Poultry giant Exceldor has upped the sustainability profile of its fresh poultry products by switching to trays made from recycled-content polystyrene.
PMMI and the Food Marketing Institute are partnering on an event designed to give food firms and retailers ways to harness the power of packaging to succeed on store shelves.
Heat treatment of oats remains very traditional and should shift to continuous technologies for improved nutrition and reduced contamination, says a Campden BRI processing expert.
A special PMMI group has hammered out the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Opportunity Calculator, giving processing and packaging firms a tool to pinpoint problem areas and improve their businesses.
Former late-night TV host Jay Leno will entertain the crowd at PACK EXPO, PMMI’s international packaging and processing conference, with a lively lecture.
PMMI is calling for processing and packaging leaders to reaching out to young people, get them excited about manufacturing, and ensure the future of the industry.
As part of FoodProductionDaily’s ongoing series of 60-second interviews with the movers and shakers of the food and beverage industry, we caught up with Bill Michels, president, ISM Services, who prior to becoming a consultant had a career in senior supply...
Big cereal players haven’t worked out the concept of sensual packaging, sticking instead to rigid boxes and thick plastics but Mona’s Granola is one step ahead, says its founder.
CSB-System International has developed a software program that plans, controls and monitors production and packing systems for overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
The European Commission has approved Crown Holdings acquisition of Mivisa, in Spain, as long as the company meets certain criteria regarding its competitors.
Nippon Meat Packers, which owns beef processing factory Oakey Abbatoir in Queensland, Australia, will install Global Water Engineering (GWE) technology by CST Wastewater Solutions to create a Covered High Rate Anaerobic Lagoon (COHRAL) waste water stream.
Lightweighted containers, reduced material use, improved recycling awareness—many shifts in the US waste stream points toward food packaging having a better impact on the environment than ever before.
High-pressure processing is gaining popularity in food and beverage processing; Universal Pasteurization is opening its doors to give food professionals a chance to check it out for themselves.
tna sells its first intelli-flav 3 CLS into US and Iraq
Ammeraal Beltech has launched its second-generation Permaline U2 belt with a pre-printed positioning template to make it easier for bakery staff to place products such as pizza, pastry or pies onto a conveyor.
Cambridge Engineered Solutions (CES) metal conveyor belt manufacturer, is looking to expand in Spain and Poland and has released a Spanish-language version of its product catalog for customers in central and South America.
Warburtons has secured planning permission to build a £20M factory in Burnley, Lancashire, dedicated to its sandwich alternatives lines, including Wraps and Sandwich Thins, plans for which it announced in January.
PACK EXPO, the international processing and packaging industry exposition, is expected to draw 50,000 attendees, feature 2,000 exhibits, and stretch over 1.1m square feet.
Increased recovery and recycling targets mooted in an EU review have been backed by EUROPEN, providing they look at existing waste management infrastructure, capacity in member states and disparate performances.
Indian Tobacco Company (ITC) will open a Rs.700 crore ($113m) food manufacturing facility producing branded packaged biscuits, snacks, noodles, juices and Atta (wheat/powder flour).
Adept Technology will host two New Product and Technology Demo Days at its Application and Demo Center in Amherst, New Hampshire, on March 5 and March 6.
EU can impose fine of up to 1% of annual worldwide turnover
Zego, a manufacturer of allergen-friendly snack bars, has launched wrappers and boxes with QR codes enabling consumers to keep tabs on allergen products.
‘When the symptoms of chiselling show up in the packaging part of a business, it is more common than not to see the company in question has made a culture out of chiselling – the act of chasing the lowest price possible - and the impact is far-reaching.
OneHarvest, an Australian fruit and vegetable supplier has licensed technology from Love Beets in the UK to pack fresh-cooked baby beetroot in a vacuum-sealed pouch.
The European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers (FEFCO) has dismissed claims packaging contributes to waste and says the message is misleading because more resources are used in creating a product rather than packaging it.
