Sutherland Packaging Enjoys 30% Growth in 2017

Sutherland Packaging (sutherlandpackaging.com), a leader in corrugated point-of-purchase (POP) displays and packaging for retail locations and club stores, saw a 30% year-over-year jump in business from 2016 to 2017, with the upward trend expected to continue well into 2018. Driven by a spike in demand, the growth directly led to some three dozen new employees,…

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Meat Processing Equipment Market Size Worth $16.22 Billion By 2025

The global meat processing equipment market size is expected to reach USD 16.22 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. (grandviewresearch.com), exhibiting a CAGR of 6.2% during the forecast period. Rising demand for processed meat products owing to changing eating habits is anticipated propel industry growth over the forecast…

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New Rodless Cylinder Supports Compact Machine Design

As with the other double-acting rodless cylinders from Aventics (aventics.com/us), at the heart of the RTC-SB (slide bearing) is its oval piston shape. In relation to its size, it offers a very high load capacity. As a result, engineers can draft even more compact machine designs. Equipped with a lubrication-free slide bearing, the cylinder is…

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Rejuvenate Marine Cleaning Line Goes Flexible

Flexible Stand-Up Pouches Allow for Space Savings. By: Elisabeth Cuneo, Editor We chatted with President, CEO and Managing Member, Joe McDonnell of For Life Products. The company’s new Rejuvenate MARINE cleaning solutions was recognized by the Flexible Packaging Association with a Gold Flexible Packaging Achievement Award. The high-quality spouted pouches and trigger sprayer pouches from…

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Flexible Packaging and Its Closures

Bags and Pouches Boast Premium Closures Designed for Various Markets. By: Elisabeth Cuneo, Editor Flexible packaging is growing across various markets, including cannabis. We chat with Todd Meussling, Senior Manager, Market Development, Fresh-Lock® at Presto Products Company about new closures for the industry, the importance of resealability and what’s new with sliders. Packaging Technology Today:…

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Latest Technology in Shrink Wrapping Automation Supports Sustainability

By: Al Kiggans Sustainability is growing in importance in all industry sectors. The packaging industry is no exception, considering its high usage of plastic and paper materials. Along with the need for increasingly higher process efficiency and throughput volumes, sustainability has become a much higher profile component in packaging machinery, and more so is being…

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Toray Plastics (America)’s Torayfan® Over the Mountain BOPP Films Receive Top Honor

Toray Plastics (America), Inc.’s (toraytpa.com) Torayfan® Over the Mountain (OTM) films technology received AIMCAL’s (aimcal.org) 2018 Product Excellence award in the category of Coated, Laminated, or Metallized Product. Tammy Williamson, Associate Product Manager, Torayfan Division, accepted the award, which was presented on March 23, during AIMCAL’s annual management meeting. Toray’s Over the Mountain BOPP packaging…

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Developments in The Nonalcoholic Segment

Data provided by Grand View Research shows that the global nonalcoholic beverage market size was valued at USD 967.3 billion in 2016. The market is projected to grow at an estimated CAGR of 5.8% from 2017 to 2025. The growth of the market is explained by several factors including rising disposable income, population growth, and…

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New Work Light Designed to Efficiently Illuminate Workspaces

PATLITE (U.S.A.) Corporation (patlite.com), a leading provider of innovative LED signal lights, sounders, and network-enabled alerts announces a new product release. The CWF, an industrial-grade LED work light designed to efficiently illuminate workstations, machinery, and control cabinets. Featuring energy efficient, long-life LEDs, the CWF provides bright, even light through a diffused lens creating safe and…

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Craft Brewer Oskar Blues and Dow Collaborate on Printed Collation Shrink Packaging

Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics (dowpackaging.com) a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, is collaborating with craft beer brewer Oskar Blues along with plastics converter Berry Global (berryglobal.com) and Ampacet (ampacet.com) – a leader in color masterbatch technologies – to produce the industry’s first printed collation shrink packaging in the United States for the…

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Wallace Carlson Printing Adds Color-Logic Metallic Printing Techniques to its Inline Production Capabilities

Wallace Carlson Printing (wallacecarlson.com) has deployed Color-Logic (color-logic.com) technologies that enable it to produce metallic and dimensional effects on the paper and paperboard used in its print and packaging applications. This new investment strengthens Wallace Carlson’s technology portfolio and enhances customers’ ability to differentiate and protect their brands. “We’re running the Color-Logic system, with its…

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Gluten-Free Crackers Launch in Versatile Packaging

La Panzanella® Artisanal Foods Co., maker of the top-selling Croccantini® gourmet cracker, introduces its line of Gluten-Free Oat Thins cracker. The new Oat Thins cater to the growing population that seeks snack options that are healthy and flavorful yet conform to a gluten-restricted diet. Launching this summer, Oat Thins will come in three great-tasting flavors with…

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World Wide Packaging to Introduce Chic New Solutions

World Wide Packaging LLC. (WWP; wwpinc.com), a leading provider of cosmetic packaging components, plastic tubes, and full service turnkey solutions will feature several new products at Luxe Pack New York, May 16-17, the premier trade show dedicated to creative and luxury packaging. At the show, WWP will premiere a set of solutions for lipsticks, lip…

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Matrox Imaging Vision Academy Announces Software Trainings for Spring 2018

Matrox® Imaging is offering onsite classroom training on the Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) 10 software development kit (SDK) (June 4 to June 7) and the Matrox Design Assistant integrated development environment (IDE) (May 30 to June 1) at their headquarters in Montreal, Canada. Students can choose to register for either one or both classes. Register early to receive a 20%…

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API Group Provides the Perfect Finish for VIA Alliance™ Brands

Brand empowerment specialist API Group (apigroup.com) will enhance Haney’s creative and technical packaging offering, as part of a collaborative partnership. Haney (haneyprc.com), a specialist in packaging prototyping, has welcomed API to its VIA Alliance™ program, opening new opportunities for the Haney’s consumer packaged goods clients across the US. API is a leading manufacturer and distributer…

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Systech Illinois’ Latest Coulometric Sensor Technology in Oxygen Transmission Rate Analyzers

Systech Illinois, the leading global supplier of process, permeation and headspace analyzers announces the fully automatic OxySense Model 8100e Oxygen Transmission Rate Analyzer. The all-new OxySense Model 8100e is fully automatic and has been engineered along with Systech Illinois’ proprietary high-sensitivity, wide-range eMetricTM coulometric sensor to provide full compliance with ASTM D3985 in a feature-rich,…

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Bona Hardwood Floor Cleaning Line Sees Redesign

Rigid packaging leader TricorBraun (tricorbraun.com) recently partnered with Bona®, the world leader in hardwood floor care and maintenance, on a packaging redesign project to align aesthetics and improve functionality of the Bona family of hard floor surface cleaning products. Improvements maintained Bona’s existing retail footprint while including an “anti-glug” feature and an ergonomic handle. According…

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