Sustainability

Lotion for dogs in 60% PCR-content tube

Burt’s Bee’s for Dogs Paw & Nose Relieving Lotion uses a laminated tube that ups the post-consumer recycled material content to 60%, versus the traditional zero percent for such packaging.

March 8, 2017

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 600

Controls & Machine Components

WAGO: Addition to PLC product line

WAGO has added a new member to the PFC200 Family, the PLC with PROFIBUS DP Master interface; the high-performing 750-8208 retains the compact size, large memory and secure VPN and firewall of the PFC200 product line.

March 8, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Senior packaging product manager joins Advantzware

Advantzware hired Clay Horsley to help define the future of the company’s product offering.

March 8, 2017

Flexibles

Premium mixers flaunt wash-off p-s labels

Coca-Cola’s new line of premium mixers for Spain’s foodservice industry debuts with colorful, wash-off pressure-sensitive labels using screen/flexo print.

March 7, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Matrox Design Assistant 5 classroom training to be offered May 2017

Workshop sessions plus one-on-one time with Matrox development experts will provide attendees with Design Assistant 5 training.

March 7, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

icotek Corp.: multi-diameter shield clamp

New mounting types for multi-diameter shield clamp.

March 7, 2017

Flexibles

Shaker Bag gains FPA honors

Internal metering gusset allows easy metering of ice melt, reclosable zipper offers re-use convenience, striking graphics lend shelf appeal and flexible bag provides sustainability benefits.

March 7, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Aerotech: Hexapod positioner

Aerotech’s HexGen hexapods represent a significant advance in six-degree-of-freedom positioning performance; the HEX300-230HL is targeted at medium-load, ultra-precision applications ranging from sensor testing to synchrotron sample manipulation.

March 7, 2017

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Freshpet automates with robotic chub loader

This on-trend pet food company removed labor from its packaging line and handled increased throughput thanks to a first-of-its kind case packing solution.

March 6, 2017

Flexibles

Keeping kids safe from single-dose detergent packets

U.S. single-dose detergent pack sales are growing at 15% per year, and with them, accidental ingestion by children. New CR pouch packaging from P&G and Boulder Clean reduces that risk.

March 6, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Closing the loop: an EU action plan for the circular economy

People read more packaging than they read books” was written in the stand of an Italian packaging trade magazine during interpack 2014.

March 6, 2017

Flow wrapping

Industrial PC suits new and legacy machines

No matter whose servo drives and motors a customer prefers, and even if the customer’s machine is ‘legacy’ in status, Winpak’s use of this industrial PC comes up big.

March 6, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Premier chocolate maker opts for short-run coding self-sufficiency

Easy to self-install, cost-effective, cartridge-based, small-character ink-jet printer offers coding operations flexibility and independence.

March 6, 2017