Sustainable Packaging

Study makes the case for recycling grocery rigid plastics

A new economic overview of recycling grocery rigid plastics reveals a 1,000-lb bale of recycled rigid plastic can be worth $100 to $200, making it a good source of revenue for grocers.

April 15, 2015

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

World Wide Gourmet Foods produces labels in-house using Primera's CX/FX1200

World Wide Gourmet Foods is a food manufacturer of anything from smoked salmon, salts, soup mix, confectionary products, and so much more. They produce labels for their own products and are now private labeling for customers. Primera's CX1200 Color Label Press and FX1200 Digital Finishing system allow them to print and cut virtually any size or shape label for the variety of products they offer.

April 15, 2015

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Pure Integrity Candles produces labels in-house on Primera's LX900

Pure Integrity Candles needed the flexibility of printing their labels in-house, as they have over 500 SKU's. They are now only printing their labels on Primera's LX900 Color Label Printer. They are only printing labels when they need them, with no minimums or lead times.

April 15, 2015

Secondary Packaging

See a complete end-of-line solution with robotic case packing

Increase your productivity with customized robotic case packers and palletizers from Premier Tech Chronos.

April 14, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

QA1: Quick connect/disconnect ball joints

QA1 Precision Products, Inc., has released quick connect/disconnect style ball joints for the industrial market; the design is ideal for applications requiring rapid assembly and disassembly of the ball joint.

April 14, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

P&G joins Flexible Film Recycling Group

As part of its efforts to reduce its environmental footprint and that of its consumers, P&G has joined a self-funded group established to increase the recovery of flexible PE film, wraps, and bags.

April 13, 2015

Secondary Packaging

Maximize product sales with automated hang tag applicators

Engage consumers, promote product launches, and drive sales for your brand with Graphic Packaging's hang tag applicators. Click to view five videos that demonstrate applying hang tags to various products. We have a machine solution for virtually any hang tag style or shape to help meet your promotion objectives.

April 13, 2015

Plastics/resins

Evertis Ibérica's new extrusion line boosts output

Evertis Ibérica announces new extrusion line for 10,000 metric tons per year total output.

April 13, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

Clippard: Expanded website now operates 24/7

Effective immediately, Clippard Instrument Laboratory is expanding its website hours of operation to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

April 10, 2015

Plastics/resins

Silgan announces new greenfield site

Silgan Plastics announces additional greenfield site to be located in St Louis suburb.

April 10, 2015

Secondary Packaging

See the stretch hooder: Stretch-All for load securing

STRETCH-ALL by Premier Tech is a universal applicable pallet load securing system based on stretch hood technology to secure a large range of stacked loads to pallets. The system guarantees optimum product safety by protecting it against humidity, UV and other weather conditions as well as against the danger of cargo shift during transport.

April 9, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

Japan's Kuraray acquires Plantic

Kuraray expands its bio-based barrier film capabilities with Plantic Technologies acquisition.

April 9, 2015

Containers

’50s Southern relish brand gets modern makeover

Renfro Foods’ Dixieland brand of chow chow relish gets a package refresh, with a new, brighter label and printed metal closure that reference the original package design.

April 9, 2015