Flexibles

Pouch system blazes new beverage trail

A unique flexible-pouch package is an essential component of the new Esio hot/cold drink system for home or office. To supply final, filled product, the package provider adds complete co-packing capabilities.

August 4, 2008

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Soup maker 'soups up' printing/coding efficiencies

Kettle Cuisine standardizes on one coding supplier for foodservice pouches, retail cup labels, and corrugated shipping cases.

August 4, 2008

Cartoning

Automation shines at Heinz

Smart Ones frozen meals are whisked through a highly automated packaging line at Heinz’s Pocatello, ID, facility. Cartoning and vision inspection stand out.

August 4, 2008

Sustainability

Sustainability news & events

Noteworthy Items Gleaned from World News

August 4, 2008

Recycling

Pacific seafood's new sustainable shipping cases

The days are growing longer, the sun feels warmer, and that means one thing: summer is here!

August 4, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Packaging and food safety

On a regular basis, foodborne illness outbreaks are reported in the news.

August 4, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

How can they get away with that? (Well, maybe they can't.)

For all those who have ever looked at Internet ads or emails or late-night infomercials for dietary supplement and food products claiming all sorts of medical miracles and wondered, ‘How can they get away with that?’ the answer appears that at least some of them cannot.

August 4, 2008

Dairy

Disruptive innovation in packaging

Vincent Ferry, packaging development manager in dairy products at Danone R&D France, shares his thoughts on disruptive innovation.

August 4, 2008

Additives, coatings & inks

No 'silver-bullet' BPA alternative

Scientific decisions made decades ago are at the root of the Bisphenol-A (BPA) controversy (see story, page 75).

August 3, 2008

Flexibles

Spicy-hot chips get fiery package graphics

Oregon-based Kettle Foods, a producer of all-natural snack foods, is rolling out Kettle brand Death Valley Chipotle Potato Chips nationwide this summer.

August 3, 2008

Recycling

PCR PP for paint pot

Ecosure household paints from Dulux Trade, part of London-based ICI Paints, are formulated to minimize their environmental impact.

August 3, 2008

Tamper-evident machinery

Biopolymers march on

Biopolymers have finally begun to establish themselves as viable players in packaging.

August 3, 2008

Flexibles

Pouch provides pasta sauce in a snap

Microwavable pouches for Unilever’s pasta sauces make preparation as easy as “clip, pop, and pour.”

August 2, 2008