2024 Package This - Product Placement Inventory

	Video Topic	Type	Sold?	Company (FROR in Red)	Sales Rep	Member?	FROR Expiration Date	Sales Closing Date	Materials Due Date	Deployment Date	Completed
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3	Episode: Palletizing & Depalletizing (Machinery)
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13	Episode: Closures, Lids, & Dispensing (Materials)
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25	Episode: Multipacking (Machinery)
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34	Episode: Labeling Machines (Machinery)
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45	Episode: Wrapping Equipment (Machinery)
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51	Episode: Coding & Marking (Machinery)
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59	Episode: Flexible Packaging (Materials)
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69	Episode: Pre-made Bag Loading & Sealing Types (Machinery)
70	Machinery dedicated solely to the function of sealing premade bags or pouches.	Bag/Pouch Sealer		Syntegon	Christine Smallwood		12/15/23	05/06/24	05/13/24	06/05/24
71	Modified Atmosphere Packaging, or MAP, is used in the food industry to extend the shelf-life of perishable food products by modifying the air inside the packaging. MAP machines flush out oxygen in a bag and replace it with a mixture of other gases, such as nitrogen and carbon dioxide.	Modified Atmosphere						05/06/24	05/13/24	06/05/24
72	Specialized equipment that wraps a preformed bag tightly around a food product such as meat, poultry or cheese, by placing it into a vacuum chamber that seals by flushing gas and air from the chamber to eliminate oxygen for preservation and prevent air pockets.	Vacuum Packaging						05/06/24	05/13/24	06/05/24
73	Machinery that enables manual, semi-automatic or fully automatic loading of product into pre-made bags, and then seals them. Note: form/fill/seal machines are not included here.	Bag Loading, Filling & Sealing						05/06/24	05/13/24	06/05/24
74	Equipment that seals a preformed bag by sewing threads (in contrast to most heat sealing methods), such as for a bag of fertilizer.	Bag Sewing Equipment						05/06/24	05/13/24	06/05/24
75	Machinery used to close any preformed bag, that is closed by a method usually other than heat sealing or sewing. Note: form/fill/seal machines are not included here.	Bag Closing Equipment						05/06/24	05/13/24	06/05/24
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77	Episode: Feeding & Inserting (Machinery)
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85	Episode: Cartoning Equipment (Machinery)
86	Equipment that forms cartons by erecting and forming flat blanks into a primary package.	Carton Erector/Former		Syntegon	Christine Smallwood		01/15/24	05/27/24	06/03/24	07/03/24
87	Top load cartoners form and erect cartons that usually feature hinged flaps. This family of related packages – such as lock trays, cake boxes, and one-piece tuck tops – that all feature a wider opening that allows products to be easily loaded vertically over the top of the package, hence the name “top load.”	Top Load Cartoner		Shubert North America	Christine Smallwood		01/15/24	05/27/24	06/03/24	07/03/24
88	Machines that perform the cartoning functions of erecting, closing, folding, side seaming, and sealing, on a single machine (in a vertical orientation.)	Vertical Cartoner (Integrated erect/load/seal)		ESS Technologies	ELIZABETH TIERNEY			05/27/24	06/03/24	07/03/24
89	Cartoning equipment that load products by pushing them through while the box is flat on its side. Boxes of frozen pizza are a typical example of products that use the horizontal load technique.	Horizontal Cartoner		Nuspark ( Rychiger)	lee ashcroft	Member	01/15/24	05/27/24	06/03/24	07/03/24
90	Equipment that closes and seals carton flaps into a finished primary package after the carton has been loaded with product.	Carton Sealer		Econocorp	WENDY SAWTELL		01/15/24	05/27/24	06/03/24	07/03/24
91	Single Item - A wide variety of machines that apply a sleeve, typically made of paperboard or corrugated or other materials, around a single item or package.	Sleevers - Single Item						05/27/24	06/03/24	07/03/24
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93	Episode: Package Inspection (Machinery)
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104	Episode: Robotics (Machinery)
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111	Episode: VFFS (Machinery)
