Flexibles

Compatibilizer Makes Pouch Recycle-Ready

Winner of a Gold Award for Packaging Excellence plus a Silver Award for Sustainability and another Silver for Technical Innovation in the annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition was a standup pouch for pet food treats.

March 5, 2020

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Containers

Limited Edition Peanut Butter Jar Seeks to Settle GIF vs. JIF Debate

The J.M. Smuckers Co. designs a limited-edition jar for its peanut butter with its JIF logo transformed to GIF and a social media hashtag to spur consumers to join the debate.

March 4, 2020

Containers

Mischievous Dancing Duppy Adorns Spiced Rum Label

Rum brand extension builds on original bottle label graphics, with a playful, shapeshifting creature from Caribbean folklore, putting the focus on the exuberant nature of drinking rum.

March 3, 2020

Flexible packaging

TC Transcontinental Packaging Partners with T.M.E SpA

TC Transcontinental Inc.

TC Transcontinental Packaging announces the formation of a strategic partnership with T.M.E. SpA, a coffee packaging equipment solutions manufacturer, to deliver flexible packaging solutions for the coffee industry.

March 3, 2020

Operational Excellence

Market Snapshot: Beverage

Healthy ready-to-drink beverages continue to rise, as sugary drinks and beer lose share to cold brew coffee, spirits and wine.

March 2, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Early 2020 Announcements Foreshadow a Busy Year for Sustainable Packaging

Major news from the start of 2020 includes new sustainability pledges from Starbucks, Conagra, Nestle, and Taco Bell, the formation of a new, industry-led recycling council, the use of new packaging materials, and more.

February 27, 2020

Beverage

Opening Up Measurement Capabilities in Dairies, Breweries and More

Traditionally playing in oil and gas and chemical industries, Vega is making a move to a wide range of food and beverage applications with its new pressure and level sensors.

February 26, 2020

Operational Excellence

Top Challenges Facing Food Manufacturers Today

Addressing aging assets and data collection best practices are two requirements for manufacturing excellence in today’s rapidly changing landscape.

February 25, 2020

Beverage

Royal Cup Names New Leader

Chip Wann first non-family president and chief executive officer for premium and specialty coffees and teas importer, roaster, and distributor

February 24, 2020

Beverage

GFSI Releases New Benchmarking Requirements

Global Food Safety Initiative raises the bar for food safety with Version 2020, marking the beginning of a new generation of benchmarking, recognition, and transparency

February 24, 2020

Material handling

Dot Foods Opens New Distribution Center

Site will help nation’s largest food industry redistributor deliver products in less-than-truckload quantities to customers in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut

February 24, 2020

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

Cartoning

Co-Packer Dramatically Expands Wine Canning Capacity

In just two years, Free Flow Wines increases its wine-canning capabilities from one semi-automated line to three, adds a fully automated 300-can/min line, and triples its production space.

February 19, 2020