The ERT250 uses rollers to move pallet conveyors smoothly with no friction.

Chewy sweets and chewing gums can be flexibly packed in a variety of wrapping types — even one and the same chewable mass, and sometimes on one machine.

Tom Egan, PMMI vice president of industry services, examines the status of this growing packaging segment and the factors that are influencing its advancement.

The Massman Companies has announced that it has acquired DTM Packaging and Custom Automation, a leader in machinery manufacturing and re-manufacturing as well as the integration and automation of production lines.

Matrix Packaging Machinery is introducing the Matrix Morpheus, a continuous box-motion bagger that allows packagers to run a variety of films at faster speeds and with better accuracy.

Triangle Package Machinery Company, together with JDD Packaging Ltd., introduce the Triangle/JDD Rotary Pouch Machine for automated filling and sealing of pre-made pouches.

Paxiom Group, the global sales and service division for WeighPack Systems, Eagle Packaging Machinery, SleekWrapper and CombiScale, has opened its fifth Xperience Center in New Berlin, Wisconsin.

First comes pouch making, then comes pouch filling – and new advances in filling machines enable co-packers and brands to increase efficiency and output when they’re running a number of SKUs or performing short- to medium-sized runs with many changeovers.