Lantech partners with Rees Machinery Group
Stretch wrapper and case handling equipment manufacturer Lantech has announced a new global, strategic partnership With Rees Machinery Group, combining…
Lantech partners with Rees Machinery Group
Stretch wrapper and case handling equipment manufacturer Lantech has announced a new global, strategic partnership With Rees Machinery Group, combining Lantech’s expertise in case and tray handling equipment with RMGroup’s innovative, robotic automation systems. With the unprecedented status of the current manufacturing industry, there has been a greater demand for…
HB Fuller opens new South Africa office
H.B. Fuller has announced the opening of a new business office in Johannesburg, South Africa, and a network spanning three…
HB Fuller opens new South Africa office
H.B. Fuller has announced the opening of a new business office in Johannesburg, South Africa, and a network spanning three warehouses across the country to support its ambitious growth plans in the region. Led by South Africa business manager Ronald Prinsloo, the new H.B. Fuller entity will offer customers local…
ALPLA celebrates World Environment Day
To mark World Environment Day on 5 June ALPLA is making donations to NGOs and initiating employee activities. The family-owned…
ALPLA celebrates World Environment Day
To mark World Environment Day on 5 June ALPLA is making donations to NGOs and initiating employee activities. The family-owned enterprise is not allowing the coronavirus pandemic to stand in the way of its good habits. Clean-up campaigns In what has become something of a valued tradition for many ALPLA…
BW Packaging Systems showcases solutions with virtual exhibit hall
BW Packaging Systems is using a virtual exhibit hall experience to bring its packaging solutions directly to its customers. Till…
BW Packaging Systems showcases solutions with virtual exhibit hall
BW Packaging Systems is using a virtual exhibit hall experience to bring its packaging solutions directly to its customers. Till May 2021, BW Packaging Systems will host a unique online exhibit to showcase the collective packaging capabilities of Barry-Wehmiller companies Accraply, BW Flexible Systems, BW Integrated Systems, Pneumatic Scale Angelus…
How to minimise packaging yet still provide on pack information
In a time where our throw-away culture has increased packaging waste worldwide, companies are looking for solutions that enable them…
How to minimise packaging yet still provide on pack information
In a time where our throw-away culture has increased packaging waste worldwide, companies are looking for solutions that enable them to provide more and use less. With mounting pressure, packaging is changing. Even though packaging is necessary, a lot of products have excess packaging where the information that is needed…
2200 Production Interface minimises labelling downtime
The 2200 Production Interface from Markem-Imaje reduces the risk of rework and recalls by minimising the scope for operator error,…
2200 Production Interface minimises labelling downtime
The 2200 Production Interface from Markem-Imaje reduces the risk of rework and recalls by minimising the scope for operator error, since label data and formats can be more easily controlled. Downtime is reduced by the ability to preview and adjust labels digitally. It is also improved by a large intuitive…
Lockdown has been a blight for the SA metal packaging industry
MetPac-SA expects that South Africa’s COVID-19 lockdown will have a huge impact on the metal packaging industry. Prior to the…
Lockdown has been a blight for the SA metal packaging industry
MetPac-SA expects that South Africa’s COVID-19 lockdown will have a huge impact on the metal packaging industry. Prior to the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, started on 27 March 2020, the country’s collection and recovery rate of post-consumer metal packaging (aluminium and tinplate) was estimated at an impressive 75.8%, as reported by…
Romaco debuts virtual showroom amidst COVID-19 pandemic
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Romaco was not able to display its technologies at Interpack 2020, but has instead come…
Romaco debuts virtual showroom amidst COVID-19 pandemic
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Romaco was not able to display its technologies at Interpack 2020, but has instead come up with an innovative solution in the form of a virtual showroom with a spotlight on sustainability and digitalisation. For the first time, Romaco’s latest product developments are being unveiled…
Keeping hands clean in Cape Town’s vulnerable communities
In an effort to reduce the risk of cross infection in the Mother City’s most vulnerable communities, Dow Southern Africa…
Keeping hands clean in Cape Town’s vulnerable communities
In an effort to reduce the risk of cross infection in the Mother City’s most vulnerable communities, Dow Southern Africa partnered with Plastics|SA and the Justice Coalition last week to distribute 20 litre PacXpert plastics pouches – lightweight, refillable bags, containing soapy water – to COVID-19 action community groups operating…
Plastics SA helps launch clean-up campaign on the KZN South Coast
Plastics SA played a key role in launching the KZN Marine Waste Network South Coast that took place at the…
Plastics SA helps launch clean-up campaign on the KZN South Coast
Plastics SA played a key role in launching the KZN Marine Waste Network South Coast that took place at the Amanzimtoti Lagoon on 14 March 2020. The event attracted 150 participants who joined in a clean-up at the lagoon to celebrate the network’s launch, removing more than 200 bags of…
The ins and outs of pharmaceutical closures
Standards must be adhered to when manufacturing pharmaceutical packaging to ensure hygiene and sterilisabality. Actega details the numerous packaging errors…
The ins and outs of pharmaceutical closures
Standards must be adhered to when manufacturing pharmaceutical packaging to ensure hygiene and sterilisabality. Actega details the numerous packaging errors that could occur and how using the correct pharmaceutical closures will safeguard from them. Pharmaceutical packaging, and primary packaging in particular, which is in direct contact with the dosage form…
Accraply to create new innovation and manufacturing centre in the UK
Séamus Lafferty, president of Accraply, has announced the creation of a new innovation and manufacturing centre in Irlam, Greater Manchester,…
Accraply to create new innovation and manufacturing centre in the UK
Séamus Lafferty, president of Accraply, has announced the creation of a new innovation and manufacturing centre in Irlam, Greater Manchester, UK. Accraply is part of Barry-Wehmiller and is a leader in the design, manufacture and support of automated label-application systems, as well as converting and finishing equipment for the shrink…
