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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Filling, Capping & Closing
Containers & Closures
Flexible packaging
Capsule and liquid filling lines ease growing pains
Sports nutrition and supplement products manufacturer and co-packer All American Pharmaceutical eases growing pains with new state-of-the art capsule and liquid filling lines.
January 31, 2009
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Sustainability
Prudence remains compulsory in packaging
As policy makers attempting to fix the nation’s economy seek a balance between big-time government intervention and America’s passionate belief in free markets, many economists are turning conventional wisdom on its head.
January 30, 2009
Filling/capping, dry
Six Factors to Consider When Designing a High-Speed Powder Filling Line
New white paper from Nalbach Engineering covers six important factors that must be considered when designing powder filling lines in excess of 100 cpm.
January 28, 2009
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Hot-melt adhesive dispensing system
Kobra Hot-Melt Adhesive Dispensing system from Valco Melton is designed to deliver productivity, uptime, and sustainability. Offers total flexibility, from the most complete operational PLC network to traditional analog control. Integrated auto feeder lets users pull adhesive into the hot-melt tank with no operator involvement required. Auto feeder also lets packagers buy hot-melt adhesive in bulk rather than in corrugated boxes that must be dumped into a hopper and then disposed of.
January 27, 2009
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Vertical form/fill/seal machine
The Novus 250 vertical form/fill/seal machine from Hayssen Sandiacre is a continuous-motion bagger that can operate in intermittent motion. Uses Allen-Bradley controls. Reduces setup and threading time and offers simple changeovers of different-sized forming tubes.
January 24, 2009
Conveying & accumulation
Light-weight plastic container handling at 525/min
Nalbach Engineering Co., Inc. demonstrates high-speed container handling with a line anchored by the NECOSORT-III High-Speed Plastic Bottle Unscrambler that uses only two moving parts and is capable of handling lightweighted bottles.
January 24, 2009
Containers
Panel-free bottle for Hispanic-inspired tea
Glass-look 16-oz PET bottles are wrapped in interpretive-design labels.
January 16, 2009
Filling/capping, dry
All-Fill's Jack Jones' untimely death
It is with great sadness that All-Fill announces the death of its Vice President of Sales, Mr. Jack H. Jones.
January 15, 2009
Containers
Sustainability's bottom line
The process of packaging—sourcing materials, design, transportation, handling, and warehousing—is costly.
January 9, 2009
Flexibles
Sleeve film labels survive cold, moist conditions
Refrigerated dressings manufacturer improves label appearance and durability and enhances container tamper evidence.
January 8, 2009
Conveying & accumulation
Small is the new big
A tortilla chip maker invests in new bagging equipment to keep up with the trend in downsized bags.
January 8, 2009
Labels
DPT, Med-Health Pharma shed light on authentication solution
A pervasive air of secrecy makes trends in brand protection tough to track. But the following two pharmaceutical-based authentication efforts by DPT Laboratories and Med-Health Pharma shed light on some of the solutions being explored to combat counterfeiters, diverters, and gray marketers who appear to be broadening their horizons. (Alan Green, logistics director for DPT Laboratories, will discuss how the contract developer, manufacturer, and packager is implementing brand-protection strategies at the Brand-Protection Packaging Forum May 5, 2009 in Chicago.)
January 8, 2009
Conveying & accumulation
Costco snack pack operations
Costco’s in-house production for tubed snacks relies on three f/f/s units and four pick-and-place robots to produce a 24-count variety pack.
January 7, 2009
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