April 2007   Welcome to Packaging IDeaS, Your Weekly Packaging Newsletter from Industry IDS 
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Packaging Developments
Flexline Bottle Filling for Beverage Packaging
The world of packaging is thinking about HAMBA Flexline, a system in high demand for bottle filling in the beverage industry. The performance of the bottle-filling version of the HAMBA Flexline equals that of its cup-filling cousin in every respect.
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Heat Sealing Reduces Salad Packaging and Spoilage
Trials funded by Waste & Resources Action Programme found that heat sealing film for packaging salads reduce the amount of material required by up to 10% compared to conventional crimping.
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Recycled PET for Food Packaging
Plans for the UK´s first plant to recycle plastics into material for food grade packaging have been revealed by WRAP. The facility, operated by Closed Loop London will recycle a mix of PET water, soft drinks and cosmetic bottles.
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AVC Corp. Unveils EnviroTube™
AVC unveiled the EnviroTube™, at Wal-Mart’s Sustainable Packaging Exposition. This tube-like packaging concept features an attractive look, with a clamshell or thermoformed tray suspended inside, as if it were floating within the package.
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PA182 Tray Sealer Available from Packaging Automation
As one of Packaging Automation's popular machines, the PA182 semi-automatic, hand turned, rotary table machine, is used throughout the food industry and is widely accepted for its ease of use, reliability, and quick tool changes.
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New Packaging Testers Think Outside the Box
Recognizing the importance of packaging quality, Zwick has recently expanded its product range of modular and expandable materials testing systems, tools, fixtures, and accessories to improve packaging and plastic film testing.
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New Easy Open Seals Close Packaging Dilemma
Sealed Air, which is marketing the seals it developed with Sealstrip, claims the Peelwrap is suitable for food processors, because the wider and thicker tape with a dry edge allows complete removal of shrinkwrapping even while wearing gloves.
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Acquisitions & Mergers
Nampak Opens R12m Plant in East London
Hart Homes in on US Packaging Company
IWKA Sells Packaging Division
Omnitrol Networks Announces Partnership with Alien Technology
Tetra Pak Announces €60 Million Investment in China
Actis Sells Controlling Stake in Lenco to Mondi Packaging South Africa
Prodplast Seeks Partner in Romanian Packaging
World Biggest Packaging Maker Opens Factory in Vietnam
Packaging Solutions Provider to Build Plant in China
Rank Plans Further Packaging Consolidation
Exhibitor Updates
Production Capacity Explodes >>   Actionpac Scales & Automation >>
C 400 TC with Thermo Control: Simplified Validation >>   Multivac >>
Introducing a New Way to Bag-in-Box Jerribox®! >>   Scholle Europe B.V. >>
New Recruits at WeighPack Systems Inc. >>   WeighPack Systems, Inc.  >>
Harland Combine Forces with Allen Coding >>   Harland Machine Systems >>
Editorial

AUSPACK is recognized as the major packaging and processing exhibition for the packaging, food, beverage, and manufacturing industry in Australasia.

With visitors coming to Melbourne in May from all over Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the United Kingdom and the United States, AUSPACK 2007 will be a not-to-be-missed event on the industry calendar.

According to the AUSPACK 2007 event organizers, ETF, the floor space has been expanded to cater for one of the major exhibitor plans in AUSPACK’s history. AUSPACK 2007 will be held from the 1st to the 4th of May at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre.

Don’t miss the next issue of Packaging IDeaS, for more industry updates.

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Auspack 2007
Amcor to Demonstrate Packaging Solutions at Auspack
Perfect Packaging to Showcase New Rotary Machine at Auspack
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Featured White Paper
Title Bar Code Success in Black and White: Secrets We've Learned from Printing Billions of Bar Codes
Author Sheldon R. Reich
Company CYBRA Corporation
Synopsis
Bar code systems have spread far from the supermarket checkout counter. In hospitals, blood banks, warehouses and automobile assembly lines, bar code systems enter data at speeds, efficiency and accuracy levels far beyond human ability.
 
New Exhibitors on IDS Packaging
Gold Exhibitors
Allstate Can Corporation
Bancroft Bag, Inc.
FANUC Robotics America, Inc.
ITW Hi-Cone
Mark-O-Print GmbH
Package Machinery Company, Inc.
Rollprint Packaging Products, Inc.
Silver Exhibitors
Jaydev Packaging
Systech Instruments Ltd.
Bronze Exhibitors
Harland Machine Systems
PBI-Dansensor A/S
 
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