Packaging
Diversity, innovation & future-focused: IFE 2019
This year’s International Food & Drink Event (IFE), drew 27,000 food and drink professionals to London’s ExCel for the latest releases and innovations in the industry.
Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability
Micvac to showcase at IFFA
Micvac will be exhibiting its system for the production of innovative and sustainable fresh, chilled ready meals at this year’s IFFA, May 4-9.
Sealed Air increases productivity for Sicarev
French meat processor, Sicarev, has seen multiple benefits after introducing forward-looking packaging technologies and moving away from manual handling practices.
APR recognises recyclability of FreshSafe PET
KHS has had its FreshSafe PET technology acknowledged by APR as meeting or exceeding APR’s most stringent critical guidance criteria for recyclability.
Sun Chemical joins Ceflex
Sun Chemical has joined Ceflex, the collaborative European consortium of companies and associations representing the entire flexible packaging value chain.
Global packaging trends
Market Intelligence agency, Mintel, has announced four trends impacting the global packaging industry in 2019 and beyond.
Qualvis leads the way with sustainable packaging
Motion Nutrition chose Qualvis to provide a more focused, sustainable packaging solution for its updated product range.
Compostable ice lolly packaging
Lickalix, an organic ice lolly company, has introduced what it claims is the world’s first plastic free, compostable ice lolly packaging, with the plastic free trust mark awarded by The Plastic Planet.
Nestlé and Veolia join forces to tackle plastic waste
Nestlé and Veolia, the world’s leading resource management company, will collaborate on the collection, sorting and recycling of waste plastic material.
New Tray Tipper automates fruit delivery
BBC Technologies, part of Tomra Food, has extended its turnkey blueberry line with the new Tray Tipper, which automates delivery of the fruit into its industry-defining KATO260 sorter, optimising its performance.
One in four consumers supports a ban on meat-related names for meat-free products
One in four consumers believes vegetarian products should not be allowed to have meat-related names like sausage or burger, a survey has found.
Winners from the Flexible Packaging Awards
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) has announced the winners of the 63rd Annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards.
Iggesund Paperboard mills awarded Gold Standard
The Holmen Group’s paperboard manufacturer, Iggesund Paperboard, has received the highest rating for sustainability in an evaluation done this year by the rating firm EcoVadis.
Sleaford Quality Foods makes green packaging pledge
Sleaford Quality Foods (SQF), a cross-category supplier of multiple packaged foods, has made a pledge to ensure all its packaging is recyclable or compostable by 2022.