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Closures

Connecting to consumers with OTC packaging

Bayer and Aleve serve as examples that satisfy consumers. Packaging needs to appeal to the 4 Es.

August 20, 2013

Adhesive application

HAECO: Non-contact gluing system

New high-pressure non-contact gluing system for casemaker/flexo-folder machines cuts glue usage up to 40 percent and eliminates daily washing.

August 20, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Johnson Electric: Small magnetic latching solenoid

A new magnetic latching solenoid platform for compact locking mechanisms.

August 20, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Mitsubishi Electric: CNC platform

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. introduces the M70V Series computer numerical controllers (CNC).

August 20, 2013

Plastics/resins

Solvent-free spray adhesive in shapely PET bottles

Eclectic Products, Inc., Eugene, OR, has debuted new solvent-free, high-bond-strength E6000 Spray Adhesive, packaged in custom-contoured 8-oz PET bottles with a pinched-waist shape.

August 19, 2013

Contract Packaging

T.H.E.M. adds to leadership team

To enhance its position as a single-serve packaging manufacturer, Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing (T.H.E.M.), the company credited with commercializing stick packaging in North America, has announced three additions to its leadership team.

August 19, 2013

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Consumers: The solution to recycling?

Have we given up on changing consumer behavior around package material recycling? Or, are there tools that we can use to ‘move the needle forward.’ Earth911 thinks change is possible.

August 16, 2013

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Cook Medical meeting global identification challenges

A nearly five-year effort helps Cook and its worldwide customers identify, track, and trace some 16,000 medical device products.

August 15, 2013

Coding, Printing & Labeling

In-store printing on demand benefits Bello Tea

With its new in-store printer, Bello Tea can print labels on demand rather than order large quantities of preprinted labels at its two Chicago retail outlets.

August 15, 2013

Coding, Printing & Labeling

New high-speed labeler improves productivity

This short video offers a close-up video of Quadrel Labeling System's Proline 4000 Zero Downtime Labeling System as it applies decorative labels to various shapes and sizes of rigid primary containers.

August 15, 2013

Containers

Craft brewer launches cans

Big Wood Brewery, a bold new player on the craft beer scene gaining notoriety for its distinctive brews, has launched four of its award-winning craft beers in cans.

August 13, 2013

Sustainable Packaging

Study points to packaging as a solution to food waste in supply chain

A study done in Australia uncovers where and why food waste occurs within the supply chain and suggests packaging technologies that may help reduce this waste.

August 13, 2013