Ceepackaging

With the introduction of a new Liofol brand laminating adhesive, the Henkel company is showing the way to replacing isocyanate-containing adhesives in the production of flexible food packages. In an interview, Michael Gierlings, Technical Manager Europe, and Pavel Gentschev, Manager Product Development, speaks about traditional adhesives systems and new alternatives.

Innovia Films’ metallised, biodegradable material, NatureFlex™ NM, has been selected by major confectionery manufacturer, Cadbury, to wrap its Flake brand.

In a bid to eliminate product recalls and safeguard product integrity, the industry leader in x-ray inspection systems, Mettler Toledo Safeline X-ray, has launched GlassCheK Quad, an innovative new x-ray inspection system specifically designed to monitor high risk products in glass jars.

Cautious consumers around the world are tightening their spending in the wake of the global economic downturn. And who can blame them? Record stock market losses, dwindling retirement accounts, falling house prices and rising unemployment have put a chokehold on spending. But as an economist friend of mine said recently: “People still have to eat.”

Ishida Europe has launched an entry-level version of its market leading X-ray inspection system, offering companies an affordable solution for maximum quality control in their packing operations.

At Fakuma 2008, Rapid Granulator AB will launch its newly developed 100 Series granulators together with the latest addition to its range of ‘open-hearted’ granulators, the 600 Series.

Starlinger, the world’s leading supplier of production technology for FIBCs of various sizes and types and of machinery for load testing of the finished container bags, recently became the newest member of EFIBCA, the European FIBC Association.

Together with its subsidiary companies Behn + Bates and Feige Filling, Haver is presenting a cross-section of its growing versatility at this year’s INTERPACK exhibition. On a joint stand in Hall 12, Stand 12 D08/E07 the members of the HAVER TECHNOLOGY GROUP will be showing the key to filling success for (almost) every application.

Seidel will exhibit at the Cosmoprof (Cosmopack) in Bologna (10/04/2008 – 13/04/2008). Seidel manufactures aluminium caps for the bottles and tubes as well as aluminium design rings to decorate the caps of the crème jars for the Bvlgari skin care line. All parts are anodised in shiny silver and feature the well-known Bvlgari logotype debossed accurately into the shiny metal surface.

Kraft Foods is celebrating the Christmas season with the launch of its popular Carte Noire coffee brand in an original contemporary metal container. Developed in cooperation with CROWN Speciality Packaging, a business unit of Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown), the package is part of an exclusive holiday promotion available starting in early December in French and Ukrainian supermarkets.

Axilone achieved a metal cap at the same time "Temptress", "Rebellious”, “Capricious”, "Mysterious "for the new Sephora fragrance.

At the automatic packaging of stick shaped products the weighing and dosing aggregates play an important role with regard to product gentle handling. The HASTAMAT Multihead-Combination weigher of the CP-series is the ideal weigher for weighing or counting of stick shaped, fragile products such as for example salted sticks, biscuit sticks, chocolate sticks, long pasta or technical articles.

Axilone, one of the main leaders in caps and closures for the perfume, cosmetics and make up industry, is the only producer of plastic and metal components based in Europe, in the USA and in China. Axilone is positioned to respond to the global needs of its customers.

tna, the leading supplier of turn-key, integrated packaging and processing solutions for food production companies worldwide, showcases a fully integrated packaging line with a robag® 3 fx 180 Rotary Triple Jaw (RTJ) vertical form, fill and seal (VFFS) bagger at the Snackex International Savoury Snack and Peanut Exhibition and Conference in Barcelona, Spain, 3-5 June, Booth # 521.

QinetiQ and Crown Holdings, Inc. have launched a joint development programme to adapt QinetiQ’s Omni-ID Pak™ integrated Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology for use on metal packaging. This will enable brand owners to integrate ultra high frequency (UHF) RFID tags into metal packaging for a wide variety of applications at the single item level.

WALKI®PackMetalex is an ideal packaging material for cosmetics, alcoholic beverages and confectionery. The metal coating makes for a shining and luxurious impression, while cardboard gives the package stability.