Flexibles

Anti-corrosion stretch film

New Corrosion Intercept Stretch Film from Engineered Materials provides protection against corrosion to all metal products, as well as nonmetal items such as painted surfaces and synthetic fabrics.

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Flexible packaging

A fresh approach to frozen entrées

Victory’s Kitchen develops the perfect recipe for detecting metal in its new frozen food line, while its new automated packaging equipment speeds production.

August 31, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Pack Expo is packed with solutions

Representatives from these two packaged goods companies will be front and center, shopping lists in hand, when Pack Expo International hits Chicago this Fall.

August 31, 2008

Flexibles

'Mathematical freshness'

Fresher Than Fresh president Ronnie Wrenn refers to his company’s products as possessing “mathematical freshness,” a term that relates to the quality and safety of the surface of the seafood itself.

August 31, 2008

Secondary Packaging

A deep dive into case - ready seafood

Fresher Than Fresh uses MAP trays to create case-ready seafood.

August 31, 2008

Flexibles

Woven-mesh film bags are purr-fect for pet food

Innovative converting process results in a woven-mesh film bag that is durable, attractive, and economical for pet-food producer American Nutrition.

August 31, 2008

Flexibles

Alternatives to BPA emerge

At this time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not recommending that anyone discontinue using products that contain BPA while we continue our risk-assessment process.

August 31, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Del Monte pounces on Meow Mix pouch line

Robotic case-loading system at Del Monte Pet Foods propels pouch production into an automated tiger.

August 31, 2008

Flexible packaging

Possible PVC packaging ban is latest California trend

A general observation: bans on packaging materials or articles are virtually always misguided, simply because it is just about never true that a specific packaging material or structure is all bad, or so bad that the bad outweighs the good.

August 31, 2008

Flexibles

FPA releases '2006 state of the industry report'

Data on the economic and financial health of the flexible packaging industry is available in the Flexible Packaging Assn.’s (www.flexpack.org) “2006 State of the Industry Report.”

August 31, 2008

Cartoning

Carton sealer's a keeper

Equipment, materials boost the production and look of Inland Market's cartoned fish.

August 31, 2008

Flexibles

Kraft and TerraCycle partner on packaging reuse

World's first sponsored waste programs reuse cookie, bar wrappers.

August 31, 2008

Flexibles

Single-use caulk packs debut

GE Caulk Singles replace squeeze tubes and caulk guns for convenient, on-the-go application.

August 31, 2008