Flexibles

Constantia Flexibles opens new Competence Center for films

The state-of-the-art Competence Center is for the R&D of polymer films and film laminates.

October 22, 2015

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 719

Flexible packaging

Flexible 'Kit Yamoyo' pack counters diarrhea in developing countries

U.K. charitable organization ColaLife teams with Amcor Flexibles to produce flexible package kit now working to battle childhood diarrhea in Zambia.

October 21, 2015

Secondary Packaging

TCO drives innovation at this machine builder

Reducing Total Cost of Ownership is a top priority at Cavanna, which showcased at PACK EXPO, among other things, a flow wrapper that lets bar-shaped food products be wrapped on four wrapping legs occupying the footprint of just two.

October 21, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

Good news for 2014 PET recycling rates

U.S. PET container recycling rate for 2014 holds at 31%, while rPET usage in domestic markets hits an all-time high, according to annual NAPCOR/APR report.

October 21, 2015

Contract Packaging

First Serialization Roundtable for CMOs held

Optel Vision and Supply Chain Wizard event encourages open discussion about serialization tools and strategies to prepare for DQSA serialization compliance.

October 20, 2015

Cartons and boxes

Delivering what patients need next

Award-winning Multipack carton from supplier-partner Rondo-Pak helps provide safer clinical trials for F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG.

October 20, 2015

Secondary Packaging

Sacmi: Integrated flexi pack solutions

Sacmi Packaging offers a complete plant engineering solution to handle these ever-more popular package types that are in growing market demand.

October 20, 2015

Sustainability

Eggs nestle in new ryegrass and paper carton

A new egg carton from U.K.’s Waitrose made from 50% ryegrass and 50% recycled paper is expected to save approximately 85 tons per year of wood/recycled paper.

October 20, 2015

Contract Packaging

Beyond the blister: Visual Pak changes name of thermoform division

Visual Pak's 'Blisters Inc.' thermoforming division changes name to VP Plastics and Engineering.

October 19, 2015

Labels

In-house, high-volume label printing

Digital four-color UV ink-jet printing system delivers vital versatility for large family of private brand products.

October 19, 2015

Secondary Packaging

Faster, better compact palletizer

See how a compact palletizer from from ROI Machinery & Automation saves both space and dollars in a 6 ft. x 8 ft. unit that can handle up to 60 boxes/min. and offers a family of integrated options for your packaging line.

October 17, 2015

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

See how you can easily switch bagging formats in under 10 minutes

Operators can now switch bagging formats in 10 minutes or less—without complicated tools—with Triangle's new XYT Vf/F/S Bagger with rotatable jaws. The constant motion machine can run a variety of bag styles with simple change-out as demonstrated, including three-sided seal, pillow, gusseted, flat bottom, and four-corner/quad-seal stand up bags.

October 16, 2015

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Printers picked for reliability

Family-owned fresh produce business S&A Group in the U.K. is using Zodiac thermal-transfer overprinters to help reduce packaging costs and increase coding efficiency across its two production sites in Herefordshire and Kent.

October 16, 2015