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Machinery

Finding More Automation Through Picking and Placing

Pharma and medical industries are seeing results by adding robotic pick and place to their end-of-line packaging systems.

Sam Weller Jason Enninga

April 12, 2020

End-of-line packaging using robotic pick-and-place is gaining acceptance as the go-to packaging system for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries — and the reasons are clear.

Brand Packaging: Packaging Design

Redesigning the Packaging Playbook

Making your brand stand out on a shelf full of copycats.

David Lemley

April 12, 2020

Marketers have done a pretty good job training consumers to recognize visual signals on packaging. Green indicates freshness, white cues purity, hand-rendered typography means a product is “artisan” and so on. But what happens when most consumer packaged goods companies play by the same rules in the packaging playbook? It’s a recipe for uniformity.

Technology: Case Study

Flexo-Graphics Rapid Growth Leads to Working Smarter not Harder

Kristin Joker

April 11, 2020

Flexo-Graphics was having a problem – and it was a good problem to have. Business was growing rapidly, but the company realized their internal processes were not keeping up with production demands.

Leading Edge

Primera Announces LX610 Color Label Printer with Built-In Digital Die Cutting

April 10, 2020

Primera Technology, Inc., a leading manufacturer of specialty color printers recently announced its new LX610 Color Label Printer/Cutter. The desktop color label printer combines high-resolution color label printing with digital die cutting.

Fire Department Coffee Gets New Look for Spirit-Infused Varieties

April 10, 2020

Fire Department Coffee has revealed a bold, new look for its signature Spirit Infused Coffee. The veteran and firefighter owned coffee company launched its signature line of Bourbon, Rum, Tequila and Irish Whiskey infused coffees in 2016.

Meler's Micron+ Adhesive Systems Improve Packaging Line Efficiency

April 9, 2020

Key benefits include an innovative tank construction that ensures uniform melt temperatures with no hotspots, char or waste; a horizontal piston pump design that provides consistent, direct adhesive feed; and a high efficiency design that uses 60% less energy and 50% less compressed air than comparable systems.

Trolls Take Over Lay's Poppables Snacks

April 8, 2020

Lay's® Poppables™ launches limited-edition bags featuring five characters from upcoming "Trolls World Tour" film and bags also feature on-pack code as part of sweepstakes in which fans can win free pair of movie tickets.

New Podcast: How Distilleries Can Help Battle the Coronavirus

April 7, 2020

Cardinal Spirits, a craft distillery based in Bloomington, Indiana, shares provides distilleries with its directions on how to make hand sanitizer. In this podcast, Packaging Strategies News talks to Jeff Wuslich as he explains how helping the community kept him in business.

100% Recyclable Lidding Film Makes Food Packaging Easier to Recycle

April 7, 2020

CPPeel® polypropylene lidding film from Profol is an alternative to lidding films containing aluminum, metallized PET or paper/polyethylene. Used in conjunction with a cup made of polypropylene makes the entire package 100% recyclable.

Dalston's Soda Secondary Packaging Offers Soda with Soul

April 6, 2020

Dalston’s Soda worked with B&B studio to design outer boxes for shipping that reinforce its ‘soda with soul’ brand positioning. The delivery boxes help create further brand love from existing online buyers, while introducing new consumers to the brand’s values and personality.