Flexible packaging

Amcor Flexibles North America’s President Addresses Covid-19

Fred Stephan, President of Amcor Flexibles North America, addresses the company’s response to the COVID-19 situation, and the collaborative efforts of customers, suppliers, and employees to ensure food and healthcare packaging are getting to consumers.

April 8, 2020

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Controls & machine components

Clippard Responds to COVID-19 Demands

Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Inc.

During this crisis, Clippard recognizes its role as a manufacturer of critical components and subassemblies for ventilators, diagnostic equipment, and other critical care devices.

April 7, 2020

Robotics

Pick-and-Place Robots, Flow Wrapper, Fuel High-Volume Bakery

With daily volumes in the millions and demand growing, this Canadian bakery automated what was once a manual process and is now hitting speeds of 280 product/min.

April 7, 2020

Containers

Independent Can Receives High SQF Score

Independent Can Company

Independent Can announced that its Ft. Madison, Iowa facility received a score of 98% during its recertification audit.

April 7, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Tales From the Front: Packaging Environment a Hotbed of Activity

In the world of environmental pressures on packaging, signs are pointing more strongly in both directions: Industry efforts and messaging are becoming more powerful.

April 6, 2020

Filling/capping, dry

Packaging Machinery OEM Moves 3D-Printing Capacity to Medical Face Shields

Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery, Inc. is putting its 3D printer to work, having started supplying parts for face shields for Operation Dynamo.

April 6, 2020

Thermoform/fill/seal

COVID-19: Display Pack Producing Face Shields

Display Pack, Inc.

Display Pack is manufacturing protective face shields. It joined forces with local hospitals and communities to aid front-line healthcare workers who are reporting shortages of critical medical supplies.

April 6, 2020

Operational Excellence

Mintel Has an Eye on Emerging Brands

Marla Commons, Vice President of Research for the Americas at Mintel, describes that market intelligence agency’s focus on startups.

April 6, 2020

Package design

A First in All-Digital Package Converting

This Texas converter is the first in North America to commercially operate a nanographic press for packaging. Just as impressive, carton creasing and cutting are digital, too.

April 6, 2020

Conveying & accumulation

Dynamic Conveyor Offers 3-Day Quick Ship Program

Dynamic Conveyor

Dynamic Conveyor Corp. now offers a Quick Ship Program as part of its DynaCon modular conveyor line. The 3-Day Quick Ship Program is designed to help customers meet their immediate conveying needs.

April 6, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Reusable Egg Carton in Pilot

Humane egg brand Pete and Gerry’s Organics offers durable PP egg cartons that consumers can fill with loose eggs in a pilot for a reusable packaging scheme.

April 4, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

How Safe is Reusable Packaging During COVID-19?

Last year, Loop launched its revolutionary shopping platform anchored by reusable packaging. Here, Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle and the driving force behind Loop, provides an update on the platform and how it’s faring in light of COVID-19.

April 3, 2020

E-commerce/D2C packaging

E-Tailer Reduces Packaging with Fit-to-Size Auto-Boxer

Outdoor lifestyle brand IFG enhances order packing efficiency with two new automatic box-making machines that reduce corrugated by 39,000 cu ft/year and increase packing speeds 15-fold.

April 3, 2020