New solutions to friction reduction on bottling lines are becoming available to help bottlers cope with water-reduction goals and lighter, more easily damaged containers.
Functionality usually takes a back seat or rides shotgun with environmentally friendly packaging materials, but that’s not the case with a new polymer film from the Australian firm Plantic Technologies Ltd.
CILS-9100 cap and tube all-in-one label sets provide multiple label shapes and sizes on a single roll/A4 sheet to allow variable data printing (batch numbers, bar codes, etc.) from a standard laser or thermal transfer printer.
Capable of processing up to 400 containers/min., the PDC R-400 shrink labeler handles a range of packages such as round, oval and square (including tapered) tubs, cups, bowls and a variety of rigid packages.
That is the question, whether ‘tis nobler to include the product’s constituent ingredients on the label—even when they’re not required by regulatory agencies—or not to include those ingredients, thereby creating an uproar inflamed by media attention when they’re discovered.