US craft brewer automates bottle packaging process
12 August, 2014The Fort Collins Brewery in Colorado, US, upgraded its facility with a range of machinery, including packaging equipment from Pearson Packaging Systems.
Cardia establishes Brazilian manufacturing plant
12 August, 2014Due to high demand for its retail carry bags, Cardia Bioplastics has set up its own film and bag manufacturing plant in São Paulo, Brazil. The company has leased new purpose-built facilities and plans to commence operations in September 2014.
'Smooth as silk' filling machine for Tofutown
05 August, 2014Tofutown has become one of Europe's leading producers of meat and dairy alternatives manufactured from plant sources. The company uses filling technology from SIG Combibloc and uses a CFA 310 filling machine for its range of soy and rice drinks.
Cermex VersaBloc packaging system
08 July, 2014The Cermex VersaBloc is a packaging system designed to assist the dry part of a packaging line to react quickly to changes in packing rhythms, formats and patterns, with multiple changeovers each day.
Suck it up - vacuum packing fresh meat
07 July, 2014The vacuum pump remains at the heart of every packaging machine. The quality of the vacuum pump largely defines the quality of the packaging machine and, therefore, the quality of the packaging.
Serac filler capper
03 July, 2014Designed for the home and personal care (HPC) market, the filler capper from Serac tackles the issue of production downtimes by reducing the number of changeovers and speeding up those which cannot be avoided.
Domino A520i CIJ printer
02 July, 2014The A520i continuous ink jet (CIJ) printer, from Domino, is a resilient printer designed for challenging production environments and comes wrapped in an IP55 marine-grade stainless steel cabinet, with IP66 sealed electronics enclosure.
ADM Packaging Technology ADM-XD20 pre-made pouch packing machine
30 June, 2014The ADM-XD20, engineered and built to local standards, packs the large, demanding, pre-made bags that many machines fail to do. It performs well with bags that need better handling for the effects of bridging, high-filling demands and rigorous settling.
Sick RapCo rapid changeover system for packaging machines
25 June, 2014RapCo is a complete plug-and-play rapid changeover system for automated format adjustment in packaging machines, consisting of positioning drives, sensors, a control unit, software, a display and wiring.
Sick Flexi Loop safety sensor integration
23 June, 2014The Flexi Loop safety controller enables the cascading of safe switches and sensors, with which safety doors and servicing panels on machines are protected.
HBM Plastics & Packaging Technologies SIPA Flextronic multiple product liquid fillers
17 June, 2014HBM has available SIPA's Flextronic line of modular volumetric liquid fillers. The system can fill multiple products on the same line and is suitable for carbonated, still, hot fill up to 95°C, cold fill, pulp or non pulp, water and juice.
Bosch Packaging Technology biscuit packaging line
12 June, 2014Bosch Packaging Technology has released a biscuit packaging line which is capable of fast slug to pile changeovers with the same feeding components.
Bosch GD33 Delta robotic packaging machine
12 June, 2014Bosch has released improvements to its robotic packaging machine portfolio with the launch of the GD33 Delta robot.
John Morris Scientific 90° peel fixture for use with the Brookfield CT3 tester
11 June, 2014John Morris Scientific has released a 90° peel fixture for use with the Brookfield CT3 tester. The device measures the adhesion force between two materials.
Impact Automation packaging automation equipment
30 May, 2014Impact Automation can combine new and existing equipment to improve production KPIs and targets.
