Cambridge Engineered Solutions, a division of Cambridge International, has launched Duraflex Edge, the next generation of open metal conveyor belting for poultry and food manufacturers.
‘Time and time again we hear reports about ingredients used in packaging materials migrate into the comestible contents. Frequent causes include printing inks on labels or the use of contaminated waste paper.
Mettler Toledo has launched a metal detection machine to automatically adjust to the food it inspects, which it claims can be customized to more than 800 settings.
With store-brand packaged goods doing $108.3bn business in the US each year, the Private Label Trade Show offers insight into trends driving the booming market.
Amcor Flexibles has optimized its ‘bag-in-box’ technology to offer greater protection against contamination of products like cereals from carton board, inks or the environment, it says.
Crown Food Europe, a business unit of Crown Holdings, has partnered with the Bonduelle Group, canned vegetables, to install a metal packaging production line at the company’s Novotitarovskaia plant in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
Pinhole detection in metallising is crucial in flexible food packaging where defects can affect the barrier performance of packaging structure and jeopardize the associated shelf life, said Bobst.
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FANUC’s M-2iA pick and place robot is available in Japan and the US, with its official UK debut this week with operator training at a revamped facility in Coventry.
While CO2 and liquid nitrogen have some differences as freezing agents, both work well on baked goods and geographic availability should be the main decider, Praxair says.
Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation (CFDC) will head up a food processing facility for fruit and vegetables in Ontario, Canada next year.
Flexible packaging has taken off, but recyclability has been a challenge; one company reportedly has solved the puzzle with a fully recyclable stand-up pouch.
Green polyethylene (PE) is growing with Tetra Pak, General Mills and Danone adopting the technology but is not yet at full capacity, according to Braskem.
The Andalusian Plastics Technology Center (Andaltec) in Martos (Jaén), southern Spain, is working on a dozen projects related to packaging in the food industry.
Marel, which makes food processing equipment, will open its doors to Progress Point, a customer training and demonstration facility, in Denmark, on November 7.
Interchangeable frozen dough machines for the cookie sector enable manufacturers to cater to booming demands for fresh-baked cookies, Baker Perkins says.
AkzoNobel has launched antifog additives for polyethylene and ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA) food packaging films to boost the appeal and shelf life of fresh products.
Polyscope is to apply for food contact approval on one of its terpolymer grades and target niche applications in a move into the food packaging market.
Orange County, California council members have voted five to two to ban local food vendors from using polystyrene products, like Styrofoam, to package food.
Automotive specialist SAS Automation dived into the bakery sector three years ago and says it plans to be a major player in de-panning within the next two.
