Packaging & Bagging
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Bulk Bag Filler Used at First Industrial-Scale Nanotube Facility
June 17, 2009Spiroflow Ltd, a sister company of Spiroflow Systems Inc. (Monroe, NC), has installed and started up its highest accuracy Spirofil bulk bag filler. The machine is capable of filling 45- and 110-lb bulk bags at the world’s first industrial-scale nanotube manufacturing facility in...
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Bags, Bagging, & Packaging Spotlight - July 09
June 17, 2009Bulk Bag Hang-Weigh Filler This bulk bag filler provides simplified portability for bulk bag filling operations. Traditional floor-mounted load cells pose problems and limitations if the filler frame needs to be moved. The load cells of the hang-weigh filler system have been relocated onto the...
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Bemis' Curler Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
June 15, 2009Bemis Company, Inc. has announced that Jeffrey H. Curler, executive chairman and chairman of the board of Bemis Company, Inc., has received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award for the Upper Midwest region from professional services firm Ernst & Young...
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Bemis Company Acquires South American Rigid Packaging Operations from Huhtamaki
June 3, 2009Bemis Company, Inc. has acquired the South American rigid packaging operations of Huhtamaki Oyj, a global manufacturer of consumer and specialty packaging. This rigid packaging business, which includes three facilities in Brazil and one facility in Argentina, recorded annual net sales of...
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Premier Tech Acquires Graphic Packaging Bagging Equipment Division
May 22, 2009In keeping with its mission of becoming a technological and commercial leader, Premier Tech has acquired all the assets of the Equipment Division of Graphic Packaging International Inc. Located in Salt Lake City, this division manufactures and markets packaging equipment and specializes in valve...
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B.A.G. Corp. Celebrating 40th Anniversary
May 21, 2009B.A.G. Corp. is celebrating its 40th anniversary by launching a new Website at www.bagcorp.com that provides one of the most advanced, comprehensive FIBC resources currently available online. B.A.G. School is now expanding to this online resource base. The classroom seminar is offered at a customer...
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Bulk Bag Pallet
March 31, 2009Designed specifically for use with FIBCs, LoadRight pallets reduce the total system cost of distributing products in bulk bags. The pallets are lightweight (7-10 lb) and easy to handle, yet strong enough to hold up to 10,000 lb of bagged product. The space-saving design cuts pallet storage space by...
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Getting the Most Out of Your Bulk Bags
March 30, 2009Bulk bag designed, filled, and handled properly By Daniel R. Schnaars Jr. Bulk bags have a history of slumping, leaning, and stacking poorly. Since bulk bags are viewed as a...
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Bulk Bag Loaders
March 24, 2009BEST bulk bag loaders feature state-of-the-art technology in weighing and loading systems. The simple-to-operate Model BBL loader fills bulk bags, bulk boxes, and fiber drums. Standard features include pneumatic actuated, pillow-block mounted, pivoting bag support arms; natural gum-rubber...
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High-Speed Robotic Palletizer
March 24, 2009The A1800 high-speed robotic palletizer provides a robust, fast palletizing and depalletizing solution. The new robot is capable of 1800 cycles/hr, has a payload capacity up to 310 lb., has the ability to operate at a range of 360∫, and stack more than 28 bags/min. The low-maintenance unit is...
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