisses the conventional tube good-bye

Chinese company launches a lipstick product in a ‘kissable’ disc-shaped applicator, meeting consumers’ desire for packages that fit their time-starved lifestyles, says GlobalData.

April 9, 2018

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Flexible packaging

Meat snack company beefs up production with new metal detectors

U.K.’s Meatsnacks Group installs three metal detectors for its jerky and biltong packs that are capable of filtering out signals generated by iron filings from each pack’s scavenger oxygen absorber.

April 8, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Unilever kickstarts conversion of PET waste to virgin-grade material

Unilever joins with partners Ioniqa and Indorama to bring to market technology it says could transform the industry at large by making all forms of recycled PET suitable for food packaging.

April 7, 2018

Containers

Paper’s pressing forward

Remarkable progress has been made recently where paper bottles are concerned. Two developments—one in molded pulp and another in paperboard—are especially notable.

April 6, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Applied Motion Products: Closed loop linear actuator

Applied Motion Products introduces the TBSM11 closed -loop linear actuator that offers greater acceleration rates, shorter move times, and higher throughput than conventional step motor-based linear actuators.

April 6, 2018

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Brand owners navigate Amazon certification

Will your brand be frustrated by Frustration Free?

April 5, 2018

Flexibles

Swanson pouch stands up to soup competitors

New Swanson Homemade Soup Maker represents the only dry soup in Campbell’s U.S. portfolio.

April 5, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Wittenstein: Expanded line of drive systems

Wittenstein SE expanded its Galaxie® system product line to include more sizes, a hypoid version, and a new ultra-flat version.

April 4, 2018

Cartons and boxes

See-through corrugated for craft brewer

Bold, bright blue ice cave imagery is just one of the features that set apart the 12-bottle corrugated Frontier Pack recently launched by Alaska Brewing.

April 4, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Matrox Imaging: Multi-port Ethernet adaptors

Matrox Imaging launched the Matrox Concord PoE line of multi-port gigabit Ethernet adaptors with Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) for GigE Vision®. Available in two- or four-port options, these network interface cards simplify system configurations involving multiple GigE Vision cameras not only by handling command and streaming protocols but also providing power over a single standard Cat 5e/6 cable per camera connection.

April 4, 2018

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Sophisticated machines require steady supply of custom enclosures

High-quality, stainless-steel, customized enclosures for controls components are essential to this machine builder's business, and now a steady, reliable supplier has been identified.

April 3, 2018

Converting equipment

Direct digital printing on rigid containers

German ingredient maker Döhler was among the first to take advantage of direct digital print on both glass and PET bottles. New technology now emerging in this space is impressive.

April 3, 2018

Sustainability

Bulk packaging drum growth expected for global transportation

New Freedonia study predicts sustained growth in the output of chemical products—particularly in fast-growing markets such as China, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam—will boost demand for drums.

April 3, 2018