112	VFFS machines that create bags that have seals on the top, bottom and back of the package. A pocket of air inside the flexible bag puffs up the flexible film, adding a layer of protection to the precious cargo that’s inside the bag, such as pretzels or chips.	Standard Pillow Pouch		Syntegon	Christine Smallwood		02/01/24	07/01/24	07/08/24	08/07/24
113	VFFS machines that form portion pack bags, or sachets in small package sizes. With sachets, the roll stock will be cut into small strips, filled, and sealed on four corners to form square- or rectangular-shaped bags for items such as condiment and sugar packets used in food service applications.	Sachets & Portion Packs						07/01/24	07/08/24	08/07/24
114	VFFS machines that form bags that hold solids such as powders.	Solid		R.A Jones	Christine Smallwood	Member		07/01/24	07/08/24	08/07/24
115	VFFS machines that form packs in a long, tubular shape that carry small portions of products perfect for the on-the-go lifestyle.	Stick Pack						07/01/24	07/08/24	08/07/24
116	VFFS machines that form quad-seal bags, which feature four seals.	Quad-Seal Bag						07/01/24	07/08/24	08/07/24
117	VFFS machines that form bags that hold liquids.	Liquid						07/01/24	07/08/24	08/07/24
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119	Episode: Accumulators (Machinery)
120	Devices that accumulate and offload containers and packages on a single, often horizontal level, such as a bi-directional accumulation table for aluminum cans.	Accumulation Table		SpanTech	Christine Smallwood	Member		07/08/24	07/15/24	08/21/24
121	Also known as turntable accumulators, these buffering machines store containers or packages on a flat rotating disk, for example, filled pharmaceutical vials.	Rotary Accumulators						07/08/24	07/15/24	08/21/24
122	Buffering system that accumulates and conveys containers or packages by elevating them in a spiral or helical formation above the line, as an example, buffering containers on high-volume bottle filling line.	Spiral/Helical Accumulators						07/08/24	07/15/24	08/21/24
123	A buffering system that aligns horizontal rows of containers or packages through indexing and then elevates the indexed rows in a vertical fashion as a stack, often used for high-volume lines.	Vertical Accumulators						07/08/24	07/15/24	08/21/24
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125	Episode: Liquid Filling Equipment (Machinery)
126	Machines that fill liquid substances into a container so that the substance can be released as a spray using an actuator that is mechanically primed or uses compressed gas as the propellant.	Aerosol & Dispensing Filling		R.A Jones	Christine Smallwood	Member		08/05/24	08/12/24	09/11/24
127	Flow meter fillers that handle products rotary configuration to dispense product from an elevated storage tank at a consistent rate. The product is measured by a flow meter and the valve is opened or closed to maintain the desired flow rate. This type of filler is well-suited for products that have a predictable flow rate, such as water or oil.	Rotary Flow Meter Fillers		Ronchi America	Christine Smallwood	Member		08/05/24	08/12/24	09/11/24
128	Machines employ load cells – a unit that converts force or weight into an electrical signal – that are placed directly beneath each filling station. The machine then doses (or dispenses) liquid products by its weight.	Net Weight Fillers (Liquid)		Specialty Equipment	Christine Smallwood	Member		08/05/24	08/12/24	09/11/24
129	Volumetric fillers that dispense products of various viscosities with a piston that draws liquid from a hopper and pushes it through a nozzle to fill a container.	Piston Fillers						08/05/24	08/12/24	09/11/24
130	Also called gravimetric fillers, these liquid filling machines dispense typically water-thin or low viscosity liquids from an upper chamber by dropping the product into a container, such as a bottle.	Gravity Fillers						08/05/24	08/12/24	09/11/24
131	Used in applications for filling highly viscous and pasty products such as cream cheese or yogurt, these liquid filling machines use a rotary valve pump that creates a vacuum to suck product down into a chamber above the container.	Pressure Fillers						08/05/24	08/12/24	09/11/24
132	Used in applications for filling highly viscous and pasty products such as cream cheese or yogurt, these liquid filling machines use a rotary valve pump that creates a vacuum to suck product down into a chamber above the container.	Vacuum Fillers						08/05/24	08/12/24	09/11/24
133	Flow meter fillers that handle products inline to dispense product from an elevated storage tank at a consistent rate. The product is measured by a flow meter and the valve is opened or closed to maintain the desired flow rate. This type of filler is well-suited for products that have a predictable flow rate, such as water or oil.	In-line Flow Meter Fillers						08/05/24	08/12/24	09/11/24
