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Conveying & accumulation

Intelligrated promotes Bruce Sudler to sales manager for Midwest

Material handling industry veteran to lead regional business development efforts.

June 8, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

Recycling rates: How do aluminum cans stack up?

New report provides a holistic approach to tracking the sustainability of aluminum cans and provides key findings on recycling rates, recycled content, and the value of aluminum scrap.

June 8, 2015

Contract Packaging

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June 5, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

SMAC: Electric cylinder

SMAC Moving Coil Actuators, Inc. has introduced built-in controllers that can be equipped with any SMAC CB and LCA actuator for 5- and 1-micron applications; the CBL35C electric cylinder is the first in the series with a built-in controller, offering the advantages of virtually no noise, longer life and no air contamination.

June 5, 2015

Flexibles

Amcor Flexibles acquires Chinese packaging company

Amcor has officially completed the acquisition of Zhongshan Tiancai Packaging Company.

June 5, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

Mondelez exceeds packaging reduction goal by 78%

An annual report from Mondelez detailing its progress against its environmental goals describes how the company has eliminated 89 million lb of packaging since 2013.

June 5, 2015

Sustainability

Coke’s 100% plant-based bottle exhibited at Expo Milano

The package represents the first demonstration scale production of a PET bottle made entirely from plant-based material.

June 3, 2015

Flexibles

Ecolean opens regional headquarters in Kuala Lumpur

Ecolean expands Asia presence on top of its recent production capacity increase in China.

June 3, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

Banner Engineering: Safety limit switches

Banner Engineering introduces its SI Series Safety Limit Switches designed to effectively monitor the position of a wide variety of guards, gates, covers and other moveable machine fixtures and tooling.

June 3, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

Gebo Cermex: Diagnostic audits for determining container degradation

Gebo Cermex has added two new options to its range of audits—the “shocks” audit and the “pressure” audit—that will soon be incorporated into its overall EIT (Efficiency Improvement Tool) to detect, locate, and measure the critical points on the packaging line.

June 2, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

Duravant acquires established manufacturer Hamer

Hamer’s assets expand Duravant’s reach in high quality specialty automated packaging equipment and systems.

June 1, 2015

Closures

Rocker cap speeds handwash dispensing

Mechanics and DIYers will appreciate the new disc-top rocker closure used for Fast Orange waterless hand cleaner that allows for one-hand opening and dispensing.

June 1, 2015