PMMI News

Chris Calabrese of Fallas Automation Has Passed

Please join us in celebrating and memorializing the life of Chris Calabrese of Fallas Automation, who touched so many lives.

May 14, 2024

Case/Tray Packing: Page 4

Case/Tray Packing

Gentle Case Packing Cures Broken Bottle Blues

The ascendancy of contract packaging means that once-neglected bottling lines are coming back strong. Here’s how Yards Brewing switched drop pack operations to pick and place, reducing scrap to the minimum, both for its own and its contract customers.

March 8, 2024

Secondary Packaging

Hardy Beverages Selects SOMIC’s Automated Packaging System for Growth Phase

SOMIC Packaging, Inc.

Carolyn Hardy's Hardy Beverages implements SOMIC case packer to meet ambitious sales goals for its hydrogen-infused water products.

March 5, 2024

Robotics

Senator Amy Klobuchar Visits Delkor Systems

Delkor Systems

Senator Klobuchar tours Delkor's new facility — alongside PMMI Chair Patty Andersen — and discusses resources available for manufacturers to expand export opportunities.

March 1, 2024

Secondary Packaging

Cama North America Adds Carlos Yat to Sales Team

Cama North America

Yat's position as Sales Director, Central America, will include the territories of Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico.

March 4, 2024

Case erect/seal

Experience the Future of Bag-in-Box Automation with Niverplast at PACK EXPO East

Niverplast

Visit Booth #1844 at PACK EXPO East in Philadelphia, where Niverplast will showcase its automated CombiPlast and SpeedyFold Bag-In-Box solutions.

February 12, 2024

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Indiana Winery Upgrades Bottling, Nearly Doubles Capacity

Faced with an increase in demand driven partly by the pandemic, Oliver Winery now routinely fills 750-mL glass bottles at 12,000 bph as opposed to the 7,000 done formerly.

February 6, 2024

Operational Excellence

End User Trends, Legislation Fuel Packaging Machinery Market Growth

FDA and EU regulations, along with increasing end user demands to add flexibility and cut waste, are driving global packaging machinery growth.

January 12, 2024

Bagging & Pouching

Automating Snack Bag Line Cuts Labor Costs by 40%

Two continuous-motion baggers feed into a single case packing operation that has made it possible for Darlington Snacks to double production while cutting labor costs.

January 11, 2024

Multipacking

Top 10 of 2023 – No. 6: Filler, Seamer Lets Contract Brewer Keep D.O. Low

To contract craft brewer The Brutalist and its owner King State Beer, dissolved oxygen is four-letter word. A new filler and seamer combo keeps D.O. low and the beer quality high, while paperboard multipacks help to make an impact on the shelf.

December 28, 2023

Cartoning

SOMIC Opens Subsidiary in Bangkok

SOMIC Packaging, Inc.

In December 2023, German packaging OEM manufacturer SOMIC is expanding its sales, after-sales, and engineering expertise covering the South-East Asian markets from its newly founded subsidiary SOMIC Packaging Asia Pacific Co. Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand.

November 27, 2023

Secondary Packaging

Case packing case studies

Peruse our curated list of case packing case studies and application stories.

November 27, 2023

Cartoning

Dan Schmidt Appointed Vice President and General Manager for ESS Technologies

ESS Technologies, Inc.

In his new role, Schmidt will lead the overall operations of ESS Technologies, a Pacteon Co., with a focus on delivering to the Pacteon Promise to Make it Right.

October 6, 2023