Contract Packaging

CPA Annual Meeting Feb 21-24 touts big CPG names, great games

Agenda features CPG Town Hall with ConAgra and Florida's Natural; keynote on 'Great Game of Business' and much more.

January 24, 2013

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 897

Flexibles

Compostable film grade resin

New certified compostable resin ideal for compost bags and retail shopping bags.

January 24, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Wago Corporation: I/O modules

TO-PASS® Compact Telecontrol Modules provide I/O monitoring, error-reporting and supplementary I/O control via bidirectional SMS (text) messaging.

January 23, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

GE Intelligent Platforms: Operations management software

GE Intelligent Platforms announced the availability of its latest manufacturing software solution, Proficy® Plant Applications 6.1.

January 23, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff Automation: EtherCAT I/O devices with fast hot connect capability

Optimized coupling and decoupling of EtherCAT devices during operation leads to faster tool changes and increased productivity.

January 23, 2013

Sustainability

Video: Recyclable produce box pilots are promising

Global Green pilot shows that replacing paraffin-coated produce cases with recyclable-coated boxes could divert waste from landfills and save money for the foodservice and retail industry.

January 23, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

High-torque screen classifying cutter

New high-torque, low-speed cutter reduces hard materials and friable products into controlled particle sizes.

January 23, 2013

Secondary Packaging

Shrink sleeve production products

Ryback and Ryback Incorporated (R&R Inc.) recently developed several products to make shrink sleeve production, quality control, and completion easier for companies in the shrink sleeve industry.

January 23, 2013

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Loss-in-weight feeder/cable suspension scale

Thayer Scale has introduced a line of Loss-In-Weight Feeders specifically designed to handle materials that are extremely free flowing and fluidizable.

January 23, 2013

Converting equipment

Can decorating machine

Machine brings heightened decorating quality, speed and flexibility to canmaking lines.

January 23, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

Pepsi invests $35,000 to generate an added $300,000 annually

On a 2-L PET line at a Pepsi plant in Cheverly, MD, an optimized conveyor connection between case packer and palletizer is helping to generate about $300,000 more in revenue per year.

January 23, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

Modifications that lower bottling line costs

Watch this video podcast featuring a discussion between Editor Pat Reynolds and Matt Stoneburner of Emerson Power Transmission Solutions on how reducing friction, lubrication and horsepower can be both green and profitable for any bottling or canning line.

January 23, 2013

Sustainable Packaging

The Bioplastics Council launches awards program

Competition will recognize outstanding innovation and unique application of bioplastics materials, products, or processes by a company.

January 22, 2013