Packaging Digest

Food show fundamentals
Worldwide Food Expo is one of this year's largest food and beverage processing and packaging events, covering more than 1 million sq ft of McCormick Place with exhibits and featuring 1,000 of the world's leading suppliers. More than 25,000 attendees from 100 countries will visit the show to learn about new technologies, trends and ideas.

Imaging group is on a roll with 'green' printer
'It's a wrap' for Pringles
Presidente hits a home run with shrink-sleeve technology
Quality assurance, one pizza at a time
'Globe’ bottle spins around cost savings
Packaging in the limelight
Designing in exclusivity
Packaging Hall of Fame welcomes three professionals
Produce packager becomes well schooled in market niche
Stretch system
Wrapper shifts into high gear
Public can glimpse bottling line process
New package for coffee pods

Columns Comment Environmentally-friendly inks a rising issue in sustainability Sustainability Choose 'green chemistry' for packaging materials System Ingregration 'System integrator' lacks a clear definition Departments Newsmakers Movers & Shakers Design Trends Soft drinks with that Perrier sparkle Tea in hot-fillable PET Sleek can energizes organic convenience drinks Revised Evian sprayer is set for a misty holiday Vodka goes 'green' 'Sustainable' SunChips packs include 'Green-e' designation Boxed water is now available New Products: Equipment Flexographic printer Twin-tube machine Desiccant dispensing Precision cutter Sealing hall of fame Adhesive Controller Wireless ink-jet technology Variable-frequency drive Accumulator/single filer Gravure press Weigh-batching system Printer/applicator Cross blocks Laser sensors Micro drive and inverter Robotic palletization ID reader Printer Label printers Electronic valves Top-transfer pump Pouch dispenser Pressure differential pot Case former Printing technology Rotary filling system Hardware connection system Bagging system Shrink wrapper Ink-jet printers Trapped blister Robotic case packer Energy-efficient drying system Conveyor systems Packaging designs Emergency stop Servo modular system Checkweigher Labeling system Packager models SCARA robots Fiberoptic sensors Guarding cottoning Coding system Case taper TwinPaks for canisters End-load cartoner Complete solutions Pouch machine Augers Air-bearing stage Angled roller belt Metal detector Friction feeder Servo module Stretch wrapper Case packer Bulk liquid filler Wireless network bridge Robotic palletizer Continuous ink-jet printer

New Products: Materials Moisture regulation Coating technology PP films Cold-foil adhesive Container sleeves Retort membrane end Resin grades Microwave cooking valve Paperboard laminate Release liners Splicing tapes Colored-aluminum cans Injection-molded tubes Brand protection New Technology Automation and Controls Rotary placers pick and accurately place products properly RFID Technology RFID improves shipping accuracy of CDs and DVDs System Integration Controls ease startup Package Manufacturing Polish converter flourishes Beyond the brown box