Flexible packaging

SidePouch bagging system

The FAS SPrint SidePouch bagging system from Automated Packaging Systems has a conveyor of pre-opened bags ready for immediate loading from a 60"-wide load area.

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Containers

In-mold labeling

IPL Packaging introduces Shure-Lock® commercial series pails with in-mold labeling (IML). IML offers the highest-quality decorative process available for rigid plastic pails that are used to package food products sold at retail levels and club stores.

December 31, 2005

Containers

Specialty packaging

VisiPak offers its line of specialty packaging, including Gift Paks such as the candy cane tube packages, POP-Pak header cards that help eliminate the middleman and complete the entire package, Compartment Paks that separate products in one container, Donation Containers for fund raising, and Golf Ball Tubes for promotional campaigns.

December 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

High-volume retailers pile demands on packaging

Retailers expect a lot from packaging, and few require more than club stores and other high-volume outlets.

December 31, 2005

Containers

Bottle sleeve

Univenture offers its new Bottle Sleeve, designed to provide food and beverage marketers with a solution for including promotional and branding messages on products.

November 30, 2005

Closures

Companies

Schneider Electric’s Industrial Automation Controls Group created an Applications Solutions Department to develop customized solutions that meet and exceed the requirements of equipment manufacturers and their customers.

November 30, 2005

Flexibles

Freezer drink mixes in gallon HDPE pails

El Paso Chile Co., El Paso, TX, is a producer of gourmet “Tex-Mex” foods and beverages.

November 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Qualified health claims hard to swallow

FDA reconsiders wording as food packagers become interested in making health claims on package labels.

November 30, 2005

Containers

Design for shoppers

Leverage the design process to build leadership brands in store.

October 31, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Tube labeler

LSI offers the Model 1800 automatic tube wrap system, which is based on the LSI Series 40 apply-only labeling head. System can deliver up to 120 labeled products/min.

October 31, 2005

Flexibles

Packaging made from renewable resources gains traction

As petroleum-based materials edge upward in cost, packaging made from renewable resources grows more appealing. Says one water bottler, 'It’s the right thing.'

October 31, 2005

Flexibles

Fluteless fruit snacks club pack

Member's Mark zoo animals fruit snacks are in 72-count paperboard containers that use a special reinforced board instead of fluted corrugated to save weight.

September 30, 2005

Filling/capping, dry

New bottle filler

PACK EXPO : Evergreen Packaging offered its new BFCG-32/16 bottle filler at Pack Expo Las Vegas in September. This small footprint rotary machine fills 8-, 16-, and 32-oz bottles at speeds to 400 bottles/min with an integrated screw capper.

September 30, 2005