Secondary Packaging

Robotic handling of bottles sets the bar high

Maximum versatility, minimal operator involvement, gentle handling, high speed, and automated end-of-arm tooling changes are highlights at VCP champagne plant.

December 10, 2009

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Containers

Bag inserter can increase production speed, cut operating costs

Pearson Packaging Systems' BI18 Bag Inserter opens, inserts, and cuffs plastic bags from roll stock into a wide variety of corrugated cases at speeds up to 18 cases per minute. This versatile machine is designed with features to increase production speed, cut operating costs, and reduce the machine's profile to better fit in any production line.

December 8, 2009

Flexible packaging

Global collaboration enables Kraft Foods' culture change

Project-by-project, Kraft Foods’ global business units, with leadership from the company’s corporate sustainability team, are creating a culture where sustainability is a part of every package design.

December 8, 2009

Flexibles

Coca-Cola gets it, how about you?

Among the more noteworthy trends in packaged goods manufacturing over the past few years has been the push to give packaging a seat at the table.

December 7, 2009

Flexible packaging

Value and health drive new food and beverage packaging

A depressed economy and consumers' increasing concerns about personal, as well as environmental, health and wellness drive food and beverage packaging innovations.

December 6, 2009

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Steel aerosol cans get enhanced green makeover

In the fourth quarter of 2008, CRC Marine Products adopted new lightweight, polymer-coated steel aerosol can packaging for some of its marine cleaning/maintenance products.

December 6, 2009

Flexible packaging

Cloud Packaging adds mid-speed expertise with purchase of Toll Packaging

Acquisition made in part to respond to current market demands for shorter packaging runs.

December 4, 2009

Containers

Europeans prefer glass baby-food containers

Qualitative research finds that parents trust glass for its health and environment benefits. Glass also heightens their assurance about the contents within the package.

December 4, 2009

Containers

Alpha Packaging--Missouri Fast Track Award winner

Based on Alpha Packaging’s consistent growth and reinvestment the company is being honored in Kansas City by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry as one of Missouri’s fastest-growing companies over the past several years.

November 19, 2009

Sustainability

DuPont Packaging announces call for entries for 22nd DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation

Seeking breakthroughs in packaging innovation, sustainability and waste/cost reduction, DuPont Packaging announced the call for entries in the 22nd DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, the industry’s longest running, independently-judged competition. The deadline for entries is Feb. 12, 2010.

November 18, 2009

Containers

Amid cheese's slump--an opportunity?

The recession has hit cheese sales hard, but how about refocusing marketing efforts on single-serve snack packaging? The same idea revitalized soup sales.

November 13, 2009

Containers

Pharmaceuticals: 'Fragmented' future with regulatory benefits?

PAs the focus changes from blockbuster drug development to more targeted therapies, pharmaceutical firms and the FDA could work more closely.

November 10, 2009

Flexibles

New Barrier Bubble cushioning system is small, fast, and versatile

Tabletop equipment produces bracing and blocking material on-site and on-demand.

November 10, 2009