CASE STUDY: CRAFT BEER

Tennessee Craft Brewer Gains Efficiency, Precision and Quality Control Submitted by Siemens When John Henritze was 18, a senior class trip took him to Virginia’s Busch Gardens Williamsburg. While there, he and some buddies toured the brewery, where the idea of a brewing career first struck him. His aspiration stuck with him during college –…

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Spartech Joins in Fight Against COVID-19

Thanks to a donation of essential plastic materials by Spartech, a Wisconsin-based company has been able to produce 20,000 face shields to help protect first responders and healthcare workers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Spartech is a manufacturer of engineered thermoplastics and custom packaging solutions. “We recognize the need to support healthcare workers…

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Sustainability Improvements in Packaging and Logistics

Sustainable development is reportedly of great importance for Verstraete IML. The company continuously strives to minimize its impact on the environment. Its core business, in mould labelling, contributes to environment protection: the packaging and the label are made of the same material. This forms a mono packaging that can be fully recycled and enables Verstraets…

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RRD Appoints Lisa Pruett to President of North America Packaging Solutions

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (RRD) announced the appointment of Lisa Pruett to president of RRD Packaging Solutions. Pruett steps into the position following the retirement of Brad Ross, who was instrumental in developing the packaging business into a key growth offering for the company. As president of RRD Packaging Solutions, Pruett will be responsible…

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Z-Incline Elevates IQF 14 Feet

Multi-Conveyor recently built a stainless steel vertical scoop flight elevator that raises fresh frozen fruit over 14 ft. in a small footprint. The operator manually loads bulk individually quick frozen (IQF) product into a specially designed infeed hopper where it will accumulate until the conveyor can take it away. The product inclines and then discharges…

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OnRobot Soft Gripper Brings Highly Flexible, Food-Grade-Certified Handling to Challenging Pick-and-Place Applications

The new OnRobot food-grade Soft Gripper is able to pick an array of irregular shapes and delicate items in food and beverage, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals production, as well as manufacturing or packaging. The flexible OnRobot Soft Gripper uses three interchangeable silicon-molded cups in star and four-finger configurations to pick up almost any small object under…

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NiceLabel to Provide Label Cloud Software to Organizations Free Fighting COVID-19

NiceLabel announced it is offering free subscriptions of its cloud-based labeling solution and technical consulting services to organizations that have joined the fight against COVID-19. The company has launched the non-commercial and non-profit-based initiative in order to help these organizations get much needed deliveries of medical equipment and supplies; respirators, disinfectants, masks or other critical…

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Capping and Sealing Breakthroughs

New materials and technologies in the segment assist brands in achieving various goals. By Liz Cuneo, Contributing Writer A key role of all packaging is to protect and contain the product inside, and prevent it from leaking, spilling and spoiling. The best way to do that is by ensuring a proper seal, or closure. Using…

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The GP-M3000 Pouch Filling System from Massman Automation Features Speed and Precision that Appeals to Cannabis Packers

The capabilities of Massman Automation Designs, LLC’s GP-M3000 pouch filling system have reportedly made it especially attractive to packagers of cannabis flowers in the growing cannabis industry, which requires precision pouch filling and handling. In many cases, the automated system replaces a manual filling operation, resulting in greater packaging consistency and greater productivity. The features…

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SACMI Packaging & Chocolate Opens Branch Office, R&D Center Outside Zurich

SACMI Packaging & Chocolate announced it has opened a branch office and tech center in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, to provide its global customers with value-added services alongside a dedicated R&D facility. The company notes the location is staffed with an experienced team of flow pack and packaging engineers and technicians with the goal of…

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A World of Change

By Joan Mantini Although the world as we know it has been rapidly changing these last few weeks (longer for some), and we are faced with more unknows and uncertainties than ever before, in Michigan, one thing remains constant… the toilet paper shortage! As an unforeseen factor in the 2020 industry growth prospects, the outbreak…

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