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135	Episode: Wrapping & Thermoforming for Proteins
136	Machines that run vacuum shrink pack materials, which are a type of package using shrink film, formed on flow wrappers, chamber- and rotary-chamber machine style bag sealers, steam tunnels and shrink tunnels that wraps tightly around the product (i.e., a lamb shank) and during the vacuum sealing process.	Vacuum Shrink Pack						08/21/24	08/21/24	10/02/24
137	Machines that run any package that is made with thermoform/fill/seal equipment whereby a vacuum removes air in packaging so that it conforms to the shape of the product, such as a thermoformed vacuum pack of dates.	Thermoformed Flexible Vacuum Pack		Harpak-Ulma	Wendy Sawtell			08/21/24	08/21/24	10/02/24
138	Horizontal form/fill/seal equipment capable of running flat flexible trays such as a thermoformed semi-rigid pack of salami.	Thermoformed Semi-Rigid Pack						08/21/24	08/21/24	10/02/24
139	Machines that form, fill and seal trays, which are shallow, rigid or semi-rigid containers made from a variety of materials that support and contain food as well as non-food products. Examples include microwavable polypropylene trays for frozen dinners, clear trays for rows of cookies or crackers. Baskets (sometimes known as punnets) refer to open or mesh containers, typically plastic, that are designed for holding fresh fruit or vegetables.	Tray		Harpak-Ulma	Wendy Sawtell			08/21/24	08/21/24	10/02/24
140	Equipment such as flow wrappers, chamber- and rotary-chamber machine style bag sealers, steam tunnels and shrink tunnels that run a type of package using shrink film that wraps tightly around the product (i.e., a lamb shank) during the vacuum sealing process.	Vacuum Skin Pack						08/21/24	08/21/24	10/02/24
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142	Episode: Load Stabilizing (Machinery)
143	Semi-automatic and automatic machines that wrap highly elastic plastic film around finished pallet loads to protect and contain them during shipping and warehousing; includes rotary towers, turntable systems, orbital wrappers and other types of stretch wrapping systems.	Stretch Wrappers		Phoenix Wrappers	ELIZABETH TIERNEY			09/09/24	09/16/24	10/23/24
144	Any machine or manual tool that wraps and seals one or more plastic or metal straps around a load pallet to secure and stabilize it, ranging from manual strapping tensioners to automatic machines.	Strapping - Transport Packaging		Aero Rubber Company, Inc.	Jake Brock	Non-Member		09/09/24	09/16/24	10/23/24
145	Machinery that vertically covers a pallet load from top to bottom with a hood of stretch film.	Stretch Hooders						09/09/24	09/16/24	10/23/24
146	Systems that apply non-destructive adhesives to individual cases or bags as they are loaded onto a pallet so that they grip the next layer above or below.	Load Stabilizing Adhesive Systems						09/09/24	09/16/24	10/23/24
147	Corner posts, corner boards, edge protectors and related protective material and systems that provide corner protection and load stabilization to pallet loads during shipment and storage.	Corner Post & Edge Applicators						09/09/24	09/16/24	10/23/24
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149	Episode: HFFS (Machinery)
150	HFFS machines that form bags that have no gussets (are flat).	Flat Pouch		R.A Jones	Christine Smallwood	Member		09/16/24	09/23/24	10/30/24
151	HFFS machines that form bags that are called stand-up pouches (or doypacks), which are flexible packages that have gussets allowing them to stand vertically erect on a store shelf.	Stand-up Pouch		Paxiom	lee ashcroft	Member	03/01/24	09/16/24	09/23/24	10/30/24
152	Machines that run four-side seal bags, or quad seal bags, which are bags or pouches sealed at four points.	Four-sided Seal Bags						09/16/24	09/23/24	10/30/24
153	HFFS equipment that runs a bag or pouch sealed in three places	Tri-seal bags						09/16/24	09/23/24	10/30/24
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155	Episode: Conveyors* (Machinery)
156	Also known as bucket elevators and grain legs, these conveyors lift products vertically and separate them into troughs before discharging the product.	Bucket		Frazier & Son	Christine Smallwood	Member	04/01/24	10/01/24	10/07/24	11/13/24
157	Modular conveyors, also known as modular belt conveyors, consist of attachable modules, often of plastic, that can be quickly linked together via joint rods and pins for quick reconfiguration on a conveying line as needed.	Modular		Spantech	Christine Smallwood	Member		10/01/24	10/07/24	11/13/24
