Thermoform/fill/seal

Thermoformed Skin Packs Catch Attention, Hook Consumers

To accommodate retailers’ and consumers’ growing demand for case-ready skin packs of fresh fish, this seafood processor and packager turned to flexible, high-speed thermoforming equipment that makes sanitation easy.

February 21, 2020

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Flexible packaging

Salmon with a Smile: Fish Brand’s Bold Personality Captured in Redesign

New label graphics for Honey Smoked Fish Co.’s salmon products evokes the original founder’s ‘big personality,’ while taking its cues from old fish market signage.

January 23, 2020

Flexibles

Bagger, Weigher Lead to 100% Production Improvement

This California poultry producer had been experiencing bad seals, incorrect package weights, and low speeds, but it realized a 100% improvement in production with a new bagging and weighing system.

January 17, 2020

Flexibles

Robotic Bulk Product Handling System

JLS Automation

JLS Automation launches a high-load bulk product handling solution designed to load large cuts of protein into processing equipment.

December 10, 2019

Labels

Clear Linerless Label for Fish Pack is One of Many Firsts

A new VSP package for fresh fish entrée brand Rebel Fish is decorated with a vibrantly printed linerless label from a new flexo converter committed to redefining the U.S. print market.

December 2, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Dow Diamond Finalist: Amcor’s Paperly

Charcupac, a French meat and charcuterie slicing and packaging specialist in Ars-sur-Moselle, is among the first to commercialize a new thermoformable material from Amcor called Paperly.

October 1, 2019

Protective/transport packaging

Meat delivery service uses cornstarch-based insulated coolers

NIKU Farms uses bio-based, insulated coolers made from cornstarch that are backyard compostable and biodegradable to ship its farm-to-door meat subscription boxes in Canada.

August 9, 2019

Flexibles

Bio-PE pouch helps advance beef producer’s mission

Beef products from Northern Italian breeder association La Granda, part of the Slow Flood Presidia, are now packaged in a stand-up pouch made from more than 80% bio-based plastic.

June 11, 2019

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

New vacuum skin pack format

First to commercialize a new vacuum skin-packaging concept was OSI Europe.

May 31, 2019

Recycling

Replacing plastic packaging for case-ready meat

In launching its line of premium beef, OSI Europe was the first to commercialize an innovative vacuum skin packaging system that can reduce the amount of plastic used by up to 75%.

May 29, 2019

Protective/transport packaging

Compostable, water-soluble shipping materials used by meat delivery service

E-commerce meat company Crowd Cow ditches the EPS insulation for a shipping material that is home-compostable and meltable, and can be safely disintegrated in water.

April 27, 2019

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Fresh meat packaging market offers opportunities

Beef sales are down, ready-to-eat chicken and fresh seafood sales are up, and vacuum skin packaging grows in popularity. New report looks at the global fresh meat packaging market.

March 25, 2019

Containers

Fork included in new tuna pack

Chicken of the Sea® has begun the national roll-out of Infusions™, a resealable, single-serve recyclable cup of wild-caught tuna with a built-in fork perfect for a convenient meal or snack.

February 22, 2019