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Contract Packaging

Changing supply chain realities for contract packagers

From consumerization to e-commerce to the evolving role of social media, there is no doubt that the packaged goods supply chain is not what it used to be, and contract packagers had better pay heed.

August 1, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Secure solution at the intersection of IoT and Industry 4.0?

Two terms often used interchangeably are “Internet of Things (IoT)” and “Industry 4.0.”

July 31, 2016

Operational Excellence

Private label packaging: Evolved but under-appreciated

Many private label products project a friendly, comforting, sometimes lighthearted presence through alluring multicolor graphics.

July 31, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Availability of recycling in the U.S. detailed in new study

New study provides substantiation data for packaging recyclability claims and paints a national portrait of the characteristics of recycling programs offered to consumers.

July 31, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Meal-kit company debuts first 100% recyclable and compostable packaging

San Francisco-based Sun Basket aims to divert more than 5 million pounds of waste from municipal landfills in the first year of using new recyclable, compostable packaging.

July 30, 2016

Converting equipment

API Group acquires Hazen Paper Company’s paperboard lamination facility

With API Group’s acquisition of paper converter Hazen Paper Company’s paperboard lamination facilities, the company will concentrate on custom Holography and specialist paper converting.

July 29, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Accraply acquires Haraland Machine Systems

Accraply, Inc., a Barry-Wehmiller company, acquired Haraland Machine Systems, LTD, a self-adhesive labeling machinery manufacturer.

July 29, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

AstraZeneca Uses 3D Modeling in Brazil

Software helps the global biopharmaceutical company’s Cotia plant quickly review 3D models of new packaging for internal customers.

July 29, 2016

Protective/transport packaging

Manufacturing Output Equates to World Pallet Market Growth

Wood pallets paving the way as economic expansion boosts demand in the materials transport segment.

July 29, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Applied Motion Products: Miniature stepper drive

The STR3 miniature step motor drive from Applied Motion Products solves two problems in one. It addresses the problem of slow step motors that vibrate too much, and it addresses space-constrained applications where bulkier drives just won’t fit.

July 29, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

EXAIR’s New Catalog 30 Features new Cabinet Coolers, Conveyors, HEPA Vacs and Air Jets

EXAIR's new Catalog 30 is our best catalog yet; a full color technical guide offering solutions to common industrial conveying, cooling, cleaning, blowoff, drying, coating and static electricity problems. Catalog 30 introduces new Cabinet Coolers, Line Vac Air Operated Conveyors, Heavy Duty HEPA Vacs and Stainless Steel Air Jets. 316SS Cabinet Cooler systems in 275 and 550 Btu/Hr solve overheating problems for small electrical panels in corrosive and harsh environments

July 29, 2016

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Predicting the pharmaceutical packaging market through 2026

Visiongain report cites increasing demand for blister packaging, anti-counterfeiting technology, online printing and R&D investments in certain therapeutic areas as growth factors in pharmaceutical packaging.

July 28, 2016