PG Tips Launches Fully Biodegradable Tea Bags

Unilever tea brand, PG tips, is launching tea bags that are 100% biodegradable: removing the plastic polypropylene which is commonly used as a sealant. The material in the tea bags is plant-based and 100% renewable and biodegradable. Meanwhile the Co-op, a UK retailer, is also working to make its own-brand Fairtrade 99 tea bags free…

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Keystone Folding Box Company Introduces Line of Packaging Solutions for Injectable Pharma Products

Keystone Folding Box Co. (keyboxco.com), a designer and cGMP manufacturer of paperboard packaging solutions, has introduced a line of secondary packaging systems for injectable pharma products. Available in a variety of tailored features and in both all-paperboard and plastic-hybrid formats, solutions are available for prefilled syringes, auto-injector pens, vials and ampoules, as well as combinations…

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Introducing Milk in a Stick

Milk in a Stick is ideal for foodservice operators looking to offer high-quality, ambient-temperature milk in portion control to support their hot beverage service. Available in whole milk, reduced fat milk and creamer, Milk in a Stick provides a straightforward choice to consumers: Each stick contains only one ingredient. Milk in a Stick offers numerous…

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WPO Members Participate In International Events Promoting The Importance Of Packaging

Between February and April 2018, some WPO (World Packaging Organization; worldpackaging.org) members are participating in exhibitions and seminars, representing the Organization and promoting the importance of packaging. At PlastIndia 2018 (February 7-12 – Gujarat state, Western region of India), the Director of the Indian Institute of Packaging, Dr. N. C. Saha, a very active Board…

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FPA Announces 2018 Flexible Packaging Achievement Award Winners

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) has announced the winners of its 62nd Annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition. The winning entries were recognized during the FPA Welcome Dinner & Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Ceremony held Tuesday, March 13th in conjunction with the 2018 FPA Annual Meeting (March 13-15) at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples, Florida.…

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Dorner Appoints New Territory Sales Manager for Indiana

Scott Volk has been appointed Territory Sales Manager covering Indiana for Dorner Mfg. Corp (dornerconveyors.com). Volk will be working with sales channel partners and key accounts to grow the company’s industrial and sanitary conveyor business throughout the state. Volk comes to Dorner with more than 10 years of territory sales experience in automation, fluid power, and…

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Apace Fast Tracks Serialization with New High-Speed Bottling Line from NJM

Apace Packaging focuses all aspects of its contract packing business on fulfilling customers’ every need. Serving the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries, Apace maintain the strictest standards for quality while offering competitively priced products. Seeking best-in-class technology, Apace turned to NJM (NJMPackaging.com) and installed a new solid-dose bottling line with track-and-trace capabilities in 2017. NJM provided…

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Inspire A New Generation of Recyclers and Tree Lovers This Spring

With spring right around the corner, now is the time to decide how you will celebrate Earth Day in your community. One unique option is the TICCIT® program. Short for “Trees Into Cartons, Cartons Into Trees,” TICCIT allows companies and nonprofits to hold fun, hands-on events that teach elementary school children about the importance of trees and how to recycle paper and paperboard…

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SencorpWhite Announces its Newest, Most Innovative Thermoforming Machine to Date – the Ultra 2

SencorpWhite (sencorpwhite.com), Hyannis, Massachusetts, announces the release of the Ultra 2. Designed for multiple industries looking for more precision and control of form and trim, along with efficiency, the Ultra 2 is equipped with a more robust, heavy-duty, rail transport system, unmatched in the industry. This new rail transport system allows our clients the ability…

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Recognizing & Rewarding Excellence at Industrial Pack 2018

The industrial packaging industry will be gathering in Atlanta to celebrate excellence as the winners of the inaugural Industrial Pack Awards are announced at 5:30pm on April 4 in the Networking Bar at Industrial Pack 2018. The event will provide the world’s first recognition of those organizations and individuals within the industrial packaging community that…

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Pacprocess Tehran 2018 Online Exhibitor Registration Open

Online exhibitor registration for pacprocess Tehran 2018 is now open at pacprocess-tehran.com. The exhibitor registration deadline is June 30, 2018. The second edition of the trade fair will be held from October 4 – 7, 2018 at Iran’s newest exhibition center – the Shahr-e-Aftab (Exhibiran International). pacprocess Tehran is part of the Messe Düsseldorf interpack…

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Matrox Imaging Releases Major MIL 10 Software Update with Deep Learning Offer

Matrox® Imaging (matrox.com/imaging) releases the Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) 10 Processing Pack 3 software update featuring a CPU-based, image classification module which makes use of deep learning technology for machine vision applications. Processing Pack 3 also includes the addition of a photometric stereo tool to bring out hard to spot surface anomalies and a new…

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New Cup Filler from Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery

Cleaner design and faster changeovers are just two of the many benefits of the new Cup Filler from Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery (spee-dee.com). The Cup Filler designed for dispensing free-flowing dry products such as beans, pet food, snacks, rice and candy accurately and efficiently, comes with a new solid machined-aluminum base design with no openings and…

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At SNAXPO18, ProMach Showcases Automated Bagging and Labeling Solutions

ProMach (ProMachBuilt.com), a family of best-in-class packaging solution brands serving manufacturers of all sizes and geographies, introduces to the snack food industry at SNAXPO18, March 12-14 in the Georgia World Congress Center, its most flexible and highest speed integrated bagging and labeling solution – the Morpheus with Flex-Pac™ labeler. Also, at the ProMach booth, personnel…

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Toray Plastics (America) Launches its Third Generation Of Torayfan® Films

Consumer demand for fresh, shelf-stable food in transparent packaging and CPG companies’ preference for a PVdC-free, high-barrier film that delivers extended shelf life performance have driven the development of Toray Plastics (America)’s (toraytpa.com) third generation of Torayfan® clear, high-barrier BOPP films. The new Torayfan CB3 portfolio is manufactured with Toray’s proprietary formulation and a patented…

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Positive Growth for Printpack Alger 2018

Due to the increasing interest in the North and West African market, as well as the high level of satisfaction at the previous event, printpack alger 2018 is showing positive growth. The 6th International Trade Fair for Print Technologies and Packaging for Algeria, the Maghreb and West Africa will take place from March 11 –…

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Eagle Product Inspection Unveils Advanced X-ray Product Line

At Anuga FoodTec 2018, Eagle Product Inspection (eaglepi.com) will launch a new high-level x-ray inspection product line for the packaged food industry. In addition, Eagle will showcase other equipment designed for specific applications: the RMI 400 for advanced detection in poultry and meat and the Tall PRO XSDV for inspecting tall rigid containers. The systems…

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PAC Machinery Appoints Matt Litscher to Key Regional Sales Manager Position

PAC Machinery (pacmachinery.com), a leader in the heat sealing and flexible packaging industry, announced today that they have hired a new packaging industry professional to manage their Northeastern territory which extends from Western Kentucky to the Northernmost reaches of Maine. Owing to increased sales activity, PAC Machinery has expanded sales regions with the Northeastern region…

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