Sustainability

Highlights from PAF 2008

Space constraints prohibit an all-inclusive report on Packaging Automation Forum 2008, sponsored by Packaging World and Automation World magazines. But here’s a peek at what Unilever, Lilly, and P&G had to say.

August 31, 2008

Secondary Packaging: Page 190

Conveying & accumulation

Pack Expo is packed with solutions

Representatives from these two packaged goods companies will be front and center, shopping lists in hand, when Pack Expo International hits Chicago this Fall.

August 31, 2008

Secondary Packaging

A deep dive into case - ready seafood

Fresher Than Fresh uses MAP trays to create case-ready seafood.

August 31, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Del Monte pounces on Meow Mix pouch line

Robotic case-loading system at Del Monte Pet Foods propels pouch production into an automated tiger.

August 31, 2008

Sustainability

'Green' strategy makes economic (dollars and) cents

An interview with Carmen Corrado, vice president of pharmaceutical manufacturing for Roche, Nutley, NJ.

August 31, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Compact, customized palletizing

Schneider now offers customized versions of the Robox plug-and-play robotic palletizer to increase productivity and save costs even in less-than-ideal conditions or footprints.

August 31, 2008

Cartoning

Carton sealer's a keeper

Equipment, materials boost the production and look of Inland Market's cartoned fish.

August 31, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Fresher Than Fresh fish caught in case-ready trays

The packaging for case-ready MAP trays at Fresher Than Fresh (FTF), Gastonia, NC.

August 29, 2008

Flexible packaging

Edson debuts delta robot case packer

Edson, specialists in case packing of hard-to-handle flexible packages, introduces an all-new, ELAU-enabled delta robot packer, the RPd 270, at PACK EXPO booth N-4345

August 28, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

The power of cooperation

Whenever I’m asked what I like best about my job, the answer is always the same: plant visits.

August 27, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Automated palletizer with two pallet loading stations

Video from Ring Pack shows pallets automatically loaded in one station while completed pallets are removed from the second station. Once pallet loading is complete, the B30 automatically continues pallet loading of the empty pallet.

August 22, 2008

Secondary Packaging

New executive VP for Goodman Packaging Equipment

Goodman Packaging Equipment has hired Randy Spahr as the company’s Executive Vice President.

August 21, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Semi-automatic side-belt driven case sealer

Compact and durable design, easy to operate, and side-belt-driven unit is well-suited for sealing narrow cases.

August 15, 2008