158	Infeed and discharge conveyors move containers and packages into or out of a packaging machine. Often specific timing or back-pressure considerations apply to these conveyors.	Infeed & Discharge		Spantech	Christine Smallwood	Member		10/01/24	10/07/24	11/13/24
159	Parts, accessories and tools related to any type of conveyor such as plastic, metal or rubber belting, rollers, pins, hoods, take-ups, nosers and gears specific to conveyors.	Components & Accessories		Spantech	Christine Smallwood	Member		10/01/24	10/07/24	11/13/24
160	Adjustable or fixed guide rail systems and related components are used to protect, guide, and control containers to avoid jams, product spillage, bottle shingling and other problems during conveyance.	Guides, Rails & Adjustment Systems		Spantech	Christine Smallwood	Member		10/01/24	10/07/24	11/13/24
161	Specialty conveyors often used in processing applications that feature a rotating helical screw blade to move bulk materials or products along a defined path within a casing or trough.	Screw		Morrison Container Handling	ELIZABETH TIERNEY	Member		10/01/24	10/07/24	11/13/24
162	Incline conveyors permit products to be moved from one height to another. Examples include adjustable conveyors, slider bed incline conveyors, roller bed incline conveyors, continuous and reciprocating vertical conveyors, and spiral conveyors.	Incline Conveyors		Paxiom	lee ashcroft	Member		10/01/24	10/07/24	11/13/24
163	Also known as cable track conveyors, cable conveyors for package conveyance are typically used in transporting empty cans.	Cable						10/01/24	10/07/24	11/13/24
164	Air conveyors refer to flat top conveyor systems that uses compressed air to move packages or materials, similar to air hockey tables. Vacuum conveyors pull a vacuum through the conveyor belt to hold down packages or materials to the conveyor belt.	Air/Vacuum Tabletop Style						10/01/24	10/07/24	11/13/24
165	Any flat conveyor system in a variety of formats and sizes that runs products horizontally, usually on a belt or belted system.	Tabletop						10/01/24	10/07/24	11/13/24
166	Conveyors that use a fin divider (also called flights or scrapers) that separate and hold product during conveyance, often at steep vertical angles.	Flighted						10/01/24	10/07/24	11/13/24
167	Systems that use magnets embedded beneath a belt to retain ferrous pieces during conveyance.	Magnetic						10/01/24	10/07/24	11/13/24
168	Lineshaft or roller conveyors feature cylindrical rollers that move primary cartons or secondary packaging such as cases, through a production line.	Roller						10/01/24	10/07/24	11/13/24
169	Conveying systems that use vibration to move light parts, pieces and powders horizontally through a production line.	Vibratory Conveyor/Feeder						10/01/24	10/07/24	11/13/24
170		Accumulation Conveyor		Pacteon	John Schrei			10/01/24	10/07/24	11/13/24
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172	Episode: Case Packing (Machinery)
173	Equipment that places primary packages into shipping trays	Case or Tray Loader		Blueprint Automation	Christine Smallwood	Member	05/01/24	10/07/24	10/14/24	11/20/24
174	Machines that form, fill or load, and seal a case or tray on a single machine in a continuous, horizontal operation.	Horizontal Case Packer (Integrated erect/load/seal)		Syntegon	Christine Smallwood		05/01/24	10/07/24	10/14/24	11/20/24
175	Top load packers load product into the case through a pick-and-place method through the open top flaps of a shipper case.	Top Load Case Packer		Fallas	Christine Smallwood	Member	05/01/24	10/07/24	10/14/24	11/20/24
176	Machines that form, fill or load, and seal a case or tray on a single machine in a continuous, vertical operation.	Vertical Case Packer (Integrated erect/load/seal)		Schneider Packaging Equioment	ELIZABETH TIERNEY		05/01/24	10/07/24	10/14/24	11/20/24
177	Equipment that assembles and readies paper-based cases on a packaging line for later product filling or loading processes.	Case Erector		Paxiom	lee ashcroft	Member	05/01/24	10/07/24	10/14/24	11/20/24
178	Equipment that assembles and readies paper-based and corrugated trays on a packaging line for later product filling or loading processes.	Tray Former		Paxiom	lee ashcroft	Member	05/01/24	10/07/24	10/14/24	11/20/24
179	Machinery that closes flaps of a case before sealing it using tape or other adhesives	Case Sealer						10/07/24	10/14/24	11/20/24
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181	Episode: Dry Fillers (Machinery)
182	NA	Gross Weight Fillers		Haver & Boecker	Christine Smallwood	Member	06/01/24	11/04/24	11/11/24	12/04/24
