Packaging Digest - February 1, 2010

Standout bottles for Genuine Bayer aspirin and Aleve products are eye-catchers, made easier to grip and open with a special TPE material. Without the use of an outer carton, they are said to be more environmentally friendly.

• Short-run labels deliver big branding
• Comment
• Tight credit slowly chokes equipment purchases

• Departments
• Paperboard
• Narrow-belt conveyor
• Filling machine
• Handled oblong, SAN jar
• Metallized PET bottles
• V/f/fs bagmaker
• Enviro-friendly, self-sealing package
• Custom boxes
• Feeding system
• Large bins
• Elevator/lowerator
• Monitoring system
• Robots
• PET containers
• Tray loader
• Dispensing system
• Light curtains
• Rectangular HDPE container
• Engineers' Outlook
• 2010 should be a year of change, with opportunities in packaging
• Newsmakers
• Newsmakers
• Packaging Concepts
• A fragrance splash from Lolita Lempicka
• 'Egg' jar breaks new ground for skincare
• Brew your coffee in its own cup
• Hammer wins nine international print awards
• Wheaties new FUEL cereal box design is packed with punch
• Vodka bottle is eco-friendly
• 'Balmshell' of a smear campaign
• Sustainability
• The need for data grows as PCR content becomes more common

• Features
• Hybrid trend hits milk bottling
• Coding a sweet future
• Robotic palletizing line in three weeks
• Drug delivery with ease and comfort
• Sleeve labeling sets the pace
• Automation and Controls
• Candy factory modernizes its robotic-palletizing

• New Technology
• Energy efficient distribution center boasts high reliability
• Package strikes awooden note

• Product of the Day
• PET jar
• Shrinkbander
• Palletizer
• Heavy-duty conveyor
• Vision sensor
• Pouch sealer
• Harmonic drives
• Industrial contoller
• Oxygen analyzer