Packaging TechnologyNews and commentary for the Packaging Technology community.Luxlait Super Dairy, Roost, Bissen- June 25, 2008 Luxlait (Luxlait Association Agricole) is the largest dairy companies in Luxembourg. It is a dairy collective serving Luxembourg dairy farmers and its origins go back to 1894. The company has a turnover of over 60m per year and processes over 118 million kg of milk every year at its current site at Merl. "In March 2007 Luxlait announced a project to construct and outfit a new 'super dairy' at Roost near Bissen." In March 2007 Luxlait announced a project to construct and outfit a new 'super...http://www.packaging-technology.com/projects/luxlait/ BERICAP's HexaLite Leads the Light Weight Development for Plastic Closures- June 23, 2008 Less than 10 years after having introduced on the market the first plastic closures for still water, traded as HEXACAP, that weighted less than 2g and that were produced on large scale across the world (almost 10 billion closures per year), BERICAP is now engaged with another major challenge with HexaLite closures at less than 1.5g, saving a minimum of 0.5g of plastic resin (HDPE), on new light weight neck finish for PET bottles saving at least 1.5g of PET resin, allowing savings of 2.0g per...http://www.packaging-technology.com/contractors/closures/bericap/press22.html Peak Puddings, Tray Sealing Process, Buxton- June 18, 2008 Peak Puddings is a small company that produces a range of dessert puddings including Belgian chocolate pudding, banoffee, chocolate and orange pudding, baked syrup sponge, black cherry and almond crumble, and ginger and apple upside-down pudding. The company, based in Hollingsclough, near Buxton in the Derbyshire Peak District, was owned by Karen Beresford who ran the company from her husband's sheep farm up until a year ago. "Taste of the Moorlands has secured a large supply contract with.http://www.packaging-technology.com/projects/peakpuddings/ Parkside Flexibles- June 17, 2008 Parkside Flexibles (Normanton) Limited is a manufacturer of printed flexible packaging: plastic and paper reels, stand up and flat pouches, bags and shrink sleeves. Experts are at hand for each production phase, from artwork origination to printing, lamination, slitting and despatch. We can advise on all converting technologies and the most suitable raw materials. Our focus is on first-class customer service to establish lasting partnerships. With its 140 employees and 50 years of experience,..http://www.packaging-technology.com/contractors/materials/parkside MESUTRONIC- June 16, 2008 Your products were well respected, until the day the media wrote articles about them; because of contaminants. Metal is the most common form of contamination and MESUTRONIC has the solution - metal detectors, metal separators and complete systems for all processes, including metal detectors for food and metal detectors for the pharmaceutical industry. METAL SEARCH TECHNOLOGY We can offer you an individualized metal search technology solution! Adapted to your product, for your processing...http://www.packaging-technology.com/contractors/inspecting/mesutronic Promens Materials Handling Products- June 16, 2008 Promens MHP, a section of Promens Roto, is a world leader in the field of rotational moulding in plastics. It provides solutions to customers' needs in many fields, especially products to store and transport materials. Using the rotational moulding process, we produce a wide range of: Containers (also for chemicals) Transport silos Pallets Storage tanks Spill containment Insulated containers Our products are manufactured at eight locations in Europe and four in North America. The...http://www.packaging-technology.com/contractors/containers/bonarplast OxySense and Kinesis Team Up to Provide Unparalleled Non-Invasive Testing Efficiency- June 12, 2008 Testing thousands of packages can be a daunting task for any lab. This process is only further complicated when the facility manager is under a time crunch. With this in mind, OxySense, the industry leader in non-invasive oxygen measurement, has added the Kinesis Remote Capture Switch (RCS) to their accessory line for the OxySense 4000B system. The OxySense 4000B has garnered a reputation for being one of the most effective and reliable non-invasive oxygen measurement systems available. With...http://www.packaging-technology.com/contractors/inspecting/oxysense/press7.html Labthink Exhibited New Products to the 22nd International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries- June 11, 2008 The 22nd International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries was held in Shanghai Pudong New International Expo Center on April 17th-20th, 2008. Labthink brought the new 2008 series of products and classic instruments to Shanghai, and exhibited the latest achievements in quality detection control research and the optimum solutions in the fields of flexible packaging, printing and automotive nonmetal. This international expo on plastics and rubber industries is very significant in Asia.http://www.packaging-technology.com/contractors/inspecting/labthink/press60.html LH Hayward, Bean Packaging Line,- June 11, 2008 LH Hayward is a company based in the New Orleans suburb of Harahan and specialises in the packaging of over 19 different varieties of pea, beans and lentils for the US market. "LH Hayward specialises in the packaging of over 19 different varieties of pea, beans and lentils for the US market." The company, founded in 1923, not only packs the products in bag sizes for the retail market (1lb, 2lb and 4lb bags) but also packs in larger bags for commercial customers in sizes up to 100lb, with six.http://www.packaging-technology.com/projects/hayward/ MHT Develops Mould for PET Blood Test Tubes- June 9, 2008 A blood test tube required for medical use needs to be perfectly smooth, transparent and dimensionally exact. For this reason glass has long appeared to be the only suitable material. However, PET-blood test tubes produced with moulds from MHT Mold & Hotrunner Technology now fulfil all the necessary requirements and offer additional advantages such as low weight and infrangibility. The tool development presented certain challenges as, production-wise, the ratio of small diameter to...http://www.packaging-technology.com/contractors/machinery/mold/press1.html |