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Erected trays await the transfer/loading of multipacks, while individual cups are carried on a transport robot.

Modular system provides multipack flexibility

In response to a major retail customer’s request, Finnish dairy producer installs a three-module system to pack yogurt and quark cups into multipack sleeves and cartons.

February 17, 2018

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Secondary Packaging

Building Markets in Milk

This co-manufacturer is betting on a new American appetite for shelf-stable milk. Though much of the U.S. isn’t ready for shelf-stability in its everyday milk, Gossner is a first mover on specialty, value-added milk products that lay a foundation for turning the larger adoption tide.

February 5, 2018

Gossner customers Kahlua Coffee Creamers, licensed by Diversified Foods, and High Brew Coffee Drinks, have been early adopters o

Cartons and boxes

Frozen yogurt pints portray brand’s spirited side

The new Yasso Pints line of frozen Greek yogurt uses package graphics that allow both the brand voice and appetite appeal to take center stage.

January 14, 2018

Each pint plays on the traditional flavor name by embodying the company’s spirited outlook.

Consumers can now make lattes at home with one touch

A new 12-oz aerosol can with a specially designed dispensing nozzle transforms ordinary coffee into a frothy latte, delivering the coffeehouse experience to consumers at home.

December 9, 2017

The dispenser’s function is to actuate the valve directly below it and release the product in a forceful stream.

Combo plastic/paperboard sleeve cups

Distinctive single-serve cottage cheese packaging stands out in refrigerator case.

November 1, 2017

Consumers easily open the product by tearing the vertical side strip to separate the paperboard sleeve from the PP cup and lifti

Pot-set yogurt jar is magnifique

General Mills brings its French-style yogurt to the U.S. in a glass jar used to set the product over eight hours, stabilizing the thick, creamy yogurt, branded Oui by Yoplait, without cornstarch or gelatin.

October 24, 2017

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Shaved ice stays nice in new IML carton

Swapping a paperboard carton with a polypropylene container with IML label helps keep Sno-Balls To-Go shaved ice products in top quality and increases shelf impact.

October 15, 2017

The new carton was introduced in the beginning of 2017 with 14 updated designs and three new flavors.

Milk conveys organic with unbleached paperboard carton

Arla’s EKO organic dairy brand uses a new carton made from natural brown unbleached paperboard that retains the color of the wood fibers and has a visible fiber structure.

September 11, 2017

Arla Foods in Sweden has launched several milk products in its organic EKO range using the Naturally Pure-Pak carton.

Secondary Packaging

Robotic case packing for a safer end-of-line environment

Indonesian dairy relieves its congested manual case-packing area by installing 11 robotic case packers that improve efficiency, create a safer work environment, and reduce labor costs.

August 29, 2017

Shown are Fresian Flag employees instrumental in the installation of the company’s new robotic case packers.

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Nordic heritage, unique flavors are focus of new skyr cup

A new paperboard-plastic thermoform structure and redesigned label graphics differentiate Icelandic Provisions’ skyr product from yogurt and highlight its Nordic roots and ingredients.

August 26, 2017

Icelandic Provisions Peach Cloudberry Skyr AFTER redesign

Glass jars enable yogurt’s thick, creamy texture

General Mills brings its French-style yogurt to the U.S., employing a ‘pot-set’ process that relies on glass packaging to deliver a fresh taste and thick, creamy texture without artificial ingredients.

August 13, 2017

Oui by Yoplait Black Cherry

E-commerce ice cream

The Ice Cream Club of Boynton Beach, FL, has an established business selling 3-gal tubs of ice cream to independent ice cream stores, retirement communities, resorts, restaurants, and other wholesale or foodservice accounts.

June 29, 2017

BOPP labels are digitally printed in four colors.

Cartons and boxes

QR codes offer multiple benefits to dairy coop

Technology ensures operational traceability and production process management from start to finish, as well as creates opportunities for customized digital promotions.

June 26, 2017

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Products

Automated industrial packaging machine with digital control panel

Spouted Pouch Filling & Capping System

ALLIEDFLEX expands its FLX Machinery lineup with the FLX Rotary Duo SpoutFill, a duplex rotary system designed to fill and cap pre-made spouted pouches at speeds up to 70 pouches per minute for liquid food, dairy, and grab-and-go applications.

CO2 Laser Coder for Beverages

Sanitary Tiltable Screw Conveyor