Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Grupo Petropolis builds two new breweries

Brazil’s second-largest brewing conglomerate, Grupo Petrópolis, is aggressively building a bigger footprint, having installed twelve million hectolitres of new capacity recently in Brazil.

January 29, 2014

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 821

Material handling

Live from Cool Chain Europe: The 10 Commandments of temperature-sensitive product supply

Brought down from the mountaintop of experience handling temperature-sensitive products, these 10 commandments summarize best practices in cold-chain logistics.

January 28, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Clippard: Multi-check valves

Clippard’s manifold mounted multi-check valves – the R-614, the R-337, and the R-338 – are housed in a valve body designed to mount and link together with a simple piping system that eases assembly and plumbing, resulting in reduced labor costs, errors in installation, and the potential for plumbing leakage.

January 28, 2014

Material handling

Live from Cool Chain Europe: Pharma freight requires specialized cargo center

A new Pharma & Healthcare Hub at Luxembourg’s Findel airport is on track to handle 30,000 tons of ambient and cold-chain temperature-controlled pharmaceutical products in 2014.

January 27, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

Nonni's launches a greener pack

Oak Brook, IL-based Nonni’s Foods, North America’s leading biscotti baker, has announced the introduction of new, vibrant and more environmentally-friendly packaging for its Biscotti grocery store packs.

January 24, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Bodine: Gearmotors with AC models

Bodine Electric’s expanded FX line of parallel shaft gearmotors includes the all-new 42R6-FX, which combines a new, 3-wire reversible 42R frame AC induction motor with a completely redesigned and updated FX gearhead to provide up to 40% more torque than previous E/F models.

January 24, 2014

Operational Excellence

Regulatory burdens weigh on combination product manufacturers

Regulatory matters, processing and manufacturing, as well as fill/finish and packaging rank as the most challenging areas for makers of combination products.

January 23, 2014

Closures

Could 'flow restrictors' help reduce medication overdoses?

Senator Charles Schumer calls for safer packaging for children’s medicine bottles in effort to help prevent emergency room visits.

January 22, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

PHD: Economical cylinder product line

PHD's Optimax Series OCV Pneumatic ISO Cylinder line (first in the company’s Optimax actuator product line) is available in 32, 40, and 50 mm bore sizes and stroke lengths.

January 22, 2014

Contract Packaging

Kane Is Able opens SoCal distribution center

Consumer goods 3PL firm grows U.S. logistics network driven by customer demand and cost benefits.

January 21, 2014

Cartons and boxes

Study: Shipping strawberries in corrugated saves $6.6 million

A new study from the Corrugated Packaging Alliance compares the costs for shipping strawberries in corrugated containers versus the use of RPCs.

January 20, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

How do compostable plastics affect the recycling stream?

A new meta-study from European Bioplastics looks at the impact of compostable plastics mixed with conventional plastics in post-consumer recycling streams.

January 20, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

Walmart's eco-friendly cleaners

The new Great Value Naturals line of all-natural household cleaners from Walmart uses recycled-content bottles and 100%-plastic trigger sprayers that can be easily recycled.

January 19, 2014