Beer

Market Garden Builds Long Runway for Growth into Tight Quarters

With a new rotary filler/rotary seamer at its heart, a nearly all-new packaging line is now humming along at 100 cans per minute. Future-proofing the line meant building in a lot more capacity than is needed—for now, at least.

February 21, 2025

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Beer

New Canning, In-house Shrink Sleeve Labeling, Distinguish Craft Brewer

The Shop Beer Co. decommissioned one canning line and replaced it with another. Also part of its manufacturing mix is an in-house shrink sleeve labeling operation just down the street.

February 18, 2025

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Paolo Pozzi is New Chief Service Officer of Steriline

Steriline

Steriline appoints Pozzi as CSeO to lead its after-sales service and customer support in aseptic processing lines for pharmaceutical injectables and ophthalmics.

January 30, 2025

Filling, Capping & Closing

Sidel Launches Aseptic Knowledge Centre on its Website

Sidel Group

The Aseptic Knowledge Centre offers manufacturers access to case studies, expert insights, and technical information on aseptic packaging solutions, with a focus on enhancing food safety, improving operational efficiency.

January 24, 2025

Filling, Capping & Closing

Revolutionize Liquid Nitrogen Dosing with an Advanced Vacuum Barrier System

Learn how to prevent product loss and downtime with an advanced liquid nitrogen dosing system.

December 2, 2024

Digital Transformation

Unilever Optimizes Hellmann’s Mayo Fill Levels with AI-based Predictive Analytics

Live from Automation Fair: Unilever addressed mayonnaise fill level inconsistencies using Rockwell Automation's FactoryTalk LogixAI, enhancing efficiency and reducing overfill giveaway through predictive analytics.

November 18, 2024

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Syntegon and Telstar Officially Join Forces

Syntegon

Syntegon and Azbil Corporation have completed the acquisition of Telstar, combining their expertise to offer comprehensive pharmaceutical production solutions.

November 18, 2024

Filling, Capping & Closing

Horix and FBN: A Strategic Alliance to Elevate Bottling Technology

FBN

Horix and FBN join forces to provide comprehensive bottling solutions, from audits and upgrades to maintenance and support.

November 13, 2024

Filling, Capping & Closing

Robots Fill, Mix, and Cap Personalized Skincare Bottles in Mass Customization Play

Cosmetics and nutraceuticals, like this skincare line, are at the leading edge of hyper-personalization and batch-size-one packaging. SmartSKN is an interesting example using AI-driven data and inventory management to achieve mass packaging customization.

October 28, 2024

Filling, Capping & Closing

Fogg to Introduce Pressure Filler from its All New PF Series Fillers, a Technology Excellence Awards Finalist, at PACK EXPO International 2024

Fogg Filler

Visit Booth S-3614 to see Fogg Filler's PF 1800 Series pressure filling system designed for efficient and precise filling of beverages, especially distilled spirits and hot-filled products.

October 7, 2024

Filling, Capping & Closing

Cristalia Implements PET Bottle with Integral Handle

This bottled water producer says it differentiated itself on the shelf, improved its appearance, added supply chain-friendly robustness, and upgraded its sustainability profile, all without sacrificing the integral handle consumers love.

October 4, 2024

Multipacking

Timing Screws are Key to Blue Bell's Multipacking

From mass conveying to single-filing to stacking to a short ride down an elevator and finally to controlled indexing of six-high stacks into a sleever, this system is a wrap for Blue Bell.

September 27, 2024

Filling, Capping & Closing

BW Packaging integrates complementary filling and closing businesses

BW Packaging (a Barry-Wehmiller Company)

The new BW Filling & Closing division presents multiple benefits to customers of the former Pneumatic Scale Angelus and Synerlink divisions

September 18, 2024