Prepared Foods: Page 38

Flexibles

Carrefour debuts microwavable vegetable tray

Conceived by Carrefour, the French hypermarket pioneer, new Conserves Pratiques vegetables are packed in retorted multilayer plastic trays.

June 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID-enabled vial seal

West Spectra[tm] from West Pharmaceutical Services uses overt, covert, and HF RFID technologies to ensure authenticity for pharma products.

May 31, 2005

Petfood/Pet Care

Optimizing paperboard's value equation

Research shows that the best packages engage consumers as both shoppers and product users while helping retailers build their bottom line.

May 31, 2005

Containers

Software solutions save the day

Cheesemaker Tillamook of Oregon wanted to avoid product recall problems. Fruit packer Pri-Psagot of Israel needed accurate data tracking. Both devised software solutions.

May 31, 2005

Containers

'Girl' powered for new markets

Clabber Girl fills and case-packs pails in a compact, cost-saving operation.See video

May 31, 2005

Closures

Temperature effects on torque and bottle opening

This original research from an SJSU graduate student looks at the effect of temperature on the removal torque of PP and HDPE closures.

May 31, 2005

Secondary Packaging

Old Orchard Brands: Tray packer for high-output, hot-fill PET line for fruit juice

Near the PET line, Old Orchard runs a frozen juice concentrate line, where this tray packer/wrapper from Brenton Engineering was recently installed.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

COOL seafood labeling in place

Mandatory country-of-origin labeling for fresh and frozen seafood took effect April 4, 2005. Labeling also must disclose if the fish was caught in the wild or farm-raised.

April 30, 2005

Multipacking/shrink bundling/banding

Case-ready meat is hitting its stride

As more meat packaging is centralized, processors are finding ways to keep meat fresh longer. But how best accomplish that?

April 30, 2005

Flexibles

Onions take to thermoforms

For both foodservice and retail channels, Gills Onions is now offering rigid packaging as an alternative to flexible film bags.

April 30, 2005

Dairy

Expo Pack Mexico 2005

Mexico City hosts the 2005 version of Pack Expo Mexico from June 21 to 24. New this year is a focus on logistics service providers.

April 30, 2005

Secondary Packaging

Paper Discovery Center opens

After years of planning and fund-raising, The Paper Discovery Center is now open to the public in Appleton, WI. Located in Kimberly-Clark’s former Atlas Mill on the Fox River, the mill has been transformed into the only science and technology museum in Northeast Wisconsin.

April 30, 2005