US - In response to the growing demand for lower cost sheeting solutions sought worldwide, MarquipWardUnited’s engineering department embarked on a seemingly impossible task – to produce a sheeting machine incorporating advanced MarquipWardUnited technical features, but with a price to match machinery manufactured in Asia.
US - Food and beverage manufacturers now have a broader choice of capping solutions to meet the specific needs of their production lines with the launch of the Smart Capper from Crown Food Europe, a business unit of Crown Holdings Inc.
GLOBAL – Investing in original machinery components is essential to ensuring safety, reliability and profitability for businesses, says Bosch Packaging Services.
AUSTRALIA – A distributor of long and large product was facing inefficiencies with its carton packaging systems as the products need handling on several occasions. It soon found a customized solution that could handle items as long as 72”.
AUSTRALIA - Coca-Cola Amatil CCA has won the 2013 Australian Packaging Design Award with a NitroHotfill bottle designed by Krones.
ASIA – Sidel is targeting Asian converters and packers with its new high-speed PET filler for single-serve sensitive beverages, set to launch later this year.
GERMANY - Utilizing its innovative die technology and automation expertise, MULTIVAC has designed a highly efficient packaging procedure for producing portion packs, and therefore to save a significant quantity of packaging material.
Dresden. Theegarten-Pactec will present its latest innovation for the first time in Asia at FOOMA 2012, together with the local partner Messrs. Winckler & Co. Japan: the horizontal flowpack machine FPH5 for hard candies and other preformed products.
GERMANY – Bosch Packaging Technology has introduced a new entry-level horizontal flow wrapper that offers the widest pack size range available for wrappers in its class.
Demands for greater speed and efficiency have spurred Cama Group to come up with its latest packaging machinery innovation: this application can be composed of a single loading unit that integrates up to four delta-style robots or a four in line Triaflex system.
GLOBAL - Perceived cost barriers to improving product safety are unfounded, according to new independent global research which suggests that escalating consumer demand coupled with substantial annual recall costs, mean investing in enhanced product safety should not only improve consumer wellbeing but drive commercial success.
US – Shuttleworth has introduced a new high-speed chain-driven conveyor capable of reaching speeds up to 500 feet-per-minute while maintaining product stability. This speed capability allows manufacturers added versatility on their packaging lines.
Packaging Supply Chain news from the Asia Pacific
