Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Lifter for Glass Bottles

Fogg Filler launches a lifter pedestal designed for glass bottle filling. Machine is available with a gas spring option to ensure a gentler release of bottles.

February 3, 2020

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 555

Conveying & accumulation

PFlow Industries Appoints New President

PFlow Industries Inc.

Patrick Koppa was appointed President of PFlow Industries.

February 3, 2020

Controls & Machine Components

Controls Upgrade Boosts Bagging

A PACK EXPO Las Vegas Innovation Stage presentation by Emerson Automation Solutions showed how a sophisticated controls solution can be bolted onto legacy equipment.

February 3, 2020

Adhesives/tape

Baumer Names President of U.S. and Canada Subsidiary

Baumer hhs GmbH

Baumer hhs promoted Richard Pallante to President of its U.S. and Canada subsidiary.

February 3, 2020

Flexibles

Shrink Wrapper

Texwrap, a ProMach product brand

Texwrap, a product brand of ProMach, offers the Texwrap 2219 L-Seal shrink wrapper that features a 100 fpm conveyor and its Motion Trim™ technology.

February 3, 2020

Closures

New Pasta Sauce Jar Lid is 40% Easier to Open

Regional grocer debuts new lid for its vacuum-packed sauce jar that uses a proprietary push-button technology that makes it easier for consumers to open the jar.

February 1, 2020

Labels

AstroNova Launches GetLabels Brand

AstroNova Product Identification

AstroNova, a manufacturer of data visualization technologies, announced the launch of GetLabels, the newest brand in its product identification family.

January 31, 2020

Thermoform/fill/seal

Display Pack Passes SQF Audit

Display Pack, Inc.

Display Pack, a manufacturer of thermoforming and packaging solutions, passed its SQF audit with a rating of excellent.

January 31, 2020

Conveying & accumulation

Best Practices for Conveyor Safety

See what the Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) has to say about conveyor-specific safety programs and materials that are available for your facility.

January 31, 2020

Secondary Packaging

Stretch Wrapping for Optimal Load Containment

Get loads together, then keep them together, with a systematic approach to stretch wrapping.

January 31, 2020

Secondary Packaging

Stretch Wrapper

Orion, a ProMach brand

Orion, a product brand of ProMach, introduces the S-Carriage pre-stretch system that delivers 260% pre-stretch and is adjustable for higher or lower pre-stretch as load requirements vary.

January 30, 2020

Plastics/resins

Tray Sealer/Conveyor Meet Produce Company’s Need for Speed and Space

A tray sealer and integrated conveyor provide Hawthorne Produce with greater throughput and ample production line space for packing, allowing it to meet increased customer demand.

January 30, 2020

Conveying & accumulation

Peroni Expands Glass Bottling

A growing domestic market and a trend towards premium beer in the UK and the US recently led Birra Peroni, part of Asahi Group Holdings Ltd., to upgrade their glass bottling capacity.

January 29, 2020