Controls & Machine Components

Emerson CHARMS provide flexible process control

Bruce Greenwald, DeltaV Platform Business Development manager, describes how electronic marshaling and CHARMS flexible I/O modules make configuring a process control system easier.

May 16, 2012

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

PepsiCo Brazil chooses liquid-carton filling equipment

Company adds liquid-carton filling machine to produce single-serve portions of its highly popular chocolate milk drink.

May 15, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Vacuum packaging that keeps meat red

FreshCase technology, which involves the use of sodium nitrite in the food contact layer of the film, is an award-winning way of using vacuum packaging without causing the fresh red meat to darken.

May 14, 2012

Material handling

UPS delivers $9 million of flu vaccine to Laos

Walgreens donates 375,000 doses that UPS air-ships more than 9,000 miles in five days through five countries, maintaining mandatory 2° to 8°C temperatures through a range of climates.

May 14, 2012

Containers

Pinup girls position value beer brand for growth

Canada’s Sleeman Brewing updates the package design for Old Milwaukee beer with pinup-girl graphics, positioning the brand for growth against major mainstream beers.

May 14, 2012

Adhesives/tape

A cool alternative to traditional hot melt can double your mileage

Liquamelt adhesive from H.B. Fuller is cool on delivery, hot on demand.

May 9, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

SPS 2012: Marketing 'green' to the mainstream

With a majority of U.S. consumers identifying with green values, brand owners must learn how to effectively communicate their green message in a relevant way.

May 9, 2012

Closures

Shadow Beverages, GNC enter ready-to-drink beverage market

Advanced Nutrition Beverage line employs 38-mm compression-molded polypropylene caps on PET bottles.

May 9, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

‘Playbook’ updates packaging automation specifications

When was the last time you reviewed your packaging machinery automation strategy? A lot has changed in recent years.

May 9, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Live from Interphex: New products from The Challenge Printing Company

The Challenge Printing Company introduces an expanded product line, including a variety of labels, and serialized booklets.

May 8, 2012

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Live from Interphex: Commercial packaging facility coming to Pennsylvania

Almac announces additional details on their new commercial packaging facility opening Fall 2012 in Audubon, Pennsylvania.

May 8, 2012

Filling/capping, dry

Live from Interphex: Filling module debut

A never-before-seen filling module by Bosch Packaging, which fills pellets and powders. It's a flexible platform that can pick up powder and doses into capsules.

May 8, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Live From Interphex: Carton printing track and trace module

The Bosch CPS800 is a carton printing system module, which consists of a print and a camera to automatically print and verify up to 400 cartons per minute. Tracking data is printed onto the product and automatically checked for accuracy by the camera with reads each printed digit. Within milliseconds it compares the human-readable text with the 2D data matrix code and verifies it for accuracy.

May 8, 2012