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ABB's SafeMove2 allows robots and operators to work closely together without possible harm

Machinery Technology: Robotics & automation

Always improving the packaging line

Today’s machines answer the call for more and better technology.

Liz Cuneo

September 15, 2016

Robotics and automation have long proved their value on packaging lines for all markets.

Packaging Strategies 2016 top 25 beverage packaging companies report

Cover Story: Top 25 Beverage Packagers

The 2016 top 25 beverage packaging companies

Single-serve beverages and some good old marketing drive sales in the growing industry

Liz Cuneo

August 15, 2016

Welcome to our annual top 25 beverage packaging companies report, where we reveal the biggest names in packaged beverages.

The Wine Group is one of the largest wine producers in the world

Market Trends: Beverage Packaging

The Wine Group incorporates a state-of-the-art packaging line

Greater line efficiencies are achieved through accumulation, laning and case packing.

Deb Ashton

August 15, 2016

When it came time to install a new packaging line, The Wine Group needed a solution that addressed reducing overall footprint, providing more accumulation and increased efficiency gains on the line.

Fresh strawberries packaged in a silk fibroin coating

Materials Technology: Bio-based Materials

The year of bio-based packaging

Sustainable living is growing and with it, interest in going beyond recycling.

Kristen Kazarian

August 15, 2016

Bio-based packaging materials offer great opportunity for food and beverage companies.

Machinery Technology: Form-Fill-Seal

Integrating a form-fill-seal bag machine with an auger filler

Communication is key.

Timm Johnson

August 15, 2016

Many of today's newer package designs are still filled using a vertical form-fill-seal (VFFS) bag machine and auger filler.

Industry Q&A: Slitting/Rewinding

Talking Ergonomics, Maximizing Efficiency and More On Slitting/Rewinding

August 1, 2016

Flexible Packaging recently caught up with Uli Jorgens, sales director, flexible packaging, Karlville, for an overview of all things slitting/rewinding.

Packaging Strategies top 50 food packaging companies 2016

Cover Story: Top 50 Food Packaging Companies

Top 50 food packaging companies of 2016

Consumers reap big benefits from industry changes.

Liz Cuneo

July 13, 2016

Welcome to our Top 50 Food Packaging Companies cover story, where we bring you the biggest names in the packaged food industry.

LaCoste's alligator is back on the perfume bottles of three new scents

Market Trends: Personal Care Packaging

Personal care packaging brightens many a shelf

Kristen Kazarian

July 13, 2016

The personal care packaging market has held its own in recent years, and is expected to continue to grow.

Machinery: Cartoning

The cartoning machinery kingdom

Efficiency and flexibility reign.

Liz Cuneo

July 13, 2016

In the realm of cartoning machinery, the wisest subjects have a full armor of skills, like efficiency and speed, and offer quick changeovers for maximum flexibility.

The CrownSmart scannable code sits underneath the can’s pull tab

Materials Technology: Caps & Closures

Caps and closures are getting more high-tech

The future’s so bright as beverage innovations and anti-counterfeiting measures for caps and closures are getting more high-tech.

Kristen Kazarian

July 13, 2016

The overall global demand for caps and closures is expected to grow at 5.6% annually through 2019, according to Freedonia’s (freedonia.com) study “World Caps & Closures.”