Flexibles

Benefits of Flexible Packaging for Fighting Food Waste

A new infographic from the Flexible Packaging Association highlights how flexible packaging can help keep food fresher and prevent food waste.

September 4, 2017

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Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric: Linear actuators

Schneider announces the release of Lexium MDrive (LMD) linear actuators, delivering clean, quiet linear motion to a wide range of applications from medical to packaging.

August 31, 2017

Labels

Asia becomes leading region for p-s label demand

Primary product labels for foods account for the greatest share of label use in 2016, according to new AWA study.

August 31, 2017

Secondary Packaging

Four more say, ‘Yes,’ to robotics

Part II of Packaging World’s Special Report on Robotics & Automation continues the story of brand owners who have realized a range of benefits with the implementation of robots.

August 30, 2017

Secondary Packaging

Growing wet wipes business automates case packing, palletizing

Growing by leaps and bounds, wet wipes manufacturer Rockline Industries adds robotic case packing and palletizing to reduce manual processes and their associated safety issues.

August 30, 2017

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Morris Packaging adds capacity with new pouch machine

The company ordered a Hudson-Sharp 750SGBS Pouch Machine and B&B - MAF Side Gusseted Bag Machine SFB 8E –L as an expansion to its converting operations facility in Jefferson City, Missouri.

August 30, 2017

Flexibles

Shrink films deliver for DMS’s pharma customers

Co-packer and its customers benefit from film clarity, strength and application flexibility.

August 29, 2017

Secondary Packaging

Robotic case packing for a safer end-of-line environment

Indonesian dairy relieves its congested manual case-packing area by installing 11 robotic case packers that improve efficiency, create a safer work environment, and reduce labor costs.

August 29, 2017

Labels

AWT Labels & Packaging wins two packagePRINTING excellence awards

The company was awarded first and second place in the sustainability-labels and labels-digital categories.

August 29, 2017

Secondary Packaging

Swedish food producer sold on ‘cobots’

Collaborative robots at Atria Scandinavia work alongside operators to handle repetitive tasks, decreasing changeover time from six hours to 20 minutes and enabling new packaging applications.

August 28, 2017

Secondary Packaging

Robotic case erector increases component packing productivity 300%

Radwell International replaces manual case erecting for shipments of small components with an automated system that randomly erects any one of six case sizes on-demand and without changeover.

August 27, 2017

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Tube filler/sealer relieves a sticky situation

Contract packer invests in an automated tube filler/sealer that reduces downtime and consumables costs, speeds changeover, and offers tube-style flexibility, eliminating issues with its outdated equipment.

August 26, 2017

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Nordic heritage, unique flavors are focus of new skyr cup

A new paperboard-plastic thermoform structure and redesigned label graphics differentiate Icelandic Provisions’ skyr product from yogurt and highlight its Nordic roots and ingredients.

August 26, 2017