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Sustainable Packaging
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Labeling
10 questions to ask your automation supplier
Standards may make it hard to tell controllers apart, but a functional specification makes it easy.
December 31, 2004
Rigid: Page 216
Containers
Seagram's becomes 'cooler' for winter
After nearly 20 years, Seagram’s Cooler beverages are now available in a completely new packaging presentation: new glass bottle, label, and graphics.
December 31, 2004
Labels
Holiday launch for three-packs
Aunt Lydia’s Italian Crème toppings are now available in multiflavor three-packs from FACT Corp., Freehold, NJ, in two packaging formats.
December 31, 2004
Flexible packaging
Club stores stay 'hot' with packaging a key to sales
Recent developments focus on the effective use of display pallets and new ways of reining in costs. It’s a singular outlook on “shelf impact.”
December 31, 2004
Containers
Developing exclusive packaging, shelf impact for bulk water bottles (sidebar)
Club stores and other upscale retailers like unusual or exclusive products to differentiate their stores from competitors. Packaging can provide that exclusivity, and the WaterBall is a package currently under development that illustrates the point.
December 31, 2004
Containers
Ginger Nuts go for an upgrade
Higher throughput with reduced labor costs is among the paybacks gained by United Biscuits since the firm automated its Ginger Nuts biscuit line in Carlisle, England.See video
December 31, 2004
Protective/transport packaging
New controls bring smooth production
A flawed drives and controls package in this converting system had to be replaced before the machine could be returned to production.
December 31, 2004
Containers
Vinegars veer from glass to PET
Rising resin costs don’t deter plans to please customers by making a switch from glass to plasic. ‘We may extend PET usage for some other products in our line.’
December 31, 2004
Flexible packaging
FDA rings bell for antidepressant class
For the first time, FDA urges manufacturers to put an entire class of medications into unit-of-use packaging.
December 31, 2004
Controls & Machine Components
Don't miss "Make2Pack"
Why ELAU supports a new standards effort to streamline the supply chain by integrating manufacturing with packaging.
November 30, 2004
Containers
Technology opens a door at P&G
By hitching its wagon to that increasingly bright star called servo technology, P&G gains flexibility, increased capacity, and better utilization of equipment assets.
November 30, 2004
Controls & Machine Components
Data acquisition (sidebar)
Improved data acquisition is another benefit that grew out of Project Front Door, says process engineer Bjorn Kinze. The Line Event Data System (LEDS) now in place on the new tube line at Gross Gerau increases productivity by maximizing output through minimizing stops and downtime.
November 30, 2004
Containers
Understanding the packaging line (sidebar)
Prescription Solutions’ pharmacy manager Dave Booher explains that the company’s automated fulfillment packaging line in Carlsbad, CA, stretches 160’ in one direction, makes a 1’-radius turn, and runs right back.
November 30, 2004
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Hot Melt Filling System
ProSys Fill offers the Flex Fill 120, a fully automatic hot melt filling system designed for high-speed, high-precision filling of products like deodorant sticks.
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