Packaging
The ‘Pack’ is back
I hope you have packed the comfortable shoes. If you have entered the industry within the last three years and have yet to experience an Interpack tradeshow, you will not quite be prepared for the vastness of it compared to other trade shows. The 2011 event had 2,700 exhibitors from 59 countries and 165,000 visitors […]
Fonti Di Posina invests in Sidel’s combined blow fill cap solution
Fonti Di Posina, an Italian bottling company, has invested in Sidel’s new aseptic combined blow fill cap solution with dry preform decontamination – Combi Predis FMa.
Sunny D launches Sour Cherry Twist flavour
Sunny D, a kids’ juice drinks brand from Refresco Gerber, is launching a new Sour Cherry Twist flavour aimed at the family market. The tangy Sour Cherry Twist flavour came out top in taste trials carried out among 200 consumers as part of the brand’s new product development process. The new Sunny D Sour Cherry […]
New European food labelling regulations come into force later this year
ACE Group has advised that companies in the food and drink industry could face more claims from consumers as a result of new European food labelling regulations that come into force later this year. The purpose of the new regulation is to make food labelling easier for consumers to understand. It will streamline and simplify […]
Metsä Board launches two double-coated fully bleached liners
Metsä Board has launched two new double-coated fully bleached liners in its lightweight range. Modo Northern Light Litho is specially developed for litholamination and also suitable for other offset applications; Modo Northern Light Flexo is recommended for flexo preprint. Both grades offer high whiteness, gloss and premium printing properties in lower substances. They are ideal […]
Amcor Flexibles wins award for diamond shaped coffee pod
Amcor Flexibles has been awarded two Alufoil Trophies at an event organised by the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA). Amcor Flexibles was awarded an Alufoil trophy in the category of Marketing and Design for its Belmoca coffee capsules. The shiny, diamond faceted aluminium capsules complement the company’s promotional slogan: ‘Belmoca – a diamond in your […]
Petainer launches light weight jar
Petainer, a plastic packaging supplier, is launching the petainerJarT. The new PET jar can be supplied as a fully blown jar or as a PET wide mouth preform to be blown by food manufacturers on their premises. The petainerJarT weighs less than traditional jars, so more can be transported in one truck. The preform offers […]
Sharp Systems and OspreyDeepClean join forces on hygiene solution
Sharp Systems is joining forces with OspreyDeepClean to develop a chemical-free hygiene solution for food manufacturers. The equipment will combine OspreyDeepClean’s dry steam cleaning technology with Sharp System’s product and ingredient handling conveyor systems. The resulting system would clean both sides of a mesh belt and sanitise and vacuum all surfaces. When complete, it is […]
Fighting against food fraud
Eric Jamin from Eurofins Analytics looks as the testing tools available to the food industry for verifying the origin and validity of a product or component as well as emerging methods in this sector.
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Packaging equipment investment
The GEA Group has made a multi-million euro investment in production capacity for vertical bagging and confectionery equipment as part of its growth plans. “We have experienced strong growth over the last few years,” explains Harrie Neijnens, vice president of technology and site manager. “We’d reached the limits of our capacity. At the same time, […]
New modular hotfill machine
Sidel, the international supplier of liquid packaging solutions to the drinks industry, has produced a new modular hotfill machine that offers customers an extensive range of possible configurations. Part of the Sidel Matrix range, it provides high standards of hygiene to meet the production demands of more natural and fresher beverages, even those including pulps […]
High temperature certification of ovenable films
New printed ovenable films from TCL Packaging are the first in the UK to have been successfully tested to 220°C, 450°F Gas 7 with Smithers Pira. Managing director Mike Golding explains, “We decided to extend the test boundaries after we became concerned that not all printed ovenable films on the market are verified. It’s vital […]
Alternative to sleeves for cup packaging
Greiner Packaging International has developed an alternative to sleeves for special shaped cup packaging in the form of K3 D. K3 stands for Karton-Kunstoff-Kombinationen (cardboard-plastic combinations) and the D stands for the deformability of the cardboard wrap. The new technology makes it possible to deform a cardboard wrap in the third dimension to decorate a […]
Ilapack launches electronic flowrapper for the poultry industry
Ilapak has launched an electronic flowrapper for the poultry industry. The new Delta 3000 4S can pack poultry in a full range of pack formats, in either trayed or trayless pack styles. The flowrapper can pack whole birds and single portions. It can run laminates, paper laminates and ovenable films producing pillow pack and quad […]