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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Filling, Capping & Closing
Containers & Closures
Flexible packaging
What price flexibility?
Mexican pharmaceuticals maker Byk Gulden relies on ink-jet coding to react faster when economic conditions require price changes to already-marked packages.
April 30, 1997
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Flexible packaging
Nestlé puts new faces on mix containers
A multi-material oval can in the U.K., a twin-pack of pouches in Switzerland, and a high-density polyethylene oval in the U.S. each deliver kid-oriented retail punch for Nestlé's powdered milk mixes.
March 31, 1997
Conveying & accumulation
Ultrasonic valve bag sealer
The new Bemis (Minneapolis, MN) ultrasonic valve bag sealer seals bags containing dusty, powdery and free-flowing products at speeds to 5 bags/min.
March 31, 1997
Sustainability
Setting up shop
Merck, Revlon and Clorox developed unique packaging technology for their own use. Now those developments are generating revenue through licensing to other firms.
March 31, 1997
Additives, coatings & inks
In-line capper
New Resina's (Brooklyn, NY) new in-line capper uses a patent-pending design to improve torque range and enable users to reach speeds of 600 caps/min, depending on bottle size.
January 31, 1997
Conveying & accumulation
United Distillers bulks up on savings
United Distillers saves $400ꯠ in freight and corrugated costs by purchasing bottles in bulk rather than in reshippers, and by shipping outgoing product in a Bliss-style case rather than the reshipper. New depalletizer, case erectors, case taper and inspection systems boost efficiency on 1.75-L spirits line.
January 31, 1997
Tamper-evident machinery
An unconventional seal
A custom-engineered induction sealer allows Jensen Foods to apply tamper-evident inner seals to 41/2-gal jug-in-box foodservice packs.
January 31, 1997
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
Ales boast custom bottle, gold-stamped labels
When Portland, OR-based BridgePort Brewing Co. added two new brands to its line of premium ales last month, it used the opportunity to introduce a custom glass bottle for all four ale varieties in the line.
January 31, 1997
Conveying & accumulation
Manual dumping station
Flexicon (Phillipsburg, NJ) has developed a Manual Dumping Station configured for direct connection to flexible screw conveyors. It collects dust created during manual dumping of powder and bulk solid materials from bags, boxes, drums and other containers.
December 31, 1996
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Thinking small pays off big (sidebar)
Troubleshooting the packaging process with FMEAs
December 31, 1996
Sustainability
Thinking small pays off big
High-accuracy monobloc filler/dropper tip inserter/capper at CP Packaging handles thin, softwall bottles and lightweight tips at 60/min for 3-mL containers of diagnostic reagents.
December 31, 1996
Sustainability
Plastic beer bottle could be big
Australian brewing giant Carlton United Breweries has high hopes for a barrier beer bottle made of plastic. In the meantime, it's launched a monolayer PET bottle that's causing quite a stir.
December 31, 1996
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
New bottle packers help Modelo deal with refillables
Southern Mexican brewery installs high-speed rotary bottle packers that are now used throughout Modelo's system. Efficency soars even with returnable cases of marginal quality.
November 30, 1996
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