Pharmaceutical packaging today is a prosperous industry, owing its existence mainly to the burgeoning base of medical science. Medications are manufactured worldwide using several technologies, and are marketed using different kinds of packaging conversions. This makes pharmaceutical packaging an extremely heterogeneous entity. Modes of Pharmaceutical Packaging The blister pack is possibly the most common mode [...]

BANGKOK, Thailand (Reuters) – A populist gesture by Thailand’s government to prop up rubber prices could backfire by scaring off buyers and causing a buildup of stocks as rubber output rises this year. Not content with a multi-billion dollar rice intervention scheme, the government of the world’s largest rubber producer told farmers it would also [...]

Water bottling companies have to work faster in order to keep up with the demands of the market. This would entail newer and faster machines. The quest for such type of machine has been addressed by Standard-Knapp, a leading manufacturer of packaging equipments and materials.

The latest report published by VDMA (German Engineering Federation) reveals that in terms of the production value of worldwide plastic and rubber machinery in 2009, China takes up 23.5%, and the percentage of Germany, Italy, United States and Japan is respectively 22.5%, 12.1%, 6.5% and 4.1%. It is clear that China surpasses Germany and becomes [...]

Plastic extrusion is responsible in the production of pipes or tubing, adhesive tapes, wire insulation and even window frames. It is a voluminous process where raw plastic is melted to form the desired product. The process starts with the use of a resin of thermoplastic injected or fed into the extruder’s barrel. After this, colorants [...]

The market for beverage packaging machinery grew from €20.7bn to €24bn last year, according to the German Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association. Germany holds the largest share of this volume with a “good 20 %, ahead of Italy, Japan, the USA and China”, according to the association who work within the German Engineering Federation. The [...]

Packaging machinery must run fast and perform a variety of functions from forming, filling, labeling, vision inspection and other highly automated actions, that must also be clean. That’s why one primary packaging equipment manufacturer made the choice to replace metal recirculating ball bearings after they caused shaft damage and grease leaks with new DryLin R [...]

U.S. financial turmoil, the tire market at home and abroad have fallen sharply, and so heavily dependent on the rubber industry, rubber machinery enterprises affected the living environment: a significant decline in orders, tires are generally deferred delivery, greatly increased the difficulty of back section, a serious shortage of liquidity . Wind gusts to make [...]

Packaging Machinery in China in recent years has made remarkable achievements in recent years the rapid development of aquaculture, increasing demand for packaging machinery. Domestic fish packaging machinery compared with developed countries there are still many deficiencies. The main drawback in the following points: First, single and more complete set of less; Second, host and [...]

Global demand for plastics processing machinery is projected to rise 6.0 percent annually through 2015 to $28.9 billion, a rebound from market declines experienced during the recession-impacted 2005-2010 period.  Sales growth will be driven by an acceleration in plastic product manufacturing, as well as by a favorable fixed investment environment worldwide. Many nations are building [...]

Rubber machinery is available in many shapes and sizes for multiple applications. They are semi or fully automatic with different output and speed features, making them unique and marketable to differing buyers. Rubber machines such as rubber extruders, molders, cutters, compounders or vulcanizers are in high demand. They are easy to install, rust proof, exclusively [...]

The plastic forming machine ( may also called plastic molding machine ) is developed on the basis of rubber machinery and metal die-casting machine.The three main type of are as follows: 1. plastic injection molding machine Plastic injection molding machine is called usually injection molding machine for short,using the injection and molding method. Plastic injection [...]

The European plastics and rubber machinery industry achieved remarkable rates of growth in 2010 and 2011 and is on course to match the 2008 record. “Our industry recovered very well from the economic and financial crisis in the countries associated with EUROMAP; this year’s production volume in the core machinery business is expected to reach [...]

The Plain Packs Protect campaign has recently been launched in the north east by health campaigners Fresh, aimed at reducing the number of child smokers who are attracted to glitzy packaging. According to the group, the average age most smokers in the north east start smoking is 15 years old, but some start at just nine years [...]

There are many plastics in the world today. They are made by the aid of various machines specialized to carry out specific functions like injecting. The machines used to process the PVC equipment are made in the plastic machinery manufacturers industries. These industries are world wide spread in the countries that can support the activity. [...]