Sustainable Packaging

New MAP Tray for Pasta Uses 91% Less Plastic than Clamshell

Grocery chain New Seasons Market moves to a MAP package made from a recyclable paper tray with film liner for its fresh pasta that increases shelf life and eliminates 120,000 plastic packs per year.

July 27, 2022

Prepared Foods: Page 2

Coding, Printing & Labeling

QuickFresh Automates Nutrition Label Printing

This prepared meal delivery company improved flexibility and throughput with a full-color variable printer for cartonboard sleeves.

May 31, 2022

Labels

Inks and IML Handle HPP for Guacamole Pack

Spanish producer of fruit- and vegetable-based juices and sauces Avomix selected shelf-life improving high-pressure processing (HPP) technology for its Fresh Mix product range, specifically its guacamole.

October 19, 2021

Secondary Packaging

Specially Designed Case Packer for GOYA Foods

SOMIC America announced at PACK EXPO Las Vegas that it has reached an agreement to provide GOYA Foods with a proprietary, end-of-line packaging machine for retail-ready packaging.

September 29, 2021

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Tray Sealer Helps Startup Brand Become a Savory Success

Using a combination of vacuum skin packaging and High Pressure Processing, grab-and-go meal startup Torn Apron is producing 4,000 tray packs/week of restaurant-quality meals that have a shelf life from 50 to 60 days.

August 25, 2021

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Triangle to Showcase VF/F/S Bagger at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Triangle Package Machinery Company

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas Booth #C-2614! Triangle Package Machinery Co. will showcase its Model XYTLF liquid fill vf/f/s bagger featuring a unique squeegee that keeps product out of package seals.

August 10, 2021

Sustainability

Delivery Hero Partners with Eco-Products to Launch Sustainable Packaging Program

Eco-Products Inc.

Leading delivery platform will provide restaurants with plant-based, no-PFAS-added packaging across the globe.

July 29, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Rice Race Intensifies: FEI Foods' Rice "First to Market" with Microwavable Mono-Material PP Pouch

The pouch size, shape, and function remain the same as the legacy multi-material packs, and the design continues to provide food-safety, ease of use, and convenience functions, only now more recycle-friendly.

March 3, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Pasta Brand Switches Oil- for Plant-based Film

The new PBR material is RIC1 approved so it is identified as PET in typical sorting processes; it can be recycled along with the PET without issue.

March 1, 2021

Contract Packaging

Growth of Contract Packaging and Manufacturing Through 2025

Bush Brothers

Interview with Bush Brothers and Pretzels, Inc. on the expanding role of contract packagers/contract manufacturers during the pandemic, with an introduction by PMG's Jim Chrzan on recent Contract Packaging Association survey results.

February 17, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Paperboard MAP or SVP Tray Reduces Plastic by 85%

An added benefit over typical CPET MAP or SVP trays is the vast increase in billboard space. Printed paperboard can be visible on the outside bottom, four sides, and even inside bottom of the tray.

November 11, 2020

Flexibles

Improve Production, Reduce Packaging Costs with New Bagger for Liquid Fill Applications

November 10, 2020

Case/tray packing

Food Processing Plant Orders Third Somic Case Packer

SOMIC Packaging, Inc.

Due to its rapid growth, OH SNAP! Pickling Co. ordered a third Somic 424 W3 wraparound case packer system to keep up with the demand for its products.

October 8, 2020