The exclusive fresh produce supplier for supermarket giant Asda has installed a number of pallet-lifts that ‘ticks all the boxes’ in solving food processing problems.
Packaging has a key role to play in helping meat develop from a commodity product into something more sophisticated, said Andrew Streeter of Pack-Track Datamonitor.
India’s emerging and evolving food contact material (FCM) regulatory regime represents an important step forward for the nation as it emerges as a significant global exporter of food and packaging, said legal experts Keller and Heckman.
A US company has developed a food packaging technology that dissolves when exposed to water and said it is ready for commercial roll-out as soon as individual customers’ needs are satisfied.
Ecolab have announced their president, who joined the firm as part of the Nalco merger last year, is leaving to become chief executive officer for chemicals company, Univar.
The packaging industry must properly embrace active and intelligent packing or face the prospect of going out of business in the next decade, declared the head of a new trade body dedicated to the technology.
A UK-based packaging company have created a film that they claim can extend fruit and vegetable shelf-life by ‘two to five days’ and are taking commercial enquiries from UK and Europe.
Food and beverage plastic packaging did not suffer as much as other sectors during the recession, according to estimates published from PlasticsEurope.
Successful use of high pressure processing technology (HPP) is less about the machine and more about a product’s passage to market, Avure’s Glenn Hewson told FoodProductionDaily.com at Anuga FoodTec.
A new offset printing press will ‘provide market changing products that customers have been waiting for’, said the president of a US packaging and label producer.
X-ray systems are increasingly replacing metal detection equipment as food manufacturers respond to growing regulatory and consumer demands for safer products, said Terry Woolford of Eagle Product Inspection.
Tetra Pak have signed a $2.5m (€1.9m) deal for a Saudi Arabian juice manufacturer to install and test the world’s first high speed Tetra Prisma Aseptic 200 sq filling line.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said it has no concerns about a substance used in food contact materials following a packaging company’s request.
A newly-developed range of resins and adhesives will ‘increase performance’ and offer ‘cost cutting advantages to food packagers’, according to Dow Chemical.
Dubai-based food packaging supplier Taghleef Industries hopes to supplement its expanding global footprint through the acquisition of US flexible packaging manufacturer Applied Extrusion Technology Inc. (AET Films).
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) has changed the game for US packaging machinery manufacturers by obliging them to rethink their design strategies, PMMI’s Jim Pittas told FoodProductionDaily.com from Anuga FoodTec.
DuPont said it is taking legal action against a major Spanish refrigerant manufacturer and its distributor over allegations that it has infringed the patent on one of its products.
Sealed Air Cryovac said it has developed new high oxygen barrier packaging that extends the shelf life of raw ham by 50% while preserving the product's visual appeal.
Research institute Campden BRI has partnered with equipment firm Rondo to commercialise an alternative bread process that it claims can improve bread quality and reduce costs for manufacturers.
A leading German trade body has hit out over soaring raw material costs for plastic packaging in the first quarter of 2012 – as it expressed strong doubts over a string of force majeure measures introduced by several suppliers.
Weakening consumer packaging demand in Hungary will see Stora Enso reduce its converting operations in the country and concentrate efforts elsewhere with the aim of boosting profitability.
The Plastics Industry Trade Association (SPI) has formed a membership council for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) that will ‘close the loop’ in the plastics supply chain.
UK researchers have unveiled prototype technology that recycles egg shells used in food processing into a filler to bulk up a raft of virgin and recycled plastics for packaging.
US-based Toray Plastics have appointed Chad Hedden as director of sales for the Lumirror polyester film division to focus on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sales.
The demand for US corrugated and paperboard boxes is projected to exceed $36bn (€27bn) in 2016, driven by an economic recovery and expanded food and beverage output, according to a research study.
FoodProductionDaily.com caught up with Dr Ian Davidson of ExxonMobil at Anuga FoodTec in Cologne last week to talk about new energy saving claims the company is making for its range of food-grade lubricants.
An innovative vision-capturing technology for packaged foods ensures enhanced accuracy in the inspection and verification of labels and printing for seal integrity at high speeds, said Mettler Toledo CI-Vision.
Using a computer-controlled process to move dough balls from mixers to the loading station can increase output and drive efficiency, according to German technology firm Diosna.
The food and beverage production industry is ramping up its innovation pipeline as a way of bucking the uncertain economic trend, Anuga FoodTec show director Peter Grothues told FoodProductionDaily.com at the event last week in Cologne, Germany.
Alfa Laval claims that its scraped-surface heat exchanger can take high viscosities and avoid burn-ons for applications in bakery and confectionery products.
Using modified flour through extrusion can cut costs, increase shelf-life and help manufacturers keep a clean label bakery product, according to technology firm Bühler.
Slovakia faces being hauled before the European Court and potentially fined if it continues to drag its feet over the implementation of packaging waste regulations, said Brussels.
FoodProductionDaily.com is hosting a free face-to-face conference next Wednesday (March 28) as part of Anuga FoodTec 2012 – where thousands of key industry players will assemble for one of the most important trade shows of the year.
Sustainable packaging has been highlighted as a key priority for Unilever as it launched an online innovation platform in a bid to uncover a raft of technical solutions to boost growth while cutting its carbon footprint.
Global packaging firm Stora Enso has taken steps to cement its position in the ever-expanding Asian virgin fibre-based consumer board market, through a €1.6bn ($2.1bn) investment in China.
Amcor has hailed the acquisition of Indian flexible packaging company Uniglobe as an important step in expanding its reach in the burgeoning sub-continent market.
