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

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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

Beverage

DFA and Dean Foods Reach Purchase Agreement

DFA set to buy significant portion of Dean Foods’ assets and business, subject to a number of approvals from different parties

February 17, 2020

Flexibles

Caramel Wafers are Wrapped and Case Packed at 650/Min

New packaging line for caramel wafer biscuits from Scotland’s Tunnock’s die-fold wraps, multipacks, and case packs caramel wafer biscuits with high flexibility and fast changeover.

February 17, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Perrier Competition Awards Three Most Promising Sustainable Packaging Innovations

The Next Packaging Movement by PERRIER awards three innovative sustainable packaging ideas with technical and operational assistance, as well as financial support up to $1 million.

February 14, 2020

Sustainability

Is Convenience Now Trumping Sustainability?

As e-commerce continues to explode, our industry must uncover more leading-edge technologies to be simultaneously profitable and green.

February 13, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Dairy is First in South Africa to Use Bio-Based Closure

A new package for Woodland Dairy’s extended shelf-life milk is made from 80% renewable materials and uses a closure partly made from bio-based material, making it 100% recyclable.

February 12, 2020

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Food Industry and E-Commerce: 5 Year Outlook

By 2024, 70% of consumers will likely utilize online grocery shopping, up from 25% now. (FMI and Nielsen, 2018) See what food manufacturers are doing to prepare for this growth.

February 12, 2020