Bakery/Snack

Smart feeding

Erecting paperboard trays manually was labor-intensive, and existing tray overwrappers were inefficient. Automated packaging equipment rides to the rescue.

July 12, 2007

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Containers

Bush Brothers sticks it to glue problems

New can label adhesive applicators reduce adhesive use by 25%.

July 11, 2007

Flexibles

An organic view of packaging

Mitch Hallgren, president of Nature’s Path Food Service, St. Charles, IL, talks about packaging organic foods for this start-up company.

July 11, 2007

Beverage

Round container semi-automatic labeler

Simply place any cylindrical container into this labeler and it dispenses and applies a label. Works with small and large diameter containers, bottles, jars, even tapered cups.

June 25, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Kellogg's to be up front about nutrition

Kellogg adjusts its marketing to children including plans to add front-of-pack nutrition labeling.

June 21, 2007

Secondary Packaging

General Mills: packaging equipment must be 'worth it'

At the second annual Packaging Automation Forum sponsored by ELAU and other automation suppliers, packagers zeroed in on the supply chain impact of flexible, standards-based automation technologies on the packing floor. The keynote speaker in particular nailed the topic.

June 18, 2007

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Upskilling: Is your workforce packaging technology savvy?

As packaging machinery becomes more sophisticated, training and education, or ‘upskilling,’ becomes a growing concern for managers at Pepperidge Farm and elsewhere.

June 11, 2007

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Detector/checkweigher deliver QC for bakery

Crepe Cuisine, Penzance, Cornwall, England, a manufacturer of bakery goods for supermarkets, caterers, and wholesalers throughout the UK, has installed a new combination metal detection/checkweighing system from Avery Weigh-Tronix Canada (www.averyweigh-tronix.ca).

June 11, 2007

Flexibles

Deli-quality sandwiches in microwave packaging

Madison, WI-based Oscar Mayer, a unit of Kraft Foods, has teamed up with Graphic Packaging International, Inc. (www.graphicpkg.com) to launch Oscar Mayer Deli Creations refrigerated, modified atmosphere-packaged sandwiches in GPI QuiltWave™ microwave receptor trays.

June 11, 2007

Adhesives/tape

Caribou Coffee, Gaviña select ICA's advanced baggers

At the recent SCAA conference in Long Beach, a ‘sold’ sign and a popular open house testified to the popularity of ICA Quality Packaging, which specializes in sophisticated, ELAU-equipped high speed bagging systems.

June 4, 2007

Bakery/Snack

Further supporting evidence...cereal bars growth

On the back of this trend to offer healthier alternatives to kids, another study by Leatherhead International cites 9.6 percent growth in cereal snacks.

May 31, 2007

Dairy

Middle East snack growth

Western-style fast foods and snacks like potato chips and cheese balls all the rage in the region, with many states setting up large snack manufacturing units.

May 31, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Green means go buy!

In the U.K., Sainsbury's super markets has pioneered a traffic light labeling scheme where healthy foods receive green labels and unhealthy foods are tagged with red labels.

May 31, 2007