Contract packaging

PacMoore improves checkweigher performance with software smarts

New checkweighers and monitoring software help PacMoore Products ensure end-of-line quality and FDA compliance while reducing product giveaway up to 10%.

May 2, 2016

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Skyepharma’s Capsule Filler Addresses Pilot and Clinical Batch Needs

Company’s Basel, Switzerland R&D facility chooses capsule filler due to its dosing accuracy and flexible format.

May 2, 2016

Containers

Plastic Technologies teams with HRSflow and ERMO

This partnership will provide a turnkey commercialization path for single-serve beverage and food capsules.

May 2, 2016

Containers

Sam Adams launches nitro beer in a can

Samuel Adams brings forth three beer varieties under its Nitro Project, using widget can technology that delivers the same thick, creamy foam as delivered from draft.

May 2, 2016

Containers

The scoop on new kitty litter container

Private-label cat litter maker Bentonite goes from a stock to a custom HDPE container, engineering in greater aesthetics, strength, and convenience and lowering costs.

May 1, 2016

Operational Excellence

Shelf life extension for produce exports

An exporter of pomegranates that is based in Mumbai, India, is getting improved shelf life since it began using a novel flexible film designed to allow produce to respire at an optimal rate.

April 30, 2016

Containers

King of Beers crowns new design

Budweiser embraces its ‘macro brew’ status, redesigning its global packaging to reflect the care and detail taken to brew its beer, and its long heritage.

April 30, 2016

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Packaging trailblazer is first again

The Swedish company Gooh (short for good and healthy) was the very first company to adopt the Micvac microwave pasteurization method when it launched a range of premium chilled ready meals with extended refrigerated shelf life.

April 29, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

ACC: ‘Styrene is not polystyrene’

A statement from the American Chemistry Council advises consumers that the California Proposition 65 listing of styrene does not affect polystyrene safety assessments.

April 29, 2016

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Harpak-ULMA appoints Lee Smith Regional Sales Manager

Smith will cover the Southwest U.S. region for the packaging solutions and machinery supplier.

April 29, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Bosch Rexroth: Frequency converters

The EFC 3610 and EFC 5610 frequency converters from Rexroth are energy-efficient machines and allow users to significantly reduce operating cost and reduce their carbon footprint (CO2 emissions).

April 29, 2016

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

New twist on old favorite

Campbell Soup has completely revamped its single-serve microwaveable soup with greater product visibility as a key driver.

April 28, 2016

Cartons and boxes

Two-Way Shipper Simplifies Logistics of In-Home Test Kit

‘Game-changing’ Cologuard test kit packaging encourages early detection of colon cancer. The kit is shipped as a prescription direct to patients who then provide a sample within packaged components before mailing the kit to Exact Sciences’ laboratory for analysis.

April 28, 2016