Flexibles

Canine candy for all markets

Chomp is a ‘virtual’ company that now sells candy for dogs just about anywhere candy for people is available.

January 31, 2003

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Rating systems integrators

Packagers will increasingly rely on outside vendors for packaging line integration, according to a new online survey.

December 31, 2002

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Quick changeover liquid filler

NJM/CLI (Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada) introduces the FLX 1200 liquid filler that features a modular design providing production line flexibility and quick, simple changeover.

October 31, 2002

Contract Packaging

How the recession affected packaging (sidebar)

Who participated in survey

September 30, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Automation closes Pandora's box

Pandora Manufacturing, a contract packager of liquids from Pandora, OH, has increased the consistency of corrugated shipping cartons by 30% with the installation of four A.B. Sealer case erectors.

September 30, 2002

Contract packaging

Tube Council winner

Tandem Oral Care earned Most Innovative Tube award for its unusual dental floss and flouride product in the 2001 Tube of the Year Awards conducted by The Tube Council (Montclair, NJ).

July 31, 2002

Contract Packaging

Salaries satisfy (sidebar)

Who participated in survey

June 30, 2002

Conveying & accumulation

Clever layout enhances bottling efficiency

At the San Manuel Bottled Water Group’s new plant, one automated line requires just five operators for 350 bpm output. See in-plant video

June 30, 2002

Contract Packaging

Distributors remain big factor in purchases (sidebar)

Survey participants

May 31, 2002

Contract Packaging

Survey says researching is the #1 online tool

In a recent Packworld.com survey, 71% of the packaging buyers who responded said that of all the uses they have for the Internet, doing research is most valuable.

April 30, 2002

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Understanding packaging security risks

More than 140 attendees at a recent PMMI conference heard from FDA and other officials about minimizing company security risks.

April 30, 2002

Contract Packaging

Women's work (sidebar)

Who participated

April 30, 2002

Flexible packaging

Avail Medical: Upgraded vf/f/s pharma poucher

At this contract packager of medical and pharmaceutical products, isolated in a curtained area, the vf/f/s machine drops the six-up packets to a takeaway conveyor at a rate of 60 cycles/min.

March 31, 2002