Flexible packaging

Packaging automation delivers value for tough economy

With the recession ‘official,’ CPGs stand to win more sales and market share in 2009 through packaging innovation and efficiency than comparable investments.

December 8, 2008

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Flexible packaging

Pharma packaging demand to rise: report

Demand for pharmaceutical packaging—a strong area of growth and opportunity for contract packaging—will increase in the U.S. and Puerto Rico by 5.5% annually to $16 billion in 2012.

December 4, 2008

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Web plus

Altra Industrial Motion launched a new Web site that offers convenient, 24-hr access to its leading brands and products.

December 3, 2008

Cartoning

Wireless comes to packaging

Used for a decade in things like warehousing or petrochemicals, where long distances make wired connections inefficient, wireless is now surfacing in packaging.

December 3, 2008

Labels

Authentication--are brands under siege?

A pervasive air of secrecy makes trends in brand protection tough to track. But three authentication efforts shed light on some of the solutions being explored.

December 3, 2008

Sustainability

Economic concerns battle convenience for supremacy

Escalating oil costs have an impact on both packagers and consumers, driving new food and beverage packaging trends. But convenience is still top-of-mind for many.

December 3, 2008

Filling/capping, dry

New servo capper suits mail order pharmacies

At $44.6 billion in 2007, mail order is the #2 sales channel for prescription drugs in the US according to IMS Health.

November 24, 2008

Filling/capping, dry

Fowler features full range of capping and bottle rinsing solutions

Fowler Products provides capping machinery to apply closures to nearly every rigid package on the market today at speeds from 10 to 1500 bottles a minute. Fowler also provides a full range of Perrier bottle rinsing solutions. Fowler Products is a division of Pro Mach, Inc.

November 21, 2008

Closures

Composite cans coming of age in infant formula

FROM PACK EXPO 2008: Spiral-wound paperboard containers give category new wrinkle while also providing strength, barrier, and aroma and taste preservation.

November 10, 2008

Labeling

Upgrade to servo labeling

Multi-Tech Systems offers an economical way to increase the efficiency of existing rotary bottle labelers: retrofit with servos.

November 7, 2008

Filling/capping, dry

Spee-Dee relocates production facility, appoints midwest sales rep

James P. Navin, President of Spee-Dee® Packaging Machinery, Inc., has announced that the company has relocated its corporate headquarters to a new, state-of-the-art production facility—more than doubling its production space. Additionally, Joseph Vitale, Jr. has been appointed Midwest Regional Sales Representative.

November 3, 2008

Flexible packaging

High-capacity line supports sweetener launch

A breakthrough all-natural, zero-calorie sweetener from Cargill, Truvia is packed in a unique, hooded carton on a custom line that produces nearly 300 million sachets/year.

November 2, 2008

Closures

Fowler can help you apply closures to every rigid packaging on the market

With the exceptions of crowns, straight wall corks, and "lug" style closures, Fowler has bottle-capping equipment to apply closures to virtually every rigid package on the market today.

October 24, 2008