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May 13, 2008

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The case for outsourcing a packaging line to a machinery supplier

White paper from Serpa makes the case for using machinery suppliers versus systems integrators or tie-up in-house resources for packaging line projects.

May 13, 2008

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Copolymer for hot melt

Dexco Polymers has commercialized a new grade of Vector® styrenic block copolymer designed for the hot- melt adhesive label market.

May 13, 2008

Automation & Digital Transformation

Operations execution system

Apriso has introduced FlexNet®, an Operations Execution System with a set of preconfigured, best-practice business processes for manufacturers of flexible, folding, paper, PET, metal, and glass packaging who are transitioning from regional to global distribution strategies.

May 13, 2008

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Packaging Law Forum

Join us for the Packaging Law Forum on June 17th at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago and hear from nationally recognized experts in a one-day seminar offering ample opportunity for interaction and questions.

May 13, 2008

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Shelf Impact! Package Design Workshop

Join us at a Shelf Impact! Package Design Workshop. Learn about retail trends, consumer preferences, and strategies to help you create packages that deliver bottom-line results! Our one-day, inter-active program is ideal for designers and other professionals with limited time and resources.

May 13, 2008

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Sustainability news and events

May 12, 2008

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Kellogg converter compendium

One of the converters on the project, Exopack (www.exopack.com), in Battle Creek, MI, has been a supplier to Kellogg for more than four decades, but was new to Toray.

May 12, 2008

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Upgraded shrink packer

The Douglas Contour™ SPS-75 shrink packer has expanded capabilities to pack products into trays on pads, u-boards, and now film only.

May 12, 2008

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Makeover for makeup powder packaging

For its Dream Matte Powder compact product, Maybelline New York wanted an innovative package design.

May 12, 2008

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1-lb carton set to churn up bigger butter sales

Prompted by changing demographics and time-starved U.S. consumers, Land O’Lakes, St. Paul, MN, is serving up more variety and convenience to butter packaging with a new stick configuration within its flagship 1-lb package sizes.

May 12, 2008

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PMMI predicts mixed growth for 2008

The latest report from the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (www.pmmi.org) adds another piece to solving the puzzle that is the U.S. economy.

May 12, 2008

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Automation Shines at Heinz

At the Heinz Pocatello, ID, plant, Smart Ones frozen meals are run through a highly automated line that includes automatic depositing of a vegetable/rice mixture (www.multi-fill.com), weighing of protein chunks (chicken, pork, etc.) on a pair of combination scales (www.yamatocorp.com), sauce depositing (www.raque.com), heat sealing of film to filled trays (www.raque.com), metal detecting (www.mt.com), lane dividing, tray infeed to cartoner (www.rajones.oystar-group.com), laser coding of cartons (www.domino-printing.com), vision inspection of cartons (www.cognex.com), metal detection (www.mt.com), case packing (www.douglas-machine.com), case coding (www.markem-imaje.com), and case code inspection (www.cognex.com).

May 12, 2008