183	This dry filling equipment, also called net weighers, loads cells beneath each filling station to dispense dry products by exact tare weight.	Net Weight Fillers (Dry)		Paxiom	lee ashcroft	Member	06/01/24	11/04/24	11/11/24	12/04/24
184	Auger fillers employ a rotating screw to dispense product through a tube for even, volumetric distribution, such as powdered milk or granulated sugar.	Auger Fillers		Paxiom	lee ashcroft	Member	06/01/24	11/04/24	11/11/24	12/04/24
185	Also known as combination weighers and weigh scalers, this equipment uses multiple weighing heads that, during simultaneous filling, combine the total product weight in each head to determine that a specified weight has been reached before discharging to a container, such as on a potato chip bag line.	Combination Scales		Paxiom	lee ashcroft	Member	06/01/24	11/04/24	11/11/24	12/04/24
186	Equipment that vibrates to dispense small, dry or granular items whereby multiple lanes distribute products from a bulk hopper to a container to reach a specific weight or count, such as in peanut packaging applications.	Vibratory Fillers						11/04/24	11/11/24	12/04/24
187	Volumetric fillers that are also known as cup fillers. This packaging machine dispenses dry products such as cat treats or nuts by moving products from a hopper to a defined-size chamber that drops products during filling.	Pocket Fillers						11/04/24	11/11/24	12/04/24
188	Systems that measure how much product has been dispensed by detecting the reduction in weight of a scale-mounted hopper as product exits the hopper.	Loss-in-Weight Fillers						11/04/24	11/11/24	12/04/24
189	Machinery that dispenses parts or pieces to precise specifications, such as a 50-count screw bag or box.	Piece Counters						11/04/24	11/11/24	12/04/24
190	Often used in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical packaging operations, these counters dispense a set quantity of tablets into a container. Slat counters are part of this family of products.	Tablet Counters						11/04/24	11/11/24	12/04/24
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192	Episode: Labels & Leaflets (materials)
193	Labels that have adhesive backing that adhere to packaging materials or containers when pressure is applied.	Pressure-Sensitive						11/11/24	11/18/24	12/11/24
194	Also known as wet or water-activated labels, these labels feature a dried adhesive that activates adhesive properties after water is applied. Examples include labels for wine bottles.	Pre-Gummed						11/11/24	11/18/24	12/11/24
195	Any type of label such as linerless or static cling that does not involve an adhesive.	Non-adhesive						11/11/24	11/18/24	12/11/24
196	Labels that are placed onto the container during blow molding or injection molding so that they are an integral part of the container, such as an in-mold label on a plastic laundry bottle.	In-Mold						11/11/24	11/18/24	12/11/24
197	Folded labels that are expanded after removing a peel to include information such as consumer health and safety information, usage instructions, legal disclaimers, or nutritional information	Extended Text						11/11/24	11/18/24	12/11/24
198	Plastic-based shrink film that is enveloped tightly around a product for its label, such as a full body label around a single-serve bottle of orange juice. Neck bands are shrink sleeves applied to the neck of a glass or plastic bottle to form a semi-rigid tamper-evident feature, such as bands around the neck of a bottle of salad dressing. Shrink bands can also be applied over the top of a closure to provide tamper deterrence and tamper evidence, such as a shrink sleeve over a bottle of aspirin or a bottle of water with a pop-up sport closure.	Shrink Sleeve Labels and Bands						11/11/24	11/18/24	12/11/24
199	Plastic labels with sufficient elasticity to maintain positioning, such as a wraparound sleeve label that is stretched and applied to a plastic container of cat litter.	Stretch Sleeve						11/11/24	11/18/24	12/11/24
200	Unprinted labels sold on a roll for companies to print their own labeling information as part of a print-and-apply labeling operation.	Blank Labelstock						11/11/24	11/18/24	12/11/24
201	Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags and “smart labels” may include lot, barcode, identification and tracking systems into a single label, with or without an embedded battery. Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) tags are used in shoplifting deterrence applications.	Smart Tags						11/11/24	11/18/24	12/11/24
202	Informational material such as bandoliers, coupons, instruction manuals and other printed material that is placed into a container.	Leaflets, Inserts & Outserts						11/11/24	11/18/24	12/11/24