Borealis BorPure RG466MO and RJ377MO copolymers
08 July, 2010 | Supplied by: Borouge Australia Pty Ltd
Borealis has released two new-generation BorPure materials for transparent food containers that offer a step change in organoleptics, a 10% reduction in cycle times and energy, and a CO2 reduction of up to 4 tonnes per year for the converter.
Chep Australia beverage tray
08 July, 2010 | Supplied by: CHEP Australia
Chep Australia has developed a beverage tray that is claimed will reduce labour, merchandising costs, product damage and one-way packaging waste in the FMCG sector.
APS Asia Pacific apsolute thermal ink jet printer
08 July, 2010 | Supplied by: APS Asia Pacific
The apsolute APS maintenance-free thermal ink jet printer is capable of printing any kind of information - logo, names, addresses, accreditation numbers, batch numbers and best before dates both on eggs and cartons.
Multivac FreshSafe microperforation system
08 July, 2010 | Supplied by: MULTIVAC Australia Pty Ltd
FreshSafe is a packaging concept in which microperforations are produced inline by laser technology on normal plastic films in packaging machines. Multivac offers its users the choice of creating the small perforations using needle rollers or by laser technology.
Loma Systems IQ3 metal detectors range
06 July, 2010 | Supplied by: Inspection Systems Pty Ltd
Loma Systems’ range of IQ3 metal detectors has been developed with a variable frequency function inside them, allowing automatic detection of contaminants within a wide frequency range (31-882 kHz).
Scribing laser coder
06 July, 2010 | Supplied by: Matthews Australasia Pty Ltd
Linx Printing Technologies has launched an enhanced version of its SL301 scribing laser coder, which the company believes is the fastest, most cost-effective and versatile coder available to the bottling industry.
Foster’s upgrades coding equipment
06 July, 2010 | Supplied by: Aldus - Tronics Pty Ltd
Foster’s sought to upgrade some of its ageing fleet of ink jet coders. It sought an advanced ink jet coder, with performance characteristics not previously offered on the market. The system will be used for printing information such as the use-by date detail on shrink-wrapped cluster packs.
Seafood exports are in the can
06 July, 2010 | Supplied by: Ardagh Group (Australia)
An Australian seafood processor has turned to cans to expand its operation and avoid the complexities involved with live exports.
Hardy Instruments Enviro sanitary checkweighers
06 July, 2010 | Supplied by: Scale Components Pty Ltd
Hardy Instruments’ Enviro line of sanitary checkweighers meets the needs of the food industry for sanitary checkweighing with electronics that withstand high-pressure, high-temperature washdown environments. The equipment is NTEP Class III certified, having met the National Conference on Weights & Measures’ standards for performance, operating characteristics, features and options of weighing and measuring devices.
PET preform inspection system
06 July, 2010 | Supplied by: HBM Packaging Technologies
IntraVis Vision Systems of Germany has installed its Sample PreWatcher machinery in the Coca-Cola plant in Halle, Germany, and into two large suppliers for Coca-Cola in the USA.
Packaging lines for pizzas
06 July, 2010 | Supplied by: Linco Food Systems
Ilapak has installed a fully automatic line for packing of mini pizzas for Papalina. It delivers complete, multi-lane, automatic packaging lines for a distribution system.
The real seal
04 June, 2010 by Carolyn Chapin
Looking for reclosable packaging options? Packaging suppliers have the goods.
AFPM Masterfil liquid filling machines
11 May, 2010 | Supplied by: Australian Filling & Packaging Machines
AFPM has re-introduced the range of Masterfil liquid filling machines. The range can now fill up to eight containers at a time either by volume or by the use of individual flow meters.
Proseal tray-sealing equipment
11 May, 2010 | Supplied by: Proseal Australia
While packing fresh produce into trays is not new, Proseal says that in recent years demand has shifted to top-sealed trays rather than the more traditional over-wrap film solution that was used in the past.
Linx Printing Technologies opaque blue ink 1043
11 May, 2010 | Supplied by: Matthews Australasia Pty Ltd
Linx Printing Technologies has released Linx opaque blue ink 1043. The high opacity ink is a distinctive sky blue colour, developed for industrial and commercial continuous ink jet applications.
