Form/fill/seal - horizontal

Relaunch for Swiss meat producer

Bigler’s quality meat products have been successfully relaunched under a common brand with the support of the firm’s flexible film supplier and its packaging equipment manufacturer. Paper-like lidding is a key.

July 31, 2017

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Flexibles

Literal transparency helps sell grass-fed beef

Beef cuts ethically-sourced are packaged in a clear vacuum pack that flips up from its backing card to allow consumers to see 100% of the meat. Cutting board graphics enhance taste appeal.

July 15, 2017

Flexibles

Hot dog! Consumer confidence swells with Oscar Mayer redesign

Reaching back to Oscar Mayer’s beginnings, design firm brings back the image of the yellow paper band originally used to wrap the brand’s hot dogs to reaffirm the products’ quality.

July 10, 2017

Flexibles

OptiDure Abuse Bag addresses meat and cheese processing needs

Reduces food waste, provides durability, aesthetics, and sustainable benefits by enabling 25% downgauging with no loss in film performance or functionality.

June 8, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Testing article

Testing article

April 21, 2017

Filling/capping, dry

Recovering from a tsunami

This Japanese fish processor wasted no time in rebuilding and equipping its facilities after suffering the devastation of Japan’s 2011 tsunami.

February 2, 2017

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Valved packaging proves successful in foodservice

Spanish meat shop is first to use a tray and film combination with valve to package its new line of meat recipes, for cooking in a conventional steam oven.

December 3, 2016

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Cargill debuts easy-peel packaging for its ground-beef chubs

The new film for its Our Certified 1-lb ground-beef chubs will eliminate consumers’ contact with the meat during food preparation.

November 21, 2016

Flexibles

Meat shrink bags improve puncture-resistance with less material

The Nextrus shrink bag line by Coveris offers both clarity and performance for protein packaging, achieving high levels of vacuum tightness and seal integrity for protection throughout the supply chain.

November 17, 2016

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Plant-based protein package design capitalizes on meat cues

Dramatically shot, mouth-watering food photography as well as the visual language of a butcher shop adds credibility and sumptuous flavor cues to Beyond Meat’s offerings.

October 22, 2016

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Case taping vastly improved

Interruptions to the packaging process are practically a thing of the past at Kent Quality Foods—and employee morale is way up—since a switch in case taping was made.

August 1, 2016

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Suppliers show a lot of skin at IFFA meat show

Packaging technologies enabling extended shelf-life, preservative-free, and convenient meat, seafood, and ready meals dominate IFFA 2016. Big among them: Vacuum Skin Packaging.

May 22, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Johnsonville transitions to recycled-content PS meat tray

As part of its efforts to reduce its environmental impact, Johnsonville Sausage has switched to a polystyrene tray that contains 25% recycled material for a range of its products.

May 15, 2016