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Closures

Clay Howser joins Silgan Closures as a Project Manager

Howser brings his management experience to Silgan Closures' widening efforts in developing innovative closure concepts.

June 16, 2016

Conveying & accumulation

Dorner’s open house celebrates 50-year anniversary

A 25,000 sq-ft plant addition, FlexMove acquisition, and conveyor line expansions are among the key 2016 milestones for the conveyor systems firm.

June 15, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Bonded Pac touts steam tunnel over traditional heat methods

Why Bonded Logistics’ contract packaging operation chose steam for flexible film and multipack applications.

June 15, 2016

Conveying & accumulation

Plastic Technologies develops web-based video training.

The PTI Online Academy formed to provide self-paced educational assistance for plastics industry professionals.

June 15, 2016

Labels

FDA issues final ruling on symbols in device labeling

Final rule seeks to harmonize the labeling requirements of U.S. and international regulatory bodies with respect to the use of symbols in device labeling.

June 14, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Bimba/Acro: Pneumatic pinch-valves

Bimba and Acro® Associates, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bimba, announced the release of the Model 600 series pneumatic pinch valves.

June 14, 2016

Converting equipment

Glenroy wins five GLGA Awards for exceptional flexographic printing

The Great Lakes Graphics Association recognizes five separate projects by Glenroy Inc. in the 2016 Graphics Excellence Awards.

June 14, 2016

Labels

Sanofi, Schreiner MediPharm develop clinical trial labels for blinding syringes

Regulations, different language requirements and labeling challenges with transparent containers among issues involved in this cooperative effort.

June 13, 2016

Contract Packaging

Nulogy joins forces with digital manufacturing standards group DMDII

The leading provider of cloud-based solutions for the contract packaging industry joins forces with the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) to promote industry standards.

June 13, 2016

Operational Excellence

Goods tracking technologies battle cargo theft

As thieves become more sophisticated, tracking devices that can be stored covertly in packages can help recover stolen products, such as pharmaceuticals.

June 13, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Hilscher partners with SAP for seamless IT/OT integration

The SAP agreement provides bi-directional integration of production and information technology.

June 13, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

A simple recycling ‘fix’ with big potential for packaging

Referred to by The New York Times as ‘one of the most important environmental fixes taking root today,’ Recycle Across America’s standardized recycling label goes viral.

June 13, 2016