Drinking pouch for dogs
01 October, 2007 | Supplied by: Ampac Technologies Pty Ltd
Wetbone Company has launched water in a flexible drinking pouch package for dogs on the go. The dog bone-shaped pouch features two compartments with a reservoir for the purified, vitamin-enriched water at the bottom and a drinking bowl at the top
Packing truss tomatoes
27 September, 2007
Two automated packing lines being purpose-built in the Netherlands for deVineRipe's 8.2 hectare truss tomato facility in South Australia will incorporate the first technology of its kind used in glasshouse production in Australia
Shelf impact after a month at sea
24 September, 2007
UK-based Ashbury Confectionery recently gave UK converter Printing and Packaging Ltd the delicate task to design a chocolate pack with shelf impact for a new business with a retailer in Australia
Coding millions of cans
20 September, 2007 | Supplied by: Tronics NZ Ltd
More than 300 million cans have been coded in each of the past five years by four ultra high-speed ink jet printers on production lines at a Hastings factory
Marks & Spencer saves on salad pack
17 September, 2007
In the UK a Waste & Resources Action Program (WRAP) funded project is trialing an innovative way to seal flexible film bags and pouches, which is claimed to save at least 10% of the packaging material used on those products
Vertical form, fill and seal packaging systems
14 September, 2007 | Supplied by: TNA Solutions Pty Ltd
tna has introduced the robag3 high-performance vertical form fill and seal (VFFS) packaging system. The robag VVFS system has a high fill rate, good film efficiency and low wastage.
Capping machine
12 September, 2007 | Supplied by: Capson Australia
The Capson CH-1000 series is a fully automatic capping machine which unscrambles and applies plastic or metal caps to glass, plastic or metal containers. It is built in two configurations: indexed starwheel or inline.
Filler for ready meals and prepared salads
12 September, 2007 | Supplied by: HBM Packaging Technologies
The MPFMP-060 semi-automatic pocket filler dispenses clean, accurate portions of a wide range of difficult-to-fill products, such as cooked rice or pastas, cut vegetables and fruit, prepared salads, cereal, seafood and shredded meats into a variety of containers including trays, cups, plates, jars and pouches.
Labelling premium smallgoods
10 September, 2007 | Supplied by: insignia Pty Ltd
Barkly Continental is a supplier of top grade, hand made specialty European-style hams, sausages, and other pickled and smoked pork products
Bottling soft drinks in PET
10 August, 2007 | Supplied by: KHS Pacific Pty Ltd
The KHS Innofill DRV is a filling system especially developed for the filling of soft drinks in PET bottles. Several versions of the Innofill DRV are available that are entirely oriented towards the product range to be filled by each beverage operation. From the 0.1 L PET bottle up to the 5 L size, this filler is capable of processing all bottle sizes and shapes. The maximum filling capacity of the Innofill DRV is 80,000 bottles/h.
Low-cost filler for ready meals and prepared salads
10 August, 2007 | Supplied by: http://www.hbm.com.au
Multi-Fill of Utah USA specialise in the manufacture of semi-automatic and automatic volumetric fillers for the home meal replacement and convenience foods industries and are represented in Oceania by HBM Packaging Technologies.
Trays for dogs
09 August, 2007 | Supplied by: Techni-Chem Australia Pty Ltd
Forthglade has selected multilayer trays from RPC Bebo UK Corby for its revamped dog food range
Spherical gum pack and sleeve
06 August, 2007
Sleever International has provided a labelling answer for a new Cadbury chewing gum
Traceability and shipment verification for bakery
30 July, 2007
Groupe Jacquet, of the Limagrain group, is a major bakery with facilities throughout France and Belgium, shipping over 70,000 boxes of bread a day to hundreds of customers
Success for Australian EPC/RFID pilot
12 July, 2007
Radio frequency identification (RFID) using GS1 global standards can improve productivity, reduce delivery processing times and open up visibility throughout the supply chain for the benefit of all trading partners, according to a multi-industry Australian consortium.
