Sustainable Packaging

Corn-based meat trays

One of the leading supermarket chains in Australia will use some 95 million trays eco Plastic trays in calendar year 2012.

May 18, 2012

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Sustainable Packaging

Vacuum packaging that keeps meat red

FreshCase technology, which involves the use of sodium nitrite in the food contact layer of the film, is an award-winning way of using vacuum packaging without causing the fresh red meat to darken.

May 14, 2012

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Pouches make turkey sales fly

Increased visibility, high perceived value, and greater customer convenience all come together in this vibrant turkey carry pouch developed for Mr. Pavo brand turkeys of Ecuadorian food marketer Pronaca.

April 20, 2012

Secondary Packaging

Corrosion-proof strapping machine hooks fish industry

Strapping machine successfully emerges from long-term testing under the harsh conditions of a Norwegian fishery.

April 10, 2012

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Breakthrough in meat packaging

Vacuum-packaged fresh red meat shipped refrigerated in corrugated cases has long been viewed as an eminently sensible case-ready packaging format.

February 23, 2012

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Print excellence nets Gold

Creatively printed pouch packaging for frozen Icelandic Grouper Fillets has garnered an FPA Gold Award in Printing Achievement for Flex-Pack.

February 23, 2012

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

New technology for pasteurization

The DLG German Agricultural Society (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft) will present a Gold medal to a novel technology for in-pack pasteurization at the upcoming International FoodTec award ceremony.

February 8, 2012

Flexible packaging

Odom’s takes pride in packaging prowess

A dedicated workforce, along with weigh scale, vf/f/s, case packaging, and cartoning equipment help produce over a 1 million breakfast sandwiches a day.

February 7, 2012

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Breakthrough in meat packaging

H.E.B.'s Texas Beef brand capitalizes on a new technology that allows fresh red meat to 'bloom' under vacuum skin-packaging conditions.

January 30, 2012

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

JBS enhances specialty beef lines with new easy-open package

Meat processor uses new bag that enhances employee and product safety, improves back-of-house efficiencies, and reduces product waste.

January 6, 2012

Bakery/Snack

Higher-barrier plastics will help grow flexible packaging market

Flexible packaging benefits from a widening range of new products being developed by brand owners in an increasingly competitive consumer marketplace.

January 5, 2012

Filling/capping, dry

MAP meat line is big on flexibility

Danish meat processor Himmerlandskoed sends a variety of modified-atmosphere packs to both retailers and wholesalers alike. So a versatile tray sealer was crucial.

December 6, 2011

Containers

Seafood specialties in retorted, IML tubs

Appel Feinkost GmbH & Co. KG, of Cuxhaven, Germany, produces the Appel Gourmet Seafood line in six non-refrigerated salad and snack varieties.

November 15, 2011