Secondary Packaging

Frozen novelty maker reaps six-month ROI

Cost-effective, rotary-arm wrapping machines don’t fence in worker safety.

May 13, 2008

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Secondary Packaging

Robotics at Heinz-Pocatello

John Beale is project engineering manager at a Heinz frozen food plant in Pocatello, ID. Here he talks about robotic solutions that are being considered.

May 12, 2008

Reusable/Returnable

2008 packaged goods trends--top 10 countdown...

#10—Probiotics are everywhere.

April 17, 2008

Flexibles

Convenience drives frozen food packaging

The market will see growth rates of 4.1% per year through 2011.

April 6, 2008

Filling/capping, dry

Bagger

WeighPack’s Swifty Bagger is designed for pre-made stand up bags, easily packaging a variety of products including snack foods, frozen produce, powders and more.

April 6, 2008

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Western Europe ready meals remain dynamic

Ready meals, consisting of frozen, chilled, dried and canned/preserved formats, have carved a place for themselves in many markets, especially in Western Europe. According to Euromonitor International's research, retail value sales of ready meals in Western Europe hit US$26.4 billion in 2007. The region accounted for 37% of global retail value sales, the largest share in the world.

April 2, 2008

Additives, coatings & inks

Freeze-tolerant resin

Cereplast has extended the range of applications for biodegradable, compostable plastic with the introduction of the first-ever freeze-tolerant resin, CP-INJ-13.

March 4, 2008

Flexibles

Solvent-free lidding films

Environmentally friendly, FDA-compliant, heat-sealable, solvent-free LumiLid® lidding films from Toray Plastics are made with a proprietary extrusion coating technology that does not require the use of odorous and potentially harmful organic solvents.

March 4, 2008

Flexibles

Bourbon chicken graphics are intoxicating

A stand-up pouch provides an ideal billboard at retail to showcase tasty, inviting food photography and consistent, colorful brand imagery for Perdue’s Bourbon Chicken, a frozen, cooked chicken breast product.

March 4, 2008

Flexibles

Package 'steams' into frozen vegetable pack

Microwaving frozen vegetables can be messy and inconvenient for consumers. That no longer needs to be so.

March 4, 2008

Prepared Foods

Continuous motion cartoner is operator friendly on frozen food line

The Pegasus Cartoner: Continuous motion, horizontal cartoner for erecting, loading, and closing glue or tuck style cartons at up to 120 cpm. This video from Econocorp shows operator friendly cartoning on a frozen food, ethnic entree packaging line.

January 18, 2008

Flexibles

Ovenable, peelable lidding

New Rocklid GP PET peelable, dual-ovenable lidding for foil containers is now available from Rockwell Solutions.

January 11, 2008

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Two-piece cup system

Spartech has introduced Packalloy™ Imagine 2-piece cup system, a container system for food products that combines high-performance plastic technology with the advantages of 2-piece convoluted mandrel forming.

January 11, 2008