The Flexible Packaging Blog

Reviews, trends, and tips covering all things flexible packaging to protect your products and your bottom line.

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Equipment | Investment

By: David Roberge
April 28th, 2016

What makes Extreme's equipment stand out above the rest? One thing that comes to mind when thinking of Extreme Packaging Machine's line of equipment is that they build fast wrappers. Their actual mission statement offers more clarity to that: "We build high performance, heavy duty, long-lasting shrink wrap machines that actually lower the cost of packaging". It rings true to their product line in several ways.

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Equipment | Investment

By: David Roberge
March 25th, 2016

As you move to automate your shrink packaging line, be aware of the options available with respect to the type of sealing systems to choose from.

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Equipment | Technical Service and Support | Plant Performance

By: Louise Dizazzo, Distribution Manager
February 11th, 2016

Preventative Maintenance and Spare Parts A well-maintained packaging line is a key component to your productivity success and equipment uptime, but how well-prepared are you for those times when things go awry? If you don’t have a full-time, in-house Service Manager, or your Maintenance Department doesn’t have the bandwidth to handle everything, our Service Manager and our Technical Service Department can help you better prepare for those down-time blues and keep your ship steaming ahead..

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Equipment | Plant Performance | Investment

By: David Roberge
January 28th, 2016

What A Multi-Product Manufacturer/Distributor Can Do To Stop Lengthy Change-Overs If you are a big-name retail manufacturer with several products and a few different lines, you may face a lengthy product change-over process when it comes to your packaging lines. One of our customers had this issue and this is what we did to help:

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Equipment | Supply Chain Services/ Contract Packaging | Plant Performance | Investment

By: Ed Cote, CEO
October 29th, 2015

Rethink Multi-Packing with a Third Party Logistics Provider Are you combining any of your manufactured finished goods into a secondary package? This is referred to as multi-packing. When you are short on space, labor, or capital, you still have options.