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Western Europe ready meals remain dynamic

04/02/08

Content Type Image  Ready meals, consisting of frozen, chilled, dried and canned/preserved formats, have carved a place for themselves in many markets, especially in Western Europe. According to Euromonitor International's research, retail value sales of ready meals in Western Europe hit US$26.4 billion in 2007. The region accounted for 37% of global retail value sales, the largest share in the world.

Swedish ready meals maker goes green

01/08

Content Type Image  Sweden’s Gunnar Dafgĺrd becomes the first to use a new molded wood-pulp tray that offers dual-ovenability and sustainability advantages.

Artegraft switches to copolyester for vascular graft tubes

01/08

Content Type Image  Company transitions from cylindrical glass culture tubes for its collagen vascular grafts to a copolyester-based tube with a flat side, helping to prevent breakage and save money.

Cooperation proves critical in tube manufacturing

01/08

Content Type Image  In this Q&A, Mel O’Leary, Jr., president and CEO of Meredith-Springfield Associates, describes how copolyester resin and supplier cooperation helped make the Artegraft tube.

Soliciting packaging ideas and innovation

10/30/07

Content Type Image  NineSigma openly solicits interested parties to respond to some of the thorniest technical challenges.

Call for PAF presentations

10/07

Content Type Image  With the third rendition of the Packaging Automation Forum set for May 19 - 20 in Chicago, PAF organizers are seeking speakers who can address the broad area of packaging automation through better use of integrated controls technology.

Smart packaging—gaining traction in the marketplace

10/07

Content Type Image  The promise of smart packaging has always been impressive. Now, at last, some pretty intriguing commercial applications are starting to surface.

Thermoformed cups give pâté long shelf life

10/07

Content Type Image  Increased competition for space in refrigerated cases at grocery stores is shifting product marketers’ focus toward food packaging that can deliver a long, ambient shelf life elsewhere in the store.

On-call product inspection: A 911 response to your packaging emergency

09/26/07

Content Type Image  Having X-ray, metal detection, and checkweighing capabilities for your packaged goods are as close as a phone call away and may cost less than you think.

Liquid dairy packaging offers global opportunities

09/07

Content Type Image Worldwide, nearly 270 billion packs were used in 2006 for liquid dairy products, including white,

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