The company reported 60% growth in 2012. The packaging plant will help meet demand.
January 21, 2013
SIG Combibloc said this month that it has begun work on the second stage of a plant expansion in Parana state, Brazil. An investment of more than 36 million Euros (100 million Brazilian reais) to install an extrusion line will make allow the company to laminate unprocessed cardboard on-site for the aseptic carton packs.
A-B-C’s Model 206 packs cartons or bottles, single or multipacks into full height, half height, or end-panel display trays or RSC cases at speeds up to 30 trays per minute.
Mick Jagger told us in song that we can’t always get what we want. But milk jugs and milk crates give us what want and need from a sustainability point of view.
Consumers want sustainable food packaging. Food manufacturers want to use sustainable packaging. Many packaging suppliers are striving to meet marketplace demands. But we live in an imperfect world and we can’t always get what we want. That said improvements are being made and have been made over the years.
The equipment requires fewer change parts. The larger hopper reduces downtime and saves money.
January 3, 2013
Simplimatic Automation has developed a new cap feeder that is said to be able to save time and money by reducing or eliminating the downtime required for retooling to the popular, lightweight PCO 1880 bottle caps.
Portola Packaging Inc. is introducing GreenLyte, a new line of plug-seal, high-density polyethylene closures for single and multiserve, hot-fill and aseptic beverage packaging applications.