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21. Flavorseal Introduces New Shrink Bag For Poultry
    4/3/2013

    Flavorseal announces their new shrink bag designed specifically for packaging fresh or frozen poultry

22. ITW Professional Brands Enhances Packaging For Dymon Brand Aerosol Products
    4/2/2013

    With eye-catching graphics and a new ergonomic design, ITW Professional Brands today launched new packaging for its Dymon® brand aerosol products. The new “bullet can” packaging makes the products easier to grip and spray, minimizing stress on the worker

23. IDC, Sealed Air To Jointly Develop Aseptic Filler For BIB Products
    4/1/2013

    International Dispensing Corporation (IDC), a US-based food-and-beverage packaging company, has entered into a strategic alliance with Sealed Air to develop and promote a new ultra-high-speed aseptic filler for bag-in-box (BIB) products

24. Toray Industries Inc : Toray To Expand Production Of Packaging Film In Asia - Toray Group To Add Capacity At Fukushima Plant And Build New Facility In Malaysia
    4/1/2013

    Toray Industries, Inc. (headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President, CEO & COO: Akihiro Nikkaku; hereinafter referred to as "Toray") recently announced its decision on a series of investments in Asia to enhance the ability of the group's vapor deposition facilities for food packaging films. Toray Advanced Film Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "TAF") will introduce at Fukushima Plant the state-of-the-art vapor deposition equipment to produce aluminum-metalized polypropylene (PP) film for packaging applications, which will be put into operation in October 2013. Subsequently, Penfibre Sdn

25. PMC Organometallix, Inc. Announces Price Increase On Thermolite, Advastab And Advapak Products
    4/1/2013
    PMC Organometallix, Inc. announced that effective April 1, 2013, or as contracts allow, it will increase prices for all Thermolite®, Advastab™ and Advapak™ stabilizers by $0.08/lb for low tin products, $0.16/lb for high tin products and $0.05/lb for Advapak™ products. PMC Organometallix, Inc. cited continued and sustained increases in key raw materials for this second increase in 2013
26. Boca Bearings Releases Packaging Industry Bearings
    3/31/2013

    Boca Bearing Company is pleased to introduce a new line of bearings developed for the different stages of packaging process. The company provides ceramic and ceramic hybrid bearings that can be utilized in the different packaging machinery, ranging from conveyor belts to robotics used to palletize products

27. Conveyors Reduce Package Manufacturer’s Footprint
    3/27/2013

    Modular conveyors at Rexam perform more efficiently, while using fewer resources and creating less pollution and waste

28. Pulse Electronics Expands Range Of Low-Loss, High-Saturation, Round-Wire Coil SMT Power Inductors
    3/27/2013

    Pulse Electronics Corporation (NYSE: PULS), a leading provider of electronic components, expands its range of round-wire coil (RWC) surface mount power inductors to deliver higher inductance/current capability. Mechanical sizes from 7.6 x 7.4 x 6.4mm up to 21.7 x 21.5 x 12.5mm are now available with an inductance range from 0.3uH to 50uH and with a current rating up to 70A. These inductors use a ferrite core material which yields a 90% core loss

29. Fillmore Container Introduces Preservation Cookbooks By Linda Ziedrich
    3/26/2013

     Fillmore Container announced the expansion of its current products to include cookbooks. The Joy of Jams, Jellies, and Other Sweet Preserves, and The Joy of Pickling by, Linda Ziedrich are now available for purchase from Fillmore Container

30. Bosch Introduces New Vial Filling And Closing Machine MLF
    3/20/2013

    With the new filling and closing machine MLF 5088, Bosch Packaging Technology offers an output of 400 vials per minute with integrated 100 percent in-process control (IPC). The newly developed member of the proven MLF series is able to fill and close injection bottles in a processing range of 2 to 100 milliliters