A giant Chinese shipping company is looking forward to the opening of Egypt's new Suez Canal waterway as it will enhance world trade. "The new canal will save both time and money," Qin Haipin, liner manager of China Shipping Container ...
Global Closure Systems (GCS) has upgraded Jeroboam snap-hinge standard dispensing closure for French multinational retailer Carrefour’s range of coolant and windscreen washer products. According to GCS, the new design of Jeraboam ...
Bosch Packaging Technology will display two new pharmaceutical inspection machines capable of conducting container closure integrity and high-end leak tests, during Achema 2015 to be held in Germany from June 15 to 19. While the KHS 1 ...
Tags: Leak Detection Machines, Bosch
A previously manually adjustable sorting machine for shrimps has been retrofitted with an inductive displacement sensor. The process reliability of the machine was increased significantly using Model LVP-50-GA-2-CA-I sensor available from ...
Tags: Fish Industry, sorting machine
Glass container manufacturer Owens-Illinois (O-I) is buying Mexican company Vitro's food and beverage glass container business for around $2.15bn, to gain a competitive position in the Mexican glass packaging market. O-I will acquire ...
Tags: Owens-Illinois, Glass Container, Packaging
We recently conducted an Event Tech Survey and exhibitors had a lot of advice and questions on the topic of renting technology vs. buying technology. Some found it more cost effective to own the technology they used in their booth while ...
US-based Boxed Water Is Better has introduced Boxed Water, an eco-friendly and BPA-free alternative to bottled water, to more than 400 Target stores nationwide from 4 May. Target will offer 500 ml, 500 ml six packs and one liter cartons ...
Tags: Boxed Water, bottled water
Specialized polymer materials, services and solutions provider PolyOne has received an approval for using its ColorMatrix Ultimate UV390 light blocking technology for food and beverage PET packaging in China. The technology claims to ...
Tags: Beverage Packaging, Food Packaging
Produced in Carlisle, UK, these collectable tins designed for Glen Scotia Campbeltown and Inchmurrin single malt Scotch whisky ranges depict subtle, graphical images of the stunning Scottish Highlands, delicately crafted with intricate ...
Tags: Crown Designs, Inchmurrin Whisky
Packaging company Ardagh is almost said to have completed its €3bn acquisition of the glass packaging unit of Saint Gobain. Saint Gobain has been considering the sale of Verallia to focus on higher-margin home and construction ...
Tags: Glass Packaging, Packaging
Whether they are in the lounge, in the kitchen or elsewhere in their homes, Africans are now being given a front-row view of how their world, and the world of trade, is changing. Their guides are the appliances they use to make their ...
After preserving jars are filled and closed they must be vacuum-tested in fully automatic operation to immediately sort out any defective containers. During transport of the jars an eddy-current sensor scans the lid shape that is generated ...
Tags: sensor scans, preserving jars
In the EU, packaging of consumer products has long been an environmental challenge for manufacturers and retailers. As governments try to meet national recycling and recovery targets, they are questioning manufacturers’ commitment to ...
Scratches, abrasions, deformations and breakages of containers on packaging lines have negative consequences for line efficiency, cost efficiency and/or brand image. So Gebo has added two new options to its range of audits, “shocks ...
Tags: Solve Packaging, Packaging
Specialty chemicals producer Clariant is opening a new desiccant manufacturing plant at its facility in Zhengjiang, China. The new facility will produce Clariant's line of Container Dri II products alongside a full range of desiccant ...