Ceepackaging

At K 2010 Beck Automation AG, Oberengstringen (Switzerland), is exhibiting for the first time a thin-wall cup made from highly transparent polystyrene in which the decoration is visible from both out- and inside. The Swiss IML automation experts have set a new benchmark for four cups per shot with a cycle time of 3.0 seconds.

Beck Automation, Oberengstringen (CH), labels a transparent polystyrene (PS) thin wall cup. 3,3 seconds cycle time per shot for 4 cups is the measuring rod set by the IML automations experts from Switzerland.

The creative use of an in-mould labelled (IML) lid from RPC Bramlage Antwerpen, allied to an APET tray from RPC Bebo Nederland, has given cheese manufacturer FrieslandCampina a highly visible packaging format for its new range of cheese slices and pieces.

Hammer Packaging, a 400 employee strong company based in the Rochester, NY area recently installed their second Variable Sleeve Offset Press (VSOP). The company uses leading-edge technology to produce high-quality printed labels and package decoration for the global beverage, food, horticulture and household products industries. Core products include cut & stack labels, in-mold labels, shrink sleeve labels, roll-on shrink-on labels, roll-fed labels and pressure sensitive labels.

The relaunched range of Leyland Lifestyle paints from PPG Architectural Coatings EMEA is using plastic pails with in-mould labelled (IML) decoration from RPC Containers Oakham in order to position the brand as the ideal choice for the contemporary consumer.

RPC Bramlage-Wiko has launched a new food tub design as part of its standard range, allowing a variety of markets to benefit from an eye-catching shape and the vivid decoration potential of in-mould labelling (IML).

Following the successful rebranding in 2006 of the Colortrend paint range using in-mould labelled (IML) pails from RPC Containers Oakham, the company has selected the same combination of container and label for two new product ranges. At the same time, a third range has been repackaged in the same container using distinctive post-adhesive label designs.