Controls & machine components

Motion Controls Robotics Management Joins the Fanuc President’s Circle

Motion Controls Robotics’ Scott Lang and Tim Ellenberger were awarded the Fanuc President’s Circle of Achievement Award.

February 18, 2020

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 552

Flexibles

Caramel Wafers are Wrapped and Case Packed at 650/Min

New packaging line for caramel wafer biscuits from Scotland’s Tunnock’s die-fold wraps, multipacks, and case packs caramel wafer biscuits with high flexibility and fast changeover.

February 17, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Controversial Plastics Legislation Proposed

Federal legislators propose the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020, which puts the economic burden of recycling in the hands of CPGs and packaging suppliers and halts all new investments in plastics production plants.

February 14, 2020

Weighing/combination scales

Heat and Control Opens Russian Office

Heat and Control, Inc.

Heat and Control announces the opening of its Moscow office, its newest site and its first in Russia.

February 14, 2020

Operational Excellence

Pioneering New Cannabis Packaging Standards

A myriad of challenges face cannabis packagers, from state-to-state regulatory requirements to adapting machinery and processes specifically to the cannabis market.

February 14, 2020

Package design

Nanographic Press to Connecticut Converter

Keystone Paper & Box Company, celebrating its 75th year as one of New England’s most innovative, award-winning folding carton producers, is the latest to purchase a Landa S10 Nanographic Printing Press.

February 14, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Perrier Competition Awards Three Most Promising Sustainable Packaging Innovations

The Next Packaging Movement by PERRIER awards three innovative sustainable packaging ideas with technical and operational assistance, as well as financial support up to $1 million.

February 14, 2020

Sustainability

Avery Dennison Launches rPET Liner

Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison announces the launch of its rPET content liner, becoming the first rPET liner in North America designed for FSC®-certified semi-gloss paper facestock.

February 13, 2020

Secondary Packaging

Cartoner

Theegarten-Pactec

See it at interpack 2020. Theegarten-Pactec launches the BLM cartoner designed to keep pace with primary packaging machines, with speeds to 120 cartons/min.

February 13, 2020

Secondary Packaging

Robotic Case Packing Solution

Midwest Engineered Systems Inc.

Midwest Engineered Systems introduces a robotic case packing solution designed for bagged products that have proven difficult to automate. Available in packing speeds up to 120 bags/min.

February 12, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Dairy is First in South Africa to Use Bio-Based Closure

A new package for Woodland Dairy’s extended shelf-life milk is made from 80% renewable materials and uses a closure partly made from bio-based material, making it 100% recyclable.

February 12, 2020

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Food Industry and E-Commerce: 5 Year Outlook

By 2024, 70% of consumers will likely utilize online grocery shopping, up from 25% now. (FMI and Nielsen, 2018) See what food manufacturers are doing to prepare for this growth.

February 12, 2020

Secondary Packaging

Flow Wrapper Retrofit for Cold Seal Paper

Syntegon

See it at interpack 2020. Syntegon Technology will showcase the paper-ON-form retrofit kit for horizontal flow wrapping machines to form cold-sealable barrier paper.

February 11, 2020