Pat Reynolds

VP Editor Emeritus

Film unwind on the new stretch wrapping system at Badoit.

Multipacking Optimized

Top quality natural mineral water and an exclusive bottle design are the trademarks of the Badoit brand, and now their multipacks are also consistently first class.

Pyraser Landbrauerei has recently invested in a KHS Innofill Glass DRS glass bottle filler.

New Filler for Beer

Pyraser Landbrauerei, founded in 1868 in the Franconia region of Germany, recently invested in a KHS Innofill Glass DRS filler.

Packaging Post-Pandemic

Nobody can measure with any real accuracy what impact Covid-19 will have on packaging. But what packaging professional wouldn’t value a glimpse into how things might look post-pandemic, especially if that glimpse comes from an experienced veteran?

This robot picks freshly printed cans six at a time from the vacuum conveyor discharge and places them on the infeed conveyor of the curing oven.

Breakthrough in Direct Digital Can Printing

Tonejet’s electrostatic drop-on-demand can printing technology has taken some time to mature since it first burst onto the scene. That makes this SoluCan installation awfully interesting.

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The highly compact XTS has a circumferential track length of 22 m and uses a total of 40 independent movers. The L’Oréal Group produces high-quality skin care products, mascaras, and foundation makeup for its Division Luxe.

L’Oréal Replaces 5 Machines with One Smart System

Facing SKU proliferation and shorter runs, the L’Oreal Group replaced an outdated system with a new track-based system of movers that brings fast changeover and high output.

Smooth handling of bottles and partitions is a hallmark of the Wrap-Around case packer.

End-of-line Automation for Aussie Winery

Part of the LVMH group, Domaine Chandon Australia is a down under specialist in sparkling wine.

Sales and Marketing Head Andy Staib, President Tom Staib, and TJ Staib, VP of Packaging and a fifth-generation Staib at DWS, are excited about the opportunities presented by the MPS EF SYMJET powered by Domino hybrid press.

Hybrid Digital for Craft Brewers and More

This fourth-generation supplier of custom labels helped push the makers of digital ink-jet systems until the right machines and the right inks became marketplace realities.

Beginning May 1 these paper tubes for deodorant from P&G will be available in 500 Walmart stores in the U.S.

P&G Debuts Paper Deodorant Tube

Procter & Gamble Beauty has announced that beginning this May at 500 Walmart stores in the U.S., both Old Spice and Secret brand deodorants will be introduced in all-paper, plastic-free, tube packaging.

Ithaca Brewing now has much greater visibility into its operations.

Visibility into Brewing Operations

A standardized yet customizable control platform gives this craft brewery better visibility into its operational efficiency while offering flexibility to fully automate its production in the future.

The new Domino digital press will help Abbott Label reach additional markets and customers.

New Digital Press for Abbott Label

In February of this year, Dallas-based Abbott Label added the Domino N610i digital UV inkjet press to their label printing arsenal, expanding their capabilities and taking their business to the next level.

Providing Remote Access to Plant Floor Equipment

There was a time when IT took a dim view of providing remote access to machinery on the plant floor. With this platform it’s an entirely different story.

All four folding cartons shown here were printed on the Landa S10 and then creased and cut on the Highcon Beam, and the run lengths ranged from 2,000 to 10,000 units.

A First in All-Digital Package Converting

This Texas converter is the first in North America to commercially operate a nanographic press for packaging. Just as impressive, carton creasing and cutting are digital, too.

Automatic full-pallet infeed capability ahead of the empty-can depalletizer is a recent addition to the range of equipment made by Ska Fabricating. Allagash was the first to install it.

‘Quality Conscious’ Canning

This Portland, Maine, brewery decided to “dip our toes in the can market” by installing a small filler/seamer. It quickly became clear that a 300 cans/minute line was going to be required.