By the end of this century, our planet will be home to another four billion people, with Africa’s population nearly tripling and making up almost half the world’s population. 

Curcio has over 20 years of field sales experience in the packaging industry; most notably with Hartness International, Hoppmann and Mettler Toledo. 

KHS USA Inc. is set to acquire Scandia Packaging Machinery Co., which will enable KHS’ North American subsidiary to expand its portfolio to include compact cartoners and secondary packaging machines.

Nalbach Engineering has introduced a new Modified Atmosphere Packaging System (MAPS) for the food and beverage industry, the Nalbach SLX (Shelf Life eXtension) System.

Wisconsin-based Matrix Packaging Machinery, a product brand of  ProMach, is in its 30th anniversary year. Willden brothers, Marcel and Marc, along with their father, Dee, started the packaging machinery company in the family’s garage in 1988. 

ESS Technologies has enhanced the design of its line of automatic horizontal and vertical cartoners. The SC Series and VC Series cartoners offer reliable performance and fast changeover, with the SC Series Horizontal Cartoners now featuring a servo-controlled rotary carton feeder.

The new horizontal sleeve/cartoner from PMI Cartoning allows packaging lines to run multiple sized side-load sleeves or end-load cartons.

Multi-Conveyor recently built this accumulation system in a narrow footprint with simplified designs using standard conveyor components and controls. 

New systems integrate motion, logic, safety and HMI into a single scalable platform.