When it comes to packaging, it’s one thing to innovate in your small corner, but quite another to actualize those ideas across the entire global field or delivering top products to the world. It takes a special company to do both.

Specialty Blends is a beverage producer famous for two things: Bob’s Pickle Pops, which are frozen dill pickle ice pops packaged on a stick-pack machine, and Bob’s Pickle Potion, a dill pickle sports drink available in both 3-oz PET and 6.3-oz (187-mL) PET bottles. The Dripping Springs, Texas, firm has seen steady growth since its founding…

Kvasny will focus on collaborating with distributors to expand sales and enhance brand recognition for Eastey and American Film & Machinery’s packaging solutions. Engage Technologies Corporation, the parent company of Squid Ink Manufacturing, Eastey, and American Film & Machinery (AFM), announces the hiring of Durell Kvasny to the position of District Sales Manager – Northeast Territory for Eastey and American…

Learn about the most common categories of labeling machines in the latest “Package This” episode. Labels do more than identify—they inform, protect, and brand. In this Package This episode, explore key labeling technologies that power modern packaging lines: from pressure-sensitive labelers and print-and-apply systems to shrink sleeve machines and stretch sleeve applicators. See how these…

American Film & Machinery’s AutoBandit applies and shrinks tamper-evident bands in a single pass for a cost-effective solution for various container shapes and sizes. American Film & Machinery (AFM), a provider of packaging equipment, announces the release of the AutoBandit, a fully integrated tamper-evident band applicator and shrink tunnel designed to meet the growing demand…

With a new rotary filler/rotary seamer at its heart, a nearly all-new packaging line is now humming along at 100 cans per minute. Future-proofing the line meant building in a lot more capacity than is needed—for now, at least. Spanning the range of familiar formats that constitute the craft brew universe—and all within a couple…

American Film & Machinery’s SRT-2500 is an electric shrink labeling tunnel that offers a flexible and efficient alternative to traditional steam systems for various industries. American Film & Machinery (AFM) is proud to announce the launch of the SRT-2500 Electric Steam Replacement Tunnel. This cutting-edge shrink labeling solution brings new flexibility and quality to labeling applications. Designed…

Engage Technologies Corporation is a renowned manufacturer of comprehensive packaging solutions. But it is how this company innovates both its processes and its products that is its true claim to fame. From automated coding, marking and labeling solutions, case sealing, and shrink packaging for a range of product shapes and sizes, to the various inks…

Chad Carney is the VP of Marketing and Corporate Communications at Engage Technologies.  Who is Engage?  They help deliver products to the world. This organization produces the ink, coding, and labeling that allows other companies to distribute their product. So, if they go down…supply chains get disrupted!  And back in 2020…Engage hit some rough waters.  Learn…