Coding, Printing & Labeling

Ink-Jet Printer

Squid Ink introduces the CoPilot Max ink-jet printer now available with solvent capability to print on non-porous surfaces.

January 16, 2020

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Bulk handling/filling equipment

Rotary Filler Helps Keep Pace With Booming Collagen Market

To keep up with skyrocketing demand for its collagen powders, Vital Proteins turned to Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery and its rotary filler. It boosted production from 20 to 100 plastic canisters a minute, also improving safety and ease of operation.

January 16, 2020

Plastics/resins

Amcor Announces Partnership with Moda

Amcor Flexibles North America

Amcor announced its partnership with New Zealand-based Moda vacuum packaging systems in North America and Latin America to offer innovative packaging solutions.

January 16, 2020

Controls & Machine Components

Proportional Isolation Valve

Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Inc.

Clippard’s Eclipse stepper-controlled proportional isolation valve utilizes a miniature linear actuator. It is suitable for critical applications requiring ultra-fine resolution and excellent repeatability.

January 15, 2020

Sustainability

Avangard to Supply Dow with PCR Pellets

Dow

Waste optimization specialist Avangard Innovative LP reached an agreement to supply Dow with post-consumer resin (PCR) plastic film pellets.

January 15, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Oatly Frozen Dessert is Plant-Based from Product through Packaging

Using oats rather than cow’s milk for its frozen dessert, Oatly also opts for a paperboard ice-cream pint container with a coating made from sugarcane rather than petroleum.

January 15, 2020

Controls & Machine Components

Selectable Voltage Power Supply

EXAIR LLC

Exair introduces the Gen4 two outlet selectable voltage power supply that allows users to choose input voltages of 115 VAC or 230 VAC. Two 5kV stainless steel output connectors can energize two static eliminators.

January 15, 2020

Plastics/resins

Zummit Plastics’s Film Main Component in Growth Plans

Zummit Plastics Inc.

Zummit Plastics, a relatively new stretch film maker in Arizona is looking to capitalize on growing environmental awareness regarding the use of plastics.

January 15, 2020

Cartoning

Sanofi Stick Packs Run at 800/min

Dual-filler liquid stick pack line for antacids and analgesics includes an innovative robotic transfer concept that plays a big role in enabling throughput of 800 packs/min.

January 15, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Alternatives to Plastic Packaging Not Always More Sustainable

Bowing to consumer pressure to eliminate single-use plastic packaging, CPGs and retailers switch to alternative materials—sometimes creating a greater environmental burden in the process.

January 14, 2020

Operational Excellence

Food Manufacturers Look to Reduce, Recycle and Reuse

Improvements to recyclability and sustainability, along with the desire to extend shelf life and prevent contamination, are some of the drivers of change in packaging formats and materials.

January 14, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Greenwashing Not Always a Fair Charge

"Greenwashing is the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service."

January 14, 2020

Plastics/resins

WWP Names Chief Executive Officer

WWP

WWP, a provider of cosmetic packaging components, tubes, and full-service turnkey solutions, named Josh Kirschbaum CEO.

January 14, 2020