Addressing a range of flexible packaging and labeling applications in the snack foods, bakery, meat, poultry and confectionery industries, Videojet thermal transfer overprinters have a completely software-controlled, clutchless ribbon drive; they come with a 1,200m ribbon length.  

 Environmental and sustainability achievements were honored. 

 Robots can help increase overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), which improves a processor’s bottom line. 

Ampac BioFlex Pack packaging is a fully biodegradable laminate for dry product packaging applications including dry cereal or grains, tea and coffee products, and powders or tablets.

As more consumers snack more often, brand owners provide products in portable, single-serving packs to appeal to these grab-and-go consumers and the retail outlets they frequent.

A new flavor, coconut chocolate dipped mixed nuts, helped inspire thinkThin, Los Angeles, CA, to transition from opaque to clear film packaging so consumers could see the natural ingredients in its Crunch bars.

Innovative packaging materials and concepts give new and established products greater functionality, sustainability, shelf life and shelf impact.

Old ideas that clicked are tailor made for recycling, provided they have a contemporary twist.

If market share numbers are indicative of trade show attendance, 27,000 packaging machinery buyers from food and beverage companies prowled the aisles at the 2012 PACK EXPO event, and they had the kind of checkbook balances that make equipment fabricators’ eyes water.