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Hartness collaborates on brand new beer line

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. chose Hartness Systems group to design and integrate one of the industry's quietest beer lines. Click to see how Hartness' DYNAC-centric line design, GlobalPack place packers and robotic palletizers ensure gentle handling of this craft brewery’s newest state of the art bottling line.

September 10, 2014

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AmbaFlex adds Rich Stokes and Victor Ortiz as area sales managers

Customized spiral material handling systems provider AmbaFlex has announced the addition of two new area sales managers: Rich Stokes, Area Sales Manager Midwest USA and
Victor Ortiz Area Sales Manager West-Southwest USA and Latin America.

September 9, 2014

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Pro Mach acquires Pace Packaging

Pro Mach, Inc. has announced the acquisition of Pace Packaging, manufacturer of automated bottle unscramblers and orientors, strengthening its global bottling and capping capabilities.

September 9, 2014

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Triangle Package Machinery names Ralph Hernandez as VP, sales and marketing

Triangle Package Machinery Company has appointed Ralph Hernandez as its new Vice President of Sales and Marketing; he brings with him a strong sales and marketing background with more than 30 years of experience in various areas of the packaging machinery industry including engineering, manufacturing, and general management.

September 8, 2014

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Pro Mach acquires Benchmark Automation

Pro Mach, Inc. has announced the acquisition of Benchmark Automation, manufacturer of specialty material handling solutions and packaging equipment; Benchmark complements Pro Mach’s existing material handling product line and strengthens capabilities in the food and bakery markets.

September 5, 2014

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Selig Group closure seal facility achieves BRC/GFSI Certification

Selig Group’s Forrest, IL closure seal manufacturing facility has received the highest level certification, Grade A, under the British Retail Consortium‘s (BRC) Global Standards for Packaging and Packaging Material; Selig is believed to be the only global liner supplier to have achieved this significant industry recognition.

September 5, 2014

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Joint venture between Life Packaging Technology and Mocon forms Life Pack Labs to provide innovative packaging technology solutions for pharma, medical devices

Life Pack Labs, a new packaging testing company, is a joint venture between Mocon, Inc. manufacturer of permeation instrumentation, and Life Packaging Technology LLC, package engineering services provider for life science products.

September 4, 2014

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Video reveals ease of use of new oxygen transmission rate tester

Unit can test both film and finished packages.

September 3, 2014

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Dude! Gluten rules!

Gluten rules, as the surfers might say, but not in the way they might mean it. It rules the lives of those who have to avoid it for health reasons, and even some who avoid it for the wrong reasons.

September 3, 2014

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AmeriStars award medical device tray

Boston Scientific’s ACUITY Pro lead delivery system package, designed and supplied by Nelipak Healthcare Packaging , was a Medical Device category winner at the recent IoPPAmeriStar & Visionary Awards ceremony during EastPackNew York.

September 3, 2014

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Industry Watch—September 2014

A quick look on the latest supplier news, mergers, expansions, and people as listed in the September 2014 issue of Packaging World.

September 3, 2014

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Understanding 'Millennial Moms'

Eric Staples, Senior Creative Strategist for Bluedog Design LLC—the company responsible for designing the packaging for Beech-Nut’s new 100% natural baby food—shares insights on the challenges of designing for 'Millennial Moms.'

September 3, 2014

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New antacid packaging delivers retail shelf presence

A portable package that includes a shapely bottle, easy-to-open liner, and tamper-evident closure gives the Tummy Company a unique retail shelf presence for its new Relief OTC™, an FDA-compliant, over-the-counter antacid aimed to help the estimated 25 million people in the U.S. suffering from heartburn and indigestion daily.

September 3, 2014