Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Optical electronic sensor passes with flying colors

When this packaging machinery OEM was asked to integrate sensors that would verify accuracy in labeling, the CVS2 was part of the answer.

August 31, 2008

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Sustainability

Highlights from PAF 2008

Space constraints prohibit an all-inclusive report on Packaging Automation Forum 2008, sponsored by Packaging World and Automation World magazines. But here’s a peek at what Unilever, Lilly, and P&G had to say.

August 31, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Pack Expo is packed with solutions

Representatives from these two packaged goods companies will be front and center, shopping lists in hand, when Pack Expo International hits Chicago this Fall.

August 31, 2008

Flexibles

'Mathematical freshness'

Fresher Than Fresh president Ronnie Wrenn refers to his company’s products as possessing “mathematical freshness,” a term that relates to the quality and safety of the surface of the seafood itself.

August 31, 2008

Secondary Packaging

A deep dive into case - ready seafood

Fresher Than Fresh uses MAP trays to create case-ready seafood.

August 31, 2008

Flexibles

Woven-mesh film bags are purr-fect for pet food

Innovative converting process results in a woven-mesh film bag that is durable, attractive, and economical for pet-food producer American Nutrition.

August 31, 2008

Flexibles

Alternatives to BPA emerge

At this time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not recommending that anyone discontinue using products that contain BPA while we continue our risk-assessment process.

August 31, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Del Monte pounces on Meow Mix pouch line

Robotic case-loading system at Del Monte Pet Foods propels pouch production into an automated tiger.

August 31, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainability news & events

Noteworthy Items Gleaned from World News

August 31, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Metro's meaty RFID app

UHF Gen 2 radio-frequency identification (RFID) solutions provider Impinj, Inc. (www.impinj.com) recently announced a groundbreaking implementation in food freshness and customer safety.

August 31, 2008

Flexible packaging

Possible PVC packaging ban is latest California trend

A general observation: bans on packaging materials or articles are virtually always misguided, simply because it is just about never true that a specific packaging material or structure is all bad, or so bad that the bad outweighs the good.

August 31, 2008

Sustainability

'Green' strategy makes economic (dollars and) cents

An interview with Carmen Corrado, vice president of pharmaceutical manufacturing for Roche, Nutley, NJ.

August 31, 2008

Dairy

Water sensors

World-Beam® QS30H20 opposed mode water sensors from Banner Eng. detect water-based liquids in clear, frosted, colored, or partially opaque bottles or containers.

August 31, 2008