Controls & Machine Components

NK Technologies: AC current transducer

NK Technologies introduces the AT/ATR-FD Series current transducer; an aperture with a 1.31 in. inside diameter accommodates wire sizes for loads up to 400 amps, facilitating the feeding of wires through the sensing window for easy installation, even in applications with multiple conductors per phase.

September 12, 2016

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Co-packing and the rise of digital printing

Digital printing's getting easier, so when should brands bring it in-hosue vs. hire a co-packer?

September 12, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Better butter case packing at 200 containers/min

German dairy installs new robotic case packer to handle trays as well as new retail-ready packaging for butter containers in a range of shapes, sizes, and product mixes.

September 12, 2016

Secondary Packaging

A wicked-good solution: Robotic palletizer doubles production at Red Devil

Hand-tool and chemical manufacturer replaces manual palletizing with a robotic system that doubles its capacity and enables it to reassign five full-time workers to less strenuous and tedious jobs.

September 11, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Rechon Life Science employs scalable serialization/aggregation

Sweden pharmaceutical maker and CMO partners adds Adents software on its printing equipment to offer its customers scalable track and trace.

September 9, 2016

Flexibles

In Memoriam: Robert G. Koppe, Robert’s Packaging

Packaging World remembers Robert’s Packaging founder Robert G. Koppe as a pioneer in stand-up pouch machinery.

September 9, 2016

Material handling

Booming Demand for Logistics Packaging in China

Damage prevention, climate stresses and burglary put pressure on effective logistics packaging to prevent product losses.

September 8, 2016

Containers

Malt liquor branding draws on seasonal flavor, familiar brand logo

Design firm creates distinct bottle label to stand out in recognizable brand lineup.

September 7, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Custom line meets the packaging challenges of a revolutionary glucose monitoring system

From tray unloading to case packing, Marchesini Group’s line upholds quality and speed in packaging Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System.

September 7, 2016

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Hershey expands e-commerce business with meal-kit company partnership

Online meal-kit provider Chef’d provides a new distribution channel for The Hershey Co.’s portfolio, offering ingredients to create branded Hershey desserts.

September 7, 2016

Containers

Novel package for a ‘disruptive’ cocktail

A two-compartment package—with the bottom container snapping into the base of the larger top bottle—is being used to launch a disruptive new portable, shelf-stable cocktail line.

September 7, 2016

Containers

Bottle branding for rosé targets fashionable consumers

Top-end rosé sub-brand gets redesign to enhance customer engagement, convey brand’s history.

September 6, 2016

Additives, coatings & inks

Graphene-infused film: One million times more effective at blocking moisture

Moisture-sensitive medical and electronic products may one day benefit from graphene-infused packaging.

September 6, 2016