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Automated inspection: Keeping a protective eye on packaging

Rick Lingle
May 9, 2011
This four-camera, machine vision setup uses specialized software to develop a digital 3-D image so that the entire label of each is checked at high speeds. Photo courtesy of Cognex
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Lessons learned from pet projects

Rick Lingle
April 7, 2011
Chris Small of WellPet adheres to three tenets for successful packaging development: Communicate, offer, and facilitate.
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UNCONTAINED: Trafficking in upfront nutrition info

Rick Lingle
January 28, 2011
What nutrition information should be, literally, up front? More...
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UNCONTAINED: Pet projects in packaging

Rick Lingle
January 21, 2011
Whether for Spot or Fluffy, there are pet foods packaged to meet every pet’s-and pet owner’s-needs. More…
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UNCONTAINED: Forecast for less water in packaging and everywhere

Rick Lingle
January 10, 2011
You can add water to the mix of resource-conserving efforts involving packaging that include materials and energy. More…
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Packaging and Social Market Research

Rick Lingle
December 13, 2010
What are consumers saying about your packaging? ListenLogic sees the Internet as the world’s largest focus group for finding that out. More…
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Pack Expo 2010 and Ed Sullivan

Rick Lingle
December 8, 2010
It’s a month after the completion of the Pack Expo Int’l (PEI) trade show, and I still haven’t unpacked all the story leads from my notebook. But for now
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Altogether Better: Flexible Laminations in Food Packaging

Rick Lingle
December 3, 2010
This laminator is capable of handling either water- or solvent-based or solventless formats. Most new laminators use solventless adhesives, which offer operational benefits. Photo courtesy of H.B. Fuller It’s
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A 'Vertical' View of F-F-S Developments

Rick Lingle
December 3, 2010
High demands are placed on today’s vertical form-fill-seal machinery that must be fast, efficient, and capable of rapid changeovers throughout a range of bag styles using ever-thinning webs. Shown
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CPG execs share 'green' manufacturing lessons

Rick Lingle
November 12, 2010
Managers from Sunny Delight and Mars Inc. discussed the topic of sustainability in production operations at Pack Expo. More…
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