Case/Tray Packing

Sugar Producer Emphasizes Flexibility in End-of-Line Solution

British Sugar replaces a 38-year-old end-of-line system with two tray packers and seven automatic palletizers with robotic layer preparation to handle a wide array of product formats and sizes.

July 25, 2024

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Thermoform/fill/seal

Centralized Vacuum Drives Tortilla Pick-and-Place, MAP Packaging

A central vacuum system designed for ten packaging machines helps Paulig Belgium save more than $21,000 per year on energy and maintenance costs.

June 26, 2024

Case/Tray Packing

Nuspark Rebrands as RYCHIGER

Rychiger

New brand combines Nuspark's expertise with Rychiger's heritage, offering comprehensive packaging solutions—and help with pronunciation.

May 21, 2024

PMMI News

Chris Calabrese of Fallas Automation Has Passed

Fallas Automation Inc.

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

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