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Sugar renders packaging biodegradable
Chemists in India are lacing plastics with sugar to make them palatable to soil bacteria. The plastics, which normally survive for decades in landfills, start...
Packaging Automation seals the chow mein
In the UK, packaging systems provider, Packaging Automation, has supplied Kwoks Foods with a heat-sealing packaging system for its line of Oriental ready-cooked meals. Gavin...
Bericap launches new closure
German beverage closures manufacturer, Bericap, has recently introduced a new closure for water cooler containers that is said to be compatible with most of the...
Bradman Lake provides automated packaging line for Unilever
Bradman Lake, the UK-based food equipment provider, has designed and installed a complete automated packaging line for one of the UK's leading low fat spread...
Klöckner launches new APET film
Klöckner Pentaplast, the global packaging provider, has launched a new line of FDA compliant APET film in the US - Pentafood FD-E670/54. The film is...
Earthshell readies for US expansion
EarthShell Corporation, the US-based manufacturer of eco-friendly food service packaging, is to expand its production by increasing the supply of its plates and bowls to...
All-Fill introduces cup filling machines
US filling equipment provider All-Fill has introduced two new volumetric cup filling machines. Both machines debuted at the recent Pack Expo and are for dry...
Consortium forms to promote RIFD labelling technology
A group of technology suppliers, standards bodies and associations, and potential users from a wide variety of industries including the food industry, recently announced the...
Are your melons ripe enough?
In the US, a computer prediction model to assess the ripeness of melons when they go to market is fast growing in