Secondary Packaging

Says Love Hearts confectioner to robot: 'U Rock'

U.K. candy company Swizzels installs pick-and-place robots to load its new Squashies range into display cases, boosting output by 20% versus the former drop-load system.

August 11, 2014

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 797

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Adoption of robots picks up speed

As sales of robotics in North America grow at record speeds, these four CPG companies reap the labor, cost, productivity, and quality benefits of implementing robots in their operations.

August 11, 2014

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Digital printing benefits pharmaceutical ampule labels

German pharmaceutical manufacturer discovers that digital printing of pressure-sensitive labels that go on ampules is a vast improvement over hot-foil printing.

August 9, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

K-Cup coffee packs to be used to help power cement plant

A partnership between a cement supplier and Keurig’s Canadian subsidiary will enable 70,000 lb/yr of K-cups to be used as an alternative fuel source.

August 7, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

Overstock.com provides reusable shipping case for donations

A new partnership between Overstock.com and Give Back Box provides customers of the online retailer with a reusable case they can use to donate items to charity.

August 7, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Allen-Bradley: Food-grade servo motor

The Allen-Bradley® Kinetix® 5500 VPF food-grade motor is a compact, single-cable servo motor that, when paired with the Kinetix 5500 servo drive, helps engineers conserve panel space and reduce inventory.

August 7, 2014

Operational Excellence

Revealing the future of the 'cold chain' industry

Survey shows temperature-sensitive healthcare products represent 12% of overall pharmaceutical logistics market, a number that continues to rise.

August 7, 2014

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Four tips for sealing applications

A “bullet-point” set of insights on roller/platen sealing, temperature/time/pressure, coating, and cross permeation.

August 7, 2014

Containers

World Wide Packaging: Customizable packaging solutions for beauty & personal care sectors

World Wide Packaging LLC has developed two attractive new customizable packaging options for its customers in the beauty and personal care industries.

August 6, 2014

Filling/capping, dry

Bulk bag fillers increase speed 15X

The installation of three gain-in-weight bulk bag filling systems for peanut producer Golden Grove significantly increases packaging speed and improves accuracy by 400%.

August 5, 2014

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Diageo invests $120M in three new bottling lines

Diageo expands its Plainfield, IL, bottling facility with three new high-speed lines, including a 300-bpm glass bottle line and a 260-bpm filling line for PET flasks.

August 4, 2014

Labels

Hands-on wine packaging

Label redesign helps Minnesota winery gain better brand recognition.

August 4, 2014

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

MAP meat line is fast and flexible

When this large meat processor in southwest Germany needed more capacity, management relied heavily on two key OEM partners for a tightly integrated solution.

August 4, 2014