Sustainable Packaging

Insert Extends Avocado Shelf Life By Two to Four Days

Mission Produce launches a post-harvest program that uses a food-safe, biodegradable packaging insert to extend the shelf life of avocados while minimizing operational impact to the supply chain.

August 31, 2020

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Traceability for Mangoes in Mexico

This Mexican company, leader in the export of fresh mangoes, has automated the traceability process in its secondary packaging and made it profitable, by integrating the latest generation Squid Ink printing equipment with automatic data collection.

August 25, 2020

Plastics/resins

Tray Sealer/Conveyor Meet Produce Company’s Need for Speed and Space

A tray sealer and integrated conveyor provide Hawthorne Produce with greater throughput and ample production line space for packing, allowing it to meet increased customer demand.

January 30, 2020

Material handling

Combining Digital Print and Corrugated Packaging for a “Box that Learns”

Matteo Bonfanti, designer at Ghelfi Ondulati, Italy, spoke today at Digital Print for Packaging Europe in Berlin, about a recent project that combined traditional materials, new technologies and one HP digital printer, to reach consumers in a timely way.

December 3, 2019

Fruits/Vegetables

Produce Company Sticks with Proven Metal Detectors for New Plant

Happy with the metal detectors at its first two plants, F&S Produce installs six additional ones at its new plant that provide dependability, washdown capability, and high sensitivity to metal contaminants.

September 16, 2019

Secondary Packaging

Grape packer comes in from the fields, automates packaging

California grape grower breaks with tradition, bringing grape packing in-house and automating the process with semi-automated packing lines and robotic depalletizing and palletizing.

August 16, 2019

Fruits/Vegetables

Personalized apple packaging

Melinda, an Italian consortium of 4,000 apple farmers, has leveraged digital print technology to engage with its farmers with a new personalized marketing campaign.

July 17, 2019

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Digital print drives E-com subscription service

Digital printing of corrugated is among the most dynamic segments of the whole digital print for packaging scene, and one of the more intriguing innovations in this space has just been introduced in the e-commerce produce business.

June 28, 2019

Flexibles

Biopolymer potato bags are ‘Tater Made’

Wada Farms uses a bag made partially from potato starch for its Idaho Potatoes that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, the use of petroleum-based plastics, and excess film gauge.

May 26, 2019

Recycling

Melons shipped in digitally printed corrugated

Savco, a fast-growing distributor of fresh produce in Canada and the US, will speed its farm-to-store delivery of its H2O Melon watermelon brand this season using giant, digitally printed corrugated bins.

May 3, 2019

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Vegetables get a whole new look

Leading French food specialist Raynal et Roquelaure is shaking up the grocery sector with the launch of a range of cooked vegetables in totally new-look packaging for these types of products.

March 22, 2019

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

RPET clamshells provide clarity for organic herb line

See-through packs in smaller sizes maximize shelf life for highly perishable herbs, while aligning with Shenandoah Growers’ organic farming and sustainability efforts.

January 3, 2019

Flexibles

U.K. retailer debuts recyclable film for fresh veggies

New polyethylene film for fresh vegetables sold at U.K. retailer Co-op is recyclable while also providing the same functional features as a non-recyclable film.

October 25, 2018