Packaging, labelling & coding

Official ecolabel for NZ

01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Environmental Choice

Although claims of sustainability and environmental performance abound, in New Zealand Environmental Choice is the one ecolabel that is backed by the New Zealand government and verifies all its applicants’ claims using independent, third-party expert assessors.

Just-in-time liquid packaging

01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Arvinoil Pty Ltd

The RTCE series monoblocks by ABTechno of Italy integrate in one single machine all the functions required to package non-carbonated liquid products and beverages.

VFFS

01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Propac Industrial Pty Ltd

The Propac Lite vertical form fill seal includes many features of Propac’s proven AV-xx series of machines, but in a simplified version built into a small footprint.

Compact thermal transfer printer

01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Dy-Mark Identification Solutions

The Datamax M-Class Mark II is a compact, rugged industrial-strength printer series that has been designed to provide ease of use and a lower total cost of ownership.

Roll-fed labeller

01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Le Mac Australia Group Pty Ltd

The Marathon SLA combines the field-proven Marathon SL technology with a complete Allen-Bradley drive-train and controls platform consisting of servo drives, servomotors, programmable logic controller (PLC) and human machine interface (HMI), as well as reconfigured electrical control cabinets.

Metal detection monitoring

01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: JL Lennard Pty Ltd

JL Lennard has introduced AuditCheck to its Goring Kerr DSP range of metal detectors for the food processing and packaging industries, reducing or eliminating quarantine and improving line efficiency.

Anti-fog films for fresh produce

01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Taghleef Industries Pty Ltd (Australia)

Shorko Australia has been appointed the exclusive sole Australian and New Zealand distributor for Taghleef Industries (Ti-Films) complete product range of biaxially orientated polypropylene film and cast polypropylene films.

Mesutronic metal detector

01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Perfect Packaging

Mesutronic has released the Aluscan metal detector that allows the user to detect smaller metal contaminants down to 0.8 mm in diameter, within aluminium-wrapped products.

On-conveyor metal detector

01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Perfect Packaging

Mesutronic has released the Transmetron 05 CI, a metal detector suitable for inspecting products along a conveyor belt.

Skin packaging

01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Select Packaging Systems Pty Ltd

The chilled format of ready meal packaging is not only quicker to prepare for the consumer, it gives manufacturers an opportunity to use eye-catching and practical packaging, helping differentiate their products from those of competitors.

Integrated aseptic packaging line

01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Tetra Pak

Tetra Pak iLine is a high-performance aseptic carton packaging solution that takes line integration and automation technology to a new level due to its process control and information management system.

Sanitary metal detector

01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: JL Lennard Pty Ltd

The latest metal detector for the food processing and packaging industry from JL Lennard is the Apex 500, claimed to be the most sensitive, yet easy-to-operate metal detector available.

Radiation-free carton inspection

01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Detection Systems Pty Ltd

The second generation of packaging contents inspection systems (PCIS) is easy to install, simply dropping over existing product lines and occupying minimal line length.

Bagmaker

01 July, 2008 | Supplied by: Heat and Control Pty Ltd

Ishida has launched the Atlas-122C and 112C, compact models of the existing Atlas high-speed snack foods bagmaker. These models have the capacity of the existing Atlas models in downsized compact flame, providing high-speed packaging with high seal integrity.