Archives for December 18, 2003

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Frantschach goes transAtlantic

Austrian-based packaging giant the Frantschach Group has completed yet another acquisition, this time in Mexico. The company has acquired the sack business of paper and packaging group Copamex for a total of $52 million, in a deal designed to...

Fri-jado caters for all

Dutch food processing group Fri-jado is soon to release its newest and most technologically advanced oven, the Multisserie, catering for the bakery and meat industries.

The future of packaging in Europe

Tetra Pak has been a pioneering force in the central and eastern European food and beverage packaging sector. However, with accession just around the corner a series of new challenges are about to present themselves. We spoke to a leading company...

Boxer delivers knock-out designs

Boxer, a design consultant firm based in Birmingham, England, has developed a new graphic packaging design for fast food giant McDonald's. "We were very impressed by Boxer's breakthrough approach to the casting process as well as the company's...

Crisps, the right balance

Researchers in the US have designed a new potato for the crisps industry with a 'favourable' starch to sugar ratio to beat the burnt flavour when frying.

Mega Pizza breakthrough

Lawrence Equipment, a major manufacturer of flat bread machinery in the United States and Europe, has recently released a new innovation, the Mega Pizza System, which is capable of producing multiple pizza bases operating at multiple cycles per minute.