As SKU proliferation continues, the need to have custom, yet functional labels is more prevalent than ever. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) must stay up-to-date on evolving trends for flexible, reliable and efficient labeling equipment to support the ever-changing beverage market.

At the Iran Argofood 25th exhibition, Sacmi highlighted its ability to produce capsules to complete lines for PET.

Part of the Evolution Series, the R-100 is an economical, compact system that is flexible enough for diverse product shapes.

The new solution features visually appealing and biocompatible polylactide (PLA) packaging and ultra-lightweight parts in injection molding.

Suppliers are expanding their portfolios and helping beverage-makers maintain quality and uptime.

Suppliers are expanding their portfolios and helping beverage-makers maintain quality and uptime.

Suppliers are expanding their portfolios and helping beverage-makers maintain quality control and uptime.

Suppliers are expanding their portfolios and helping beverage-makers in their packaging and distribution operations by maintaining quality control and increasing uptime.

Children’s toys like Connectagons bill themselves as offering limitless opportunities for constructing various objects. Although labeling equipment cannot be adapted as easily as these skill-building toys, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are developing systems that are more modular to support the evolving beverage market.

Suppliers are expanding their portfolios and helping beverage-makers in their packaging and distribution operations by maintaining quality control and increasing uptime. At drinktec, Gerhard Schubert GmbH and KHS showcased the benefits of the Innopack-TLM block packaging system which can pack beverage crates, baskets, clusters and other cardboard packaging. Sacmi debuted a cross-process quadblock platform that combines stretch-blow molding with labeling and filling all in one machine. Other companies are releasing devices to test the purity of water, inspect aluminum cans and increase production on the beverage production line.