Blogs

Explore a variety of packaging industry thought leadership pieces from our internal subject matter experts, read compelling case studies, hear from our service techs about helpful maintenance tips and tricks and more here in the nVenia Blog. Do you have a question you would like answered? Or a subject matter in the packaging industry you would like to learn more about?  Let us know!

5 Keys to Keep Gummies from Gumming up the Bottling Works

01/08/2021
Invented in the early 1920s by Hans Riegel, a confectioner from Bonn, Germany, who started the Haribo candy company, Golden Bears (known the world over as “gummy bears”) have not only become one of the world’s most commonly copied snack treats, the “gummy” movement has evolved into other categories, such...
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nVenia’s HAMER Brand Launches New Robotic Valve Bag Placer

11/16/2020
nVenia, designers and manufacturers of highly engineered packaging equipment, and a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, recently launched their new HAMER Brand robotic valve bag placer solution during Pack Expo Connects.  The placement of valve bags onto valve bag filler spouts is a highly repetitive, labor-intensive task. In many...
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Common Questions About Produce Packaging

07/17/2020
With more than 50 years of experience in the packaging industry, the nVenia team has experience working in every aspect of the packaging industry – particularly food. From candy and snack packaging, to gummies, seafood, and frozen foods, we have worked with it all. However, of all food packaging segments,...
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Quevos Chips: An nVenia Case Study

07/15/2020
Chips are one of the most common snack food products for which companies come to nVenia in seek of help. But egg white chips — that’s pretty unique. Quevos, started in 2016 by two friends, is a high protein, high fiber, low-carb egg white chip, which was born out of...
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Animal Feed & Seed

Robotic Bag Palletizers: How Does Your Pet Food Line Stack Up?

07/12/2020
nVenia’s robotic bag palletizers offer low maintenance and high productivity, and are a full-featured alternative to conventional bag palletizing systems. Proprietary software makes the equipment easy to run for all operators, regardless of their experience or skill level. Additional advantages: Smaller footprint Reduced risk of operator injury Ease of operation...
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gummy vitamin bottles on a machine

5 Tricks for Packaging Sticky Products

06/12/2020
Some products – such as nuts, chips, and other free-flowing foods – move very easily through a production process. But dealing with sticky products is an entirely different scenario. Sticky products may want to stick to various contact surfaces within machinery – or to each other – which creates potential...
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Pinch bottom bag equipment

Bag Sealing for Milk Powders: When Product Quality Hinges on Seal Integrity

06/05/2020
When it comes to packaging powdered dairy products, the integrity of the bag seal is vital to ensure quality, safety, and shelf life. Milk powders are extremely prone to oxidation, owing to their hygroscopicity and fat content; therefore, it’s critical that milk powders be packaged and sealed to prevent contact...
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Helping Breedlove Foods Make a Difference Against COVID-19

06/04/2020
nVenia’s food manufacturing customers come in all shapes, sizes, and industry segments – from produce manufacturers packaging lettuce or apples to snack and candy companies. However, one of the most unique and rewarding projects we’ve worked on over the years has been the support we’ve given to Breedlove Foods in...
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The Real Cost of Product Recalls – and Importance of Prevention

05/20/2020
When a food manufacturer needs to recall a product for safety reasons, there is always an actual cost incurred due to this recall. To start with, there is a direct cost that comes with having to refund all the recalled product. Not only are any of the profits from the...
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Multi Head Weigher

How to Calibrate a Bucket on Your Multi-Head Weigher

05/20/2020
Please view this video walkthrough to see how to calibrate a scale on your nVenia OHLSON Brand Multi-Head Weigher. *Note – As software packages are updated, it is possible some screens may look different on your screen. If you notice a potential issue with calibration, empty out the scale and...
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How to Recover Your Robotic Palletizer after a Stoppage or Collision

05/17/2020
SupportPro Tech Tip for nVenia Robotic Palletizers The robot recovery feature is a necessary and helpful way to safely reset a robotic palletizer after a stoppage or collision, or when unsure of how to proceed after an unexpected occurrence. Often, the robot may force you to run the recovery after...
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Top 3 Reasons to Shrink Wrap Your Food

05/01/2020
Now more than ever, the benefits of ensuring food is packaged cleanly and efficiently are top of mind. While food safety has always been a high priority, limiting any damage or contamination from the outside world is going to be a new focus in the post COVID-19 society. Ensuring food...
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