Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery has created a new role, appointing Robert Trabbold as Regional Sales Manager, Northeast.

Yamato’s high sanitary, fully automatic, servo-driven multi-point depositor features modular quick changeover from one fill pattern to another.

Dr. Pharm Inc. recently opened its state-of-the-art U.S. headquarters in Corona, Calif. The new 32,000 square foot facility serves the North American and Latin American markets for the company's line of solid dosage manufacturing machinery.  

As the new U.S. master distributor for the Italian OEM, Ossid, a ProMach brand, will be responsible for sales and support of the superior REEPACK brand of thermoformers and tray sealers.

OMAC’s initiative to improve HMI usability and reduce operator training is moving to the next phase. As part of its efforts to develop a PackML HMI Implementation Guide, OMAC conducted a usability survey during PACK EXPO International last October. The evaluation challenged participants to complete a series of tasks on three different HMI designs.

As packaging lines have become more efficient, waste or problems on the line can become less visible and harder to identify. For example, lines might be slow due to multiple micro-stops, or overall line performance might falter due to lack of standard work or process for operators. We can miss what we don’t see.

Silgan Vision has modified the 51R56 system’s software to increase its throughout speed from 800 bottles per minute to a maximum of 1,200 bottles per minute. The system has been used to inspect beverage, cleaning products and other household products bottles and caps.

Maruho Hatsujyo Innovations has introduced the EAGLE-Omni blister machine, which performs forming, sealing and punching operations at sequential stations.

As the Earth’s population is expected to grow by more than two billion people in the next 30 years according to a 2017 United Nations report, it will become more imperative to address the sustainability of food processing. Population growth translates to higher required food output and consumers—specifically millennials—have concerns surrounding the environmental impact of today’s food supply chain. This leads them to seek out brands that proactively address the matter.