PMMI, the Reston, Va.-based Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, and owner and producer of the Pack Expo Portfolio of Trade Shows, is gearing up for Pack Expo International 2016, which will take place Nov. 6-9 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The event will be co-located with Pharma Expo, a joint venture with the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE).
New innovations address filling, seaming operations
September 15, 2016
To help beverage manufacturers control and maintain dissolved gases, 3M Industrial Business Group introduced its Liqui-Cel Dissolved Gas Control Skid, which simultaneously provides convenient and rapid in-line carbonation, decarbonation and nitrogenation, the company says.
Equipment suppliers continue to release new innovations in packaging. Douglas Machine Inc. offers a robotic TriVex Sl/Sli top load case packer, while Standard-Knapp Inc. unveiled its new packaging machine for the craft beer industry.
Summit Brewing Co., St. Paul, Minn., has served both craft beer and its community since 1986. To Summit, it’s not just a priority to brew fine, hand-crafted beer, but also to give back to the community that has supported it throughout the years. The company feels that great beer is even better when it’s shared with family and friends.
Wilkens-Anderson Co. offers its WACO Accuseam 2000 as part of its line of can quality control equipment, which is designed to improve speed and accuracy while eliminating human error and misinterpretation, the company says.
Technological changes in beverage processes, machinery and manufacturing methods constantly are evolving into new or different designs, improved methods and procedures, faster and more flexible configurations, cost-effective projects, and in response to consumer preferences or agency regulations.
New releases include measurement devices and processing automation technology
April 15, 2016
Combi Packaging Solutions LLC announced the release of a new packaging machine that will allow craft brewers to maintain their hand craftsmanship while reducing labor costs and increasing throughput to quickly get products to distributors and retail shelves, the company says.
New releases include wine case packers and processing automation equipment
March 15, 2016
Douglas Machine Inc. announced the expansion of its case packing equipment for the wine industry with the offering of a fully integrated, single-cell top-load case packer for wine bottles.
After being carefully set in a line, when a single domino is knocked over into the next, the entire line will fall. Similar to the cascading effect of falling dominos, changes within the front-end of beverage operations often will cascade through the manufacturing facility all the way to the end-of-line operations, even to case packing and wrapping.
Manufacturers offer durability, speed and precision
February 15, 2016
Charles Ross & Son Co. introduced large-scale, elliptical-head pressure vessels for use as carbon filter tanks. The 5,000-gallon stainless steel vessels are fabricated, designed and stamped for 100 psig at 230 degrees Fahrenheit in accordance with the ASME Code Section VIII, Division 1, the company says.