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The latest developments on convenience packaging to be presented at MeetingPack2017
MeetingPack2017, the international meeting for the packaging sector organized by AIMPLAS and AINIA will analyse in this third edition the great challenges of food packaging and will present the last technological solutions hand in hand with the main experts and companies of the sector.
Business news, Food safety, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
Milking the benefits
Dairy firm Pensworth is benefitting from almost 10 per cent increase in production efficiencies since replacing its old hot foil coders with five Hitachi UX inkjet printers from supplier Allen Coding.
Promotional activity
Mark Ulan looks at in pack and on pack promotions, and discusses how to create packaging with impact.
Round-Up: Packaging
Here is your weekly round-up of packaging news. Next week’s round-up will focus on processing news.
MP praises PFF’s commitment to innovation
Washington and Sunderland West MP Sharon Hodgson has praised the UK’s PFF Packaging Group – a producer of thermoformed plastic food packaging – for its commitment to innovation and product development.
Easy corrosion and metal thickness testing thanks to Coltraco’s updated Portagauge thickness gauges
Portagauge 3 Coltraco Ultrasonics would like to present the single-echo Portable Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge, Portagauge 3, as part of their collection of accurate, reliable and easy to use safety instrumentation. The quick, simple and hardy Portagauge 3 allows accuracy of ±0.1mm even on corroded, challenging and some plastic surfaces. With a 50 hour battery life, […]
Easy corrosion and metal thickness testing thanks to Coltraco’s updated Portagauge thickness gauges
Coltraco Ultrasonics would like to present the single-echo Portable Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge, Portagauge 3, as part of their collection of accurate, reliable and easy to use safety instrumentation.
Automatic case packer
WSI Global, a manufacturer of finishing equipment for the carton converting, liquid packaging and corrugated industries, has unveiled the XpressPack automatic case packer.
Cartons for dairy drink
Consumers in Sweden now have an environmentally sound choice for chilled drinking yogurt, following the launch of a range of Skånemejerier products in Tetra Top 330 Mini Nallo.
HD printed ovenable films
TCL Packaging has introduced a new ovenable packaging film to its product range.
Capturing food to go market
Colpac has expanded its range of Combione packaging in response to food service and retail demand for more varied packaging sizes to fuel the increasingly popular food to go market.
Rigid paper containers
Italian snack producer Amica is packaging its traditionally manufactured Eldorada potato chips in rigid paper drums, produced by Sonoco Consumer Products Europe.
Cauli Rice builds up a head of steam with Lagarde
One of the UK’s biggest success stories in 2015, Cauli Rice, a range of flavourful gluten free alternatives to rice, based on kibbled cauliflower, is being produced in a Lagarde 4 basket retort. Gem Misa, founder of the patented product, says, “I tried a number of different retort processes and suppliers to get the ultimate quality I […]
Cauli Rice builds up a head of steam with Lagarde
One of the UK’s biggest success stories in 2015, Cauli Rice, a range of flavourful gluten free alternatives to rice, based on kibbled cauliflower, is being produced in a Lagarde 4 basket retort.