New technology may allow machines to pack more and more cartons per minute, but machinery companies are working to provide additional improvements that will help with the overall function of the machine and the line where it is placed

All this is incorporated in a very small footprint, thanks to the integration of the blister thermoforming and carton packaging phases in an compact line.

The Bradman Lake Group will again be participating at Interpack 2014 in Dusseldorf, Germany, May 8-14, 2014.

The Independent Carton Group, an association of 18 independently owned and operated folding carton manufacturers, highlights some of its members’ most recent milestones and accomplishments.

Summit Brewing Company in St. Paul, MN used to use a traditional hot-melt adhesive tank system to seal its beer cartons, which was prone to charring, plugs and material degradation

Packaging lines must be fined-tuned, efficient and free of hold-ups, break-downs and stoppages. New innovations in cartoning machinery not only offer speed, but they bulk up on versatility and pack new methods for an ever growing market.

The National Food Lab, a consulting and testing firm, expands its product and process development capabilities by offering Tetra Pak’s Tetra Recart retortable cartons in its R&D Pilot Plant.

A range of soups from the traditional Unox brand is now available in aseptic carton packs for the first time. Unilever’s Unox-brand soups, in SIG Combibloc’s combibloc Standard 1,000 ml carton packs, are now available in the Netherlands. They represent an innovation on the Dutch soup market, where most ready-to-eat soups have previously been available only in food metal cans and pouches.

Robots are increasing in popularity for use in packaging both here in the U.S. and across the pond.