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New Filler for Beer
Pyraser Landbrauerei, founded in 1868 in the Franconia region of Germany, recently invested in a KHS Innofill Glass DRS filler.
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Spee-Dee Promotes Mark Navin to Vice President of Sales
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Engage Technologies Awarded ISO Certification
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Marchesini Group Presents “X DAYS 2020” Online Events
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AlliedFlex Technologies and Scholle IPN Announce North American Sales and Marketing Alliance
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Harpak-ULMA Announces Packaging Design & Prototyping Services
Harpak-ULMA announced a new suite of packaging design and prototyping services to help producers more rapidly and cost-effectively develop and operationalize innovative packaging concepts.
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Liquid Filling Machine
Spartan Parts, a subsidiary of Fogg Filler Co., launches the SP-63 gravity liquid filling machine. Machine can fill liquids up to 40 bottles/min for a 250 mL bottle.
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Machine Efficiency and the Impacts of Sustainable Packaging
Many primary packaging lines are no longer dedicated to a single product as SKUs increase, impacting line efficiency. Sustainable material changes may also create challenges.
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Carton Former Features Ergonomic Design and Increased Efficiency
Unit combines high-speed forming capabilities with a wide carton size range for greater flexibility.
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Flexible Filler/Capper for Vials and Small Bottles
ESS announces the FC Series flexible filler/capper for vials and small bottles. Model FC60 handles up to 60 vials/min and Model FC120 fills 120 vials/min.
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Syntegon Unveils Sustainable, Intelligent Machine Design
Following a major corporate rebranding, the food and pharma packaging OEM launches its first virtual show as a platform to introduce new products and interact with customers.
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Combination Scale System Slashes Labor, Doubles Throughput
Beyond the expected speed- and labor-reducing benefits of a new combination scale and depositor system, benefits that came along for the ride included accuracy that significantly reduced giveaway.
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Syntegon Technology and BillerudKorsnäs Launch Joint System for Shaped Paper Pods
With the new TPU paper f/f/s machine from Syntegon Technology and the 3D formable FibreForm® paper from BillerudKorsnäs, a variety of shapes can be formed from paper for various food- and non-food applications.
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Wraparound Labeler
Herma US’s compact 362E wraparound labeler is fitted with two Herma 500 applicators that, in two-sided operations, can label up to 200 products/min.
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New Hot Melt Applicator Ends Cartoner Downtime
Protein producer and packer replaces its pneumatic glue applicator with an all-electric model that significantly reduces hot-melt glue usage and spare parts, ensures seal quality, and eliminates downtime.
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Canadian Co-Packer Sold on Aseptic Packaging
Three aseptic fillers help contract filler Ya YA Foods produce high- and low-acid products, including plant- and milk-based dairy beverages.
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SUP filler
Massman’s GP-M3000 pouch filling system for products such as cannabis flower can be used to automatically open, fill, close, and seal stand-up pouches and can use a variety of reclosing features, including child-resistant heat-seal closures.
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Pick-and-Place Robots, Flow Wrapper, Fuel High-Volume Bakery
With daily volumes in the millions and demand growing, this Canadian bakery automated what was once a manual process and is now hitting speeds of 280 product/min.
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Container Handling System
Paxiom Group’s automated container handling system is designed to aid food and non-food businesses to easily weigh and fill products into rigid jars or containers, then cap, induction seal, and label jars before they are loaded into cartons.
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‘Quality Conscious’ Canning
This Portland, Maine, brewery decided to “dip our toes in the can market” by installing a small filler/seamer. It quickly became clear that a 300 cans/minute line was going to be required.
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Global Pet Food Market Surpassed $94.6 billion in 2019
A new study from PMMI Business Intelligence, “Trends and Drivers Impacting The Pet Food Industry,” reveals North America is the top market for pet food, with an annual growth rate of 4.5% in the next five years.
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Thermoformer Steps Up to Fight COVID-19
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Revolution Brewing is All In On Cans
Though glass bottles were once a part of the mix at this well-known Chicago craft brewer, recently it’s been all about aluminum cans in multiple sizes.
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Aseptic Filling and Closing Machine
NJM offers the Dara SYX-E-OR aseptic filling and closing machine for vials and bottles featuring direct drive servo-motion controls, a starwheel-driven design and a compact footprint.
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Weigh Filling Machine
WeighPack offers the PrimoLinear V-5 net weigh filling machine designed to automatically weigh and dispense a variety of food products from as little as 500 g to 10 lb into a single bag.
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Burgeoning Auto-Injector Market Demands Flexible Production Options
Injectable drug delivery is surging, and auto-injectors are helping patients self-administer more easily. PCI Pharma Services turned to an assembly machine from Syntegon Technology to provide the needed flexibility and scalability.
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Flexible Production Makes Roche’s HIV Test Innovation a Success
Roche designed a plasma separation card that greatly simplifies blood sampling and transport. Beckhoff Automation made production of the card cost-effective with its flexible, compact eXtended Transport System.
