Processing & packaging

Pasta Foods Pacepacker Total Bag Control

Bagging system gets the thumbs up

By Jenny EAGLE

Pasta Foods is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Total Bag Control (TBC) bagging system, which has been adapted over the years to meet the company’s changing needs.

Food processors face increased pressure from retailers to check the verification of their labels

SI and Dimaco see pressure for label accuracy

By Jenny EAGLE

Software provider, Systems Integration, has teamed up with Dimaco inspection company to offer food processors label accuracy and pack verification, including promotion labels and label positioning.

Stegeman's 'Filet Americain' uses PPure packaging

Ultra-transparent plastic: in the clear

By Fiona Barry

RPC Tedeco-Gizeh has developed an ultra-clear polypropylene (PP) material to replace amorphous polyethylene terephthalate (A-PET) in its plastic containers.

The Innoprint machine can print directly onto PET bottles instead of using labels

KHS digital printing for bottles

By Jenny EAGLE

KHS will demonstrate its Innoprint machine, which can print directly onto PET bottles instead of using labels, at Drinktec 2013.

Mettler-Toledo launches 'The Ultimate Moisture & Water Guide'

Mettler-Toledo analyses water content in food

By Jenny EAGLE

Mettler-Toledo has launched a guide called 'The Ultimate Moisture & Water Guide' reviewing the advantages and disadvantages of the different methods of moisture and water content in food.

Unilever has honored pallet pooling firm CHEP USA for its supply-chain efforts.

Unilever honors pallet partner

By Jenni Spinner

Consumer packaged goods giant Unilever has honored CHEP USA, an Atlanta-based pallet pooling outfit, with its 2013 Winning Through Business Integration award.

Star Refrigeration is launching its low-ammonia cold-storage systems in the US.

Low-ammonia cold front to hit US

By Jenni Spinner

Star Refrigeration is poised to bring its eco-friendly low-ammonia chillers and freezers to US food firms.

Picture credit: Globefish

Salmon production hit by poor sanitation

By Jenny EAGLE

Chilean Atlantic salmon production is expected to increase by more than 20% in 2013, but its growth will fall due to challenges in production, sanitation and finance.

Dough Weeks event as part of WP BAKERYGROUP's attempts to push new online platform

WP Bakery Group: Solving dough problems

By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn

Baking industry professionals have an opportunity to solve some pressing dough related issues, such as gluten-free and cleaning efficiency at WP Bakery Group's "Dough Weeks" event.

Moon Cheese snacks

Enwave to sell Moon Cheese snacks

By Jenny EAGLE

EnWave has partnered with Lucid Capital Management, a holding company of ex-Brookside Foods' chairman, Hugh Wiebe, to sell Moon Cheese, dried cheese snack.

Hope Foods has installed a second Avure Technologies high-pressure processing system.

Hummus maker dips into second HPP system

By Jenni Spinner

Hope Foods, responding to demand for its hummus products, has installed a second high-pressure processing (HPP) system from Avure Technologies.

The TMS-Pilot analyzer from Food Technology Corp. offers quick, affordable texture analysis.

Dispatches from IFT 2013

Texture analyzer touches down at IFT

By Jenni Spinner

Food Technology Corp. (FTC) debuted the TMS-Pilot food texture analyzer at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) show in Chicago.

The Lizard Monitoring System is designed to permit affordable remote temperature monitoring of cold-storage facilities.

Dispatches from IFT 2013

Sensor helps food firms keep their cool

By Jenni Spinner

Lizard Monitoring showcased its affordable remote temperature monitoring technology in its IFT 2013 booth (4576).

The VideometerLab 3

Neutec Group to distribute VideometerLab 3

By Jenny EAGLE

Denmark based Videometer, which manufactures multi-spectral imaging equipment has signed an agreement with Neutec Group to become its sole distributor in the US.

Daimer Industries' Vapor-Flo 8410 pressure washer cleans processing equipment at high temperatures.

Washer promises lean, clean processing machines

By Jenni Spinner

Daimer Industries Inc. has launched the Vapor-Flo 8410 pressure washer, an electric-powered unit geared toward providing effective cleaning with reduced eco impact.

Brenton is marking 25 years of building automatic case packers and other equipment.

Packaging automation celebration at Brenton

By Jenni Spinner

Brenton, a MN-based packaging machinery firm, is marking its 25th anniversary of providing automated equipment to food manufacturers and other industries.

The Heavy Duty Tight Radius Cam-Grid belt from Cambridge Engineered Solutions helps increase product throughput.

Belt does a good turn in tight spots

By Jenni Spinner

Cambridge Engineered Solutions has bolstered its Cam-Grid line of metal belts for spiral cage systems with a tight-radius belt.

Europe to invest €3.8bn in the biobased economy

Biobased future for Europe with €3.8bn backing

By Joseph James Whitworth

An industry consortium has joined forces with the European Commission to form a partnership worth €3.8bn to accelerate the deployment of biobased products.

T.H.E.M. has increased its stick-pack and contract packaging capabilities.

Packer sticks with growth plan

By Jenni Spinner

Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing (T.H.E.M.), a NJ-based packaging firm, has expanded its North American contract capabilities.

Perstop to launch Capa thermoplastic for bioplastics

Perstorp Capa for bioplastics at K Fair

By Jenny EAGLE

Perstorp specialty chemicals group is launching Capa thermoplastic products for bioplastics at the plastics and rubber tradeshow, K Fair, in Düsseldorf, Germany in October.

Ishida snack packing machine

Ishida increases packing speed by 35%

By Jenny EAGLE

Ishida Europe has upgraded its iTPS (Ishida Total Packaging System) with a Charge Transfer Control (CTC), which delivers 150 bags per minute.

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