CPA Connection - Volume 2, Issue 8

September 6, 2012

Volume 2, Issue 8

CPA Fall WorkShop

Don't miss CPA's second annual Fall WorkShop on September 24th and 25th, 2012 at the Chicago Marriott O'Hare Hotel! This event offers not only an excellent opportunity to learn about today's contract packaging environment, but also provides ample opportunities to meet and network with fellow CPA members, new contacts, copackers, and Associate Members who are key suppliers to the industry.

This event is a MUST for you and your packaging team to gain expertise and knowledge that is readily applicable to your packaging processes.

Visit www.contractpackaging.org/fallworkshop for details and registration.

From Industrial Lubricants to Hair Care kits, Paket Corporation Has Moved as Markets Evolved

Paket Corporation began contract packaging in 1957, in an environment that today's copackers would barely recognize. Its primary packaging business was filling tubes of industrial lubricants that were included by machinery manufacturers in their starter kits for customers. It had no secondary packaging capability. Its capabilities included 9 tube fillers, 1 can filler and a few pouch fillers that were used to package a variety of food and industrial products.

For many years, this was a steady, reliable business. But industry is never static, and as technology changed, Paket's customer base began to decline.

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New Polypack ATLAS CSS (Corrugated Sleeve and Shrink) System

Named after the mythological figure who bore the weight of the world on his shoulders, Polypack's new ATLAS CSS Corrugated Sleeve and Shrink System takes a unique approach to providing palletizing support. Instead of a traditional 6-panel RSC case, the CSS system uses a die-cut corrugated blank which is formed around the product on the 4 vertical sides. This tightly packed sleeve bundle is then wrapped in shrink wrap to enclose the case. The end result is a strong pack that can reduce corrugated material consumption up to 50% over traditional RSC cases.

For a video of this system in action, see www.polypack.com/robotics.asp

For video of the ATLAS system go to www.polypack.com/css.asp

Ampac Adds Inno-Lok® and Pour and Lok™ Zipper Application Technology

Ampac, the world's leader in creative flexible packaging, announces the addition of Inno-Lok ®, a patented method of applying a reclosable zipper transversely to packaging films, as well as Pour and LokTM, a foldable zipper applied to film in the side gusset area of a package.

Lessons learned from both sides of the contract 'fence'

Berkeley Contract Packaging, founded in 1992, provides all manner of secondary packaging services to leading companies in pharma, CPG, food and other sectors.

"One thing we're seeing is that more and more companies are talking to us about turnkey operations - especially larger companies - as they try to outsource more to reduce indirect costs. This was popular 10 years ago, and we didn't hear much about it for a while, but it certainly is back now." - Jack Concannon, VP and COO

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Global aseptic packaging forecast to grow 24% in next five years

New study estimates that by 2016, the world market for aseptic packaging will reach 153 billion liters, in 333 billion packs, with the majority of additional demand coming from South/Southeast Asia and China.

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Faster, Better, Cheaper... And More Of It

If variety is the spice of life, these are days that packagers should surely relish. Thanks to our modern "have it your way" culture, demand for unique package types and SKUs crafted specifically for modern lifestyles has reached unprecedented levels.

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Flexible Packaging Gets a Bad Wrap

Activists criticize it. Environmentalists decry it. Recyclers fear it. Consumers question it. Anyway you look at it, flexible packaging takes the heat. But is all this criticism justified? No. Flexible packaging offers many benefits, and those all-important benefits are often overlooked when we see a used package in our trash containers.

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