Controls & Machine Components

Carlo Gavazzi: Proportional output controllers

Carlo Gavazzi has launched new single-phase RGx1P proportional output controllers; upon input from an analog signal, the controller calculates and delivers the necessary output power without the need for an additional interface device.

January 22, 2016

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 701

Flexibles

Toray Plastics hires two new Business Managers

Toray Plastics (America) Inc. welcomes Greg Clements and Chris Glowacki as Business Managers.

January 22, 2016

Operational Excellence

E-commerce Trends Emerging in Pharmaceutical Packaging

In this Q&A, Gavin Ashe, Managing Partner at Kite Packaging, talks packaging trends and innovation for 2016, saying industry too often focuses on the cheapest solution, not the best one.

January 21, 2016

Conveying & accumulation

Arrowhead Conveyor adds capacity with new plant

Arrowhead Conveyor leases a second facility of 25,000 square feet to meet production demands.

January 21, 2016

Adhesive application

Graco Inc.: Remote Monitoring System

LineSite controls the status of hot melt machines from a smartphone, tablet, or computer.

January 20, 2016

Material handling

Pharmapack Europe to Unveil 2016 Trends

Serialization, combination products, emerging markets, outsourcing, TVF and adherence identified as the key themes in drug delivery and packaging.

January 20, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Weber launches BestCode’s Series 8 in North America

Weber Packaging Solutions makes BestCode’s Series 8 continuous ink jet printers available for North American market.

January 20, 2016

Labels

Chocotubs dazzle Brazilians

Hershey's introduced its popular 39-g package of Chocotubs into the Brazilian market this past spring.

January 20, 2016

Sustainability

Modest Growth for Global Packaging Demand Through 2020

New Smithers Pira report says Asian regions, emerging markets, and sustainability to drive packaging demand in next five years.

January 19, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Ethernet PLCs

AutomationDirect has added Ethernet basic and standard PLCs to the CLICK line; the new PLCs are 3 to 10 times faster than the existing CLICK PLCs and are 100% upward compatible with the existing CLICK units.

January 19, 2016

Flexibles

Bar-S Foods honors Bemis as highest Value Partner

Bar-S Foods recognizes Bemis as its 2015 Value Partner of the Year for exceptional support.

January 18, 2016

Flexibles

Can we solve the flexible film recovery puzzle?

Industry groups have begun looking at strategies to develop multilayer flexible film recovery systems. But can they overcome the challenges that exist in every step of the process?

January 17, 2016

Flexibles

Seventh Generation Introduces Recyclable, Flexible SUP

The new pouch is a multilayer PE structure that provides functional and aesthetic advantages comparable to a mixed-material structure, but solves the recycling challenge.

January 16, 2016