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February 2020

Packaging World February 2020

Progressive Disclosure: The Full-Course Meal of Packaging

Progressive disclosure of information about a product through on-pack labels and instructions contained within the packaging enhances the consumer’s experience one action at a time.

January 20, 2020

Dr. R. Andrew Hurley, PhD

Bulk handling/filling equipment

Rotary Filler Helps Keep Pace With Booming Collagen Market

To keep up with skyrocketing demand for its collagen powders, Vital Proteins turned to Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery and its rotary filler. It boosted production from 20 to 100 plastic canisters a minute, also improving safety and ease of operation.

January 16, 2020

Vital Proteins Collagen Options

Sustainable Packaging

Alternatives to Plastic Packaging Not Always More Sustainable

Bowing to consumer pressure to eliminate single-use plastic packaging, CPGs and retailers switch to alternative materials—sometimes creating a greater environmental burden in the process.

January 14, 2020

Waitrose refill station

Operational Excellence

Top 25 Breakthrough CPG Product Innovations of 2019

Products on the list include those in the food and beverage, personal care, OTC, and petcare categories and reflect consumer trends such as good-for-you ingredients, convenience, and a move away from traditional beverage products, among others.

January 13, 2020

PepsiCo's bubly sparkling water

Controls & Machine Components

Current Transformers

Beckhoff Automation launches the SCT current transformers designed for applications with currents ranging from 1 A to 5,000 A with a choice of ring-type and split-core devices as well as three-phase current transformer sets.

January 13, 2020

SCT current transformers

University of Florida Awarded Packaging Scholarship

Winning the 2020 The Future Leaders in Packaging Scholarship from Packaging World and the PMMI Foundation was the University of Florida Packaging Engineering program.

January 9, 2020

Secondary Packaging

Metal Detection Systems

Loma Systems offers the IQ4 Metal Detection System designed to automatically select correct operating frequencies so changes in products or packaging that necessitate an alteration in frequency no longer require operator intervention.

January 8, 2020

IQ4 Metal Detection System

Controls & Machine Components

C-mount Cameras

B&R introduces C-mount cameras to its vision portfolio along with C-mount lenses that cover a wide range of focal lengths from 12 to 50 mm.

January 7, 2020

Bn R Pr 19137 Vision C Mount Camera Rgb Web

Operational Excellence

Hormel, Barry-Wehmiller Early One Voice Ready Certification Adopters

To close the industry’s workforce development and skills gap, PMMI’s OpX Leadership Network recently launched its new One Voice Ready certificates, an assessment-based program based on knowledge of specific industry solutions and best practices.

January 6, 2020

Operational Excellence

Robotics Industry to Shift from Fixed Automation to Mobile Systems

New market report forecasts that of the 8 million robots that will be shipped in 2030, nearly 6 million will be mobile.

January 4, 2020

Secondary Packaging

E-Commerce Packaging Solution

Ranpak announces the North American launch of the FillPak Trident, a packaging solution for medium and high volume shippers such as E-commerce hubs and fulfillment and distribution centers.

December 20, 2019

Ranpak Fill Pak Trident2

NFC-Ready Label Boosts Skincare Adherence, Engagement

Near Field Communication (NFC) RFID labels are becoming practical for higher-end products. We follow NFC trailblazer Société Clinical Skincare on its journey into a unique NFC beta test that’s less about retail theater and more about ongoing engagement.

December 19, 2019

5 M413970 White

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