Mondo & Scaglione monoblock for erecting and closing bag-in-box cases
12 October, 2012The Mondo & Scaglione monoblock has been designed to enable the erection of a bag-in-box case, which has short lower flaps, then for the box to be filled and finally closed with hot melt glue.
New aseptic packaging line for iced tea range
04 October, 2012Benco Pack has recently installed a new fully aseptic packaging line for Fonti di Vinadio, manufacturer of the well-known Sant’ Anna mineral water brand.
Air vane motor helps gravure printer make an impression
27 September, 2012Using a Deprag air motor along with a Moog1 TBR Compact printing press enables gravure printing specialist Moog to produce high-quality packaging for Amcor in Switzerland.
Bosch modifies its Elematic case packer to handle jars
24 August, 2012Bosch has updated its Elematic 3000 S case packer. Designed for organic product manufacturer Rapunzel Naturkost, this version of the machine is engineered to handle glass jars.
tna robagFXIS 3ci series VFFS machine for polyethylene packaging
20 August, 2012tna is releasing the tna robagFXIS 3ci series vertical form fill and seal (VFFS) machine for polyethylene (PE) packaging.
Football fever hits the bottled water market in Ukraine
09 August, 2012As part of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship festivities, SIPA of Italy worked with IDS Ukraine to develop special football-shaped Morshinka branded mineral water.
Urschel launches new website
06 August, 2012Urschel Laboratories has launched its new English website, featuring large graphics and simple navigation.
Penta 2200 vertical form, fill and seal machine
31 July, 2012Accolade Packaging is showing the Penta 2200 vertical form, fill and seal machine for the first time in New Zealand at Foodtech Packtech 2012.
tna robag 3ci vertical form fill seal bagger
30 July, 2012Packaging solutions supplier tna will introduce its new high-performance VFFS (vertical form fill seal) bagger at Foodtech Packtech 2012.
Reactive Engineering Flow vertical bagging machine
30 July, 2012Reactive Engineering NZ will exhibit its Flow fully sanitary stainless steel high-speed vertical bagging machine at Foodtech Packtech 2012.
Chadwicks Sleeves launches braille shrink sleeve
19 July, 2012Chadwicks Sleeves has launched a shrink sleeve incorporating braille, offering brands the opportunity to improve shelf appeal and reduce costs while adhering to European legislation for medical products.
Hygienic milk powder packing
27 June, 2012Chronos BTH has recently installed and commissioned a high-accuracy bagging and palletising system for milk powder sector company Emmi Milch, Switzerland.
Measuring the migration of ink in packaging
27 June, 2012A Food Standards Agency UK research study, contracted by Pira International during November 2008 to April 2011, has developed screening tests for visible and non-visible set-off. The project developed a scanner for measuring the total surface area of patches of visible set-off on the food contact surface of packaging, and exposure techniques and analytical methods which allowed the measurement of individual ink components on the food contact surface of packaging. The extent of migration of these ink components from packaging into food was also quantified.
Krones’ FlexiFruit pre-dosing system
26 June, 2012The FlexiFruit pre-dosing system is part of an holistic system from Krones that is able to offer a seamless concept covering both process and filling technologies for producing and bottling beverages that contain fruit chunks and fruit fibres.
Multivac automatic tray sealer
26 June, 2012Multivac has optimised the performance of its automatic tray-sealer models. It is equipping its automatic tray- sealer models, the T 700, T 800 and T 850, with dies which have greater lengths and widths. This results in increasing the performance of these tray sealers in relation to the number of packs per cycle.