Zip-Pak, a US-based supplier of resealable technology for flexible
packaging, has introduced a new line of powder-proof zippers,
designed to securely reseals powdery products and particulates
Materials engineers at Owens-Illinois have developed a new
technology in the use ofSurBond barrier material that is said to
greatly reduce delamination in a multi-layer packagingstructure.
The number of people attending this year's Hispack expo in
Barcelona was down on the previous show, although the organisers
claim that the quality of visitors was high and that business
remained brisk on the stands.
UK-based CADCAM developer Delcam is to launch a free guide to
packaging design and manufacture at the Packaging Digest/Pira
International conference Packaging Design & Innovation
to be held 22 to 23 April 2003 in Washington DC,...
Convenience Food Systems, the Netherlands-based processing and
packaging equipment provider, has launched a new thermoformer which
is said to stretch the number of applications for medium production
packaging requirements.
North American Bakers Yeast division of Canadian company Lallemand
is due to complete its newly constructed yeast plant in Memphis,
Tennessee by the end of the month.
Spilva, the largest Latvian condiment manufacturer, has increased
sales of its range of cold sauces and salad dressings with metal
closures from Closures Europe, a subsidiary of Crown Holdings.
A working partnership between RPC Bebo Nederland, its main UK
distributor Associated Packaging of Tonbridge and Christian
Salvesen Foods has resulted in the launch of the Ross Fruit
Additions Range in microwavable polypropylene pots.
The packaging machinery sector continued a pattern of expansion
during March, according to the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers
Institute's Business Conditions Index.
The European food industry is to gather in Spain at the end of the
month for an international symposium on food technologies and the
canning industries.
Denmark's Niro group has launched a new spray dryer for the food
and pharmaceutical industries which it claims is smaller, quieter,
and produces better quality powders than any of its rivals.
Following hot on the heels of last week's announcement that net
income for the first quarter is set to exceed projections,
privately owned US agribusiness Bunge said yesterday that it now
owns 100 per cent of French oil processor...
Bosch Packaging Technology is currently in the middle of a major
road show designed to bring its latest vertical, form, fill and
seal machine (vffs) to potential customers throughout western
Europe.
Grundfos, the international provider of pump systems to the food
and beverage industry, has announced that it is to cut some 250
staff from its payroll in the group's Danish production division.
In response to the growing rise in concern for the safety of the
global food chain, the First World Congress on Food Irradiation is
to take place in the US next month.
As the aisles start to busy up at Anuga FoodTec, we take a look at
one of the more innovative stands, belonging to Norwegian liquid
packaging company Elopak, and find out what it had to offer the
sector.
Marks & Spencer, one of the UK's leading retailers, has
launched a range of nuts in a highly transparent, yet oxygen
protected laminate from Amcor Flexibles Europe.
The ARS and AACC's Cincinatti division jointly sponsored the 50th
annual research review conference yesterday in Wooster,Ohio in the
US, where the ARS' soft wheat unit received the 'best overall'
award.
Protient, the US-based protein producer, has begun production at
its new ultra-filtered soy protein isolate facility. The product
has numerous beverage applications.
Arkady Craigmillar, the UK-based supplier of frozen bakery products
for the foodservice sector, has launched a range of mini doughnuts
and three new luxury products, tapping into the current crazes for
miniature products and indulgent...
KHS has launched its second generation of advanced KHS ACF plant
technology designed to fill non-returnable PET bottles. The first
ACF line is about to installed at Eckes, one of Europe's leading
fruit juice, nectar and fruit...
Lock, the manufacturer of customised inspection systems, has
announced at the Anuga FoodTec show in Germany this week that it
has supplied a major Danish cheese producer with an improved metal
detection system.
Packaging producer TricorBraun has created a new 'bulb' shaped
glass bottle design for a pomegranate juice product which it claims
reflects the unusual nature of the juice itself.
The debate on the yield superiority of traditional crops over
organic crops is set to continue as a recent study reveals that
corn and soybeans were only minimally reduced when organic
production practices were used instead of conventional...
Although nearly two thirds of the world's beer continues to be
distributed in refillable glass bottles, the real dynamism in the
drinks packaging market as a whole is coming from PET, claims a new
report from beverage analysts...
Styropack, has marked the start of its new investment programme
with an injection in the company's national design and test centre
in Lancashire and its client base throughout the UK.
British biscuit maker Jacob's has launched a mini version of its
popular TUC savoury biscuit brand, tapping into increasing consumer
demand for such bite-size products.
Pechiney Plastic Packaging, a global leader in value-added flexible
packaging, has unveiled LaserTear, a precise scoring technology
that is said to create fail-proof, easy-to-open tear lines set
exactly to manufacturers' specifications.
British manufacturer of carbohydrate ingredients Tate & Lyle is
to expand the capacity of its krystar crystalline fructose plant in
Lafayette, Indiana by 20 per cent. Due to be completed by August
2003, the company said that no...
The Fraunhofer Institute, a research centre devoted to process
engineering and packaging, is holding its annual conference,
Packaging and Pharmaceuticals - Science for Compliance, to be held
in Friesling, Germany from 27-28 May.
One of the premier events for the food and beverage processing and
packaging industry is about to get under way in Cologne, Germany
tomorrow. The Anuga FoodTec will feature many of the leading names
in the business and the FoodProductionDaily.com...
A chemical commonly found in plastic food containers has been
proven to harm the development of mouse eggs, according to a new
study from the US which is now fuelling debates over packaging
safety.
Fogg Filler Company, a leading manufacturer of rotary liquid
filling systems, has launched new Neck Rail and Neck Grip
technologies to add to its line of Fill Pro filling systems.
Snack producers in the UK have to invest and innovate in order to
survive, and the government should do more to help them, according
to a speaker at the BCCCA Technology Conference.
Innovation in the form of eye-catching design and unusual packaging
materials have produced a host of imaginative launches for the
global food and beverage industry recently, a sample of which are
included in this report from the...
Food producers across the globe are being urged to register as soon
as possible with the US Food and Drug Administration in order to
comply with the imminent 'Public Health Security and
Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response...
Danish scientists announce a breakthrough in the battle against the harmful Listeria bacterium, with the discovery of a common lactic acid bacterium that fights Listeria efficiently in foods.
Gastroprocess Technologies, in co-operation with the Technical
University of Denmark, has completed the development of a new
industrial frying process which is said to be a more efficient and
healthier alternative to conventional...
A Brazilian brewery has contracted Krones to provide a Taxomatic
labeller which is now operating with extended technology to apply
foil to can lids as hygienic protection.
Good news comes this week for snack producers and bakers, as a new
study suggests that elderly people who eat more cereal-based foods
are less likely to develop heart disease.
Amcor is building a second glass furnace on its existing wine
bottle facility in Gawler, South Australia, in a move that will
double its current production capacity.
Yesterday we reported on a UK bread product which can help pregnant
women increase vitamin levels. Today we cross the Channel to
France, where a Nimes-based company is set to expand sales of its
slimming baguette to the capital.
Dupont Qualicon's BAX system - a genetics-based screening method -
has been adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture's
Food Safety and Inspection Service to detect Salmonella in meat,
poultry and eggs.
Meyn has announced that Convenience Food Systems will start to
offer support services for the company's further processing
requirements in the Netherlands.
Bread fortified with a variety of vitamins and omega-3 DHA has been
launched by independent UK bakers Warburtons. The loaf is designed
to help increase DHA intake among pregnant women.
