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Metall+Plastic Appoints Managing Director
Dr. Christian Heuer was appointed Managing Director of Metall+Plastic.
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Tablet/Capsule Counter
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Down Bottle Reject System
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New Blender Upgrade Boosts Entire Soda Filling Operation
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Adaptable Gripping Solution
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Case Packing System
Brown Machine Group introduces the ComPack Series case packing system designed to erect cartons and pack product sequentially within the same machine.
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Engage Technologies Corp. Names North Central Packaging Specialist
Engage Technologies Corp., the parent company of Squid Ink Mfg., Eastey, American Film & Machinery (AFM), and Cogent Technologies, promoted David Mylrea Jr. to Packaging Specialist—North Central Region for the Eastey and AFM divisions.
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Co-Packer Rebuilds After Devastating Fire
After a fire destroyed 95% of its business, organic baby foods provider Initiative Foods shows determination and integrity as it rebuilds, launching a new facility and an innovative new package.
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Thermoformed Skin Packs Catch Attention, Hook Consumers
To accommodate retailers’ and consumers’ growing demand for case-ready skin packs of fresh fish, this seafood processor and packager turned to flexible, high-speed thermoforming equipment that makes sanitation easy.
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World’s Fastest Aseptic PET Lines with Dry Preform Decontamination
China’s Jin Mai Lang recently installed two complete aseptic PET lines, both leveraging Sidel’s dry preform decontamination system known as Aseptic Combi Predis™.
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Honeywell: Camera-based detection system
Honeywell, in collaboration with Papertech, launches TotalVision, a connected, camera-based detection system for the flat sheet industries that enables users to identify and resolve defects on the production line.
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Technica International: Pallet inspection system
Technica’s pallet inspection system is designed to inspect wooden or plastic pallets used in factories for major and common defects.
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HMC Products: Smart conveyor system
HMC Products offers a smart conveyor system that controls off-loaded product in several different modes. It features an HMI, PLC, VFD, and two sensors.
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NiMCO Corp.: Vf/f/s machine for gable-top cartons
NiMCO’s Model 3140 Dry Fill is a single lane vf/f/s machine for gable-top cartons.
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Loveshaw: Automatic hot melt case former
Loveshaw introduces an alternative solution to adhesive tape sealing with its CF-50G hot melt case former. It utilizes the Nordson Pro Liberty glue system, is designed to seal RSC and HSC corrugated cases, and can erect and bottom seal up to 15 cases/min.
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Thermo Scientific: Multi-scan metal detector
Thermo Scientific launches the Sentinel 3000 multi-scan metal detector designed for checkweigher combination systems in food production facilities. Unit’s multi-scan technology allows users to select up to five frequencies from 50 to 1000 kHz and scan through each frequency at a rapid rate.
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MMC Packaging Equipment: High-speed Closure Slitting, Band Folding Machine
The machine is engineered with Industry 4.0 attributes and features a six-camera vision inspection to meet quality objectives.
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PamerPack: Filling/capping machine
PamerPack offers the FILCAP-X designed for packing liquids and capping small-size, unstable, non-standard packaging not suitable for conditioning in a linear system.
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Engilico: Inline seal inspection solution
Engilico’s SealScope is an in-line sealing inspection and process monitoring solution for 100% in-line sealing inspection and process monitoring of flexible packaging to the food, pet care, and other industries.
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Three heads are better than one for Danish wine bottler
Bulk wine supplier Skanvin installs a triple-head automatic filling line to meet the bag-in-box requirements of customer Treasury Wine Estates.
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Krones: Glass bottle filler
Krones launches the Craftmate G glass filler for beer and carbonated beverages. It can handle up to 24,000 bottles/hr and can be combined with up to two closers for crowns, screw-caps, or aluminium roll-on closures.
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Paxiom Group Debuts Host of Primary, Secondary Packaging Equipment
With a stable of brands occupying a common patch at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, the Paxiom Group demonstrated its ability to cover the spectrum in the front of the packaging line.
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Magnetic Levitation Supports 6-Degree-of-Freedom Motion Platform
Planar Motors’ smart robotic system XBOT offers the ability to simultaneously and independently control motion, with hygienic contactless design.
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TDI Packsys: X-ray inspection system
TDI PackSys offers the Model RXP-20250SO triple beam X-ray inspection system designed to detect contaminants, such as glass and stone, in jarred and canned products.
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ProMach Filling Systems: Filling systems for distilled spirits
ProMach Filling Systems introduces Proof Perfect™ filling systems for distilled spirits. Systems can handle glass and PET bottles from 750 mL to 1.75 liter.
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X-ray systems with revolutionary advancement
HDRX imaging offers superior foreign material detection.
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Integrated ‘Bag-in-a-Box’ Line for Omnichannel Packaging
Large-format bagger, case/tray packer, and robotic palletizer are integrated to deliver retail and e-com packaging in one line.
