Containers

Krones celebrates 1st anniversary of South American Training Center

Enthusiastic feedback fuels the first birthday celebration for Krones’ Training and Customer Center in South America.

March 2, 2016

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Flexibles

Convenience, technology highlight 2016 FPA awards

This year, seventy-eight packages were submitted for competition in the annual FPA Packaging Achievement Awards, and nineteen packages were honored with twenty Achievement Awards.

March 2, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Schneider Packaging Equipment names new Director of Sales and Marketing

Schneider Packaging Equipment Co. names former NFL player Bob Brotzki Director of Sales and Marketing.

March 2, 2016

Flexibles

2016 FPA Silver Award Winners

Following are the 2016 FPA Silver Award winners.

March 2, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Teamwork wins palletization technology award

Liquor Control Board of Ontario achieves high efficiencies with proprietary, patent-pending pallet load-building system.

March 1, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Progress in robot guidance software

Development of vision-based robot guidance applications is faster, easier, and more efficient, plus it no longer requires two-sided programming software.

March 1, 2016

Flexibles

Consumers, brand owners, and converters—a unique integrated study on flexible packaging

Brand Value Study commissioned by FPA reveals some fascinating insights into how packaging attributes can be leveraged so as to maximize brand value propositions.

March 1, 2016

Sustainability

Sleeve Labels Power POW’s Natural Energy Water Launch

Powerful Water Co.’s move into 100% recyclable bottles and labels shows in its packaging for a range of new products said to represent the first natural energy water launched in the U.K. and Ireland.

March 1, 2016

Operational Excellence

Packaging value chain

The wide variety of package types available throughout the world is due to the evolution of related supply channels.

March 1, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Peel, reseal labeling system

Greene Farm Foods, West Meath, Ireland, specializes in precooked, pre-seasoned, sliced and shredded beef, chicken and turkey products, marketed across Ireland and in some other retail locations in the UK.

March 1, 2016

Labels

Digital ink-jet a perfect fit

SixB Labels Corp. is a label converter with an aversion to imposing minimum-order quantities on its customers.

March 1, 2016

Operational Excellence

Crowdsourcing for modern day packaging innovation

Crowdsourcing evolved as part of the Internet revolution and was first used in 2005.

March 1, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Siemens: Gear motor drive

Siemens introduces the Sinamics G110M, a motor-integrated drive for Simogear gear motors, offering flexible control, integrated safety, simple installation, and a space-saving design.

March 1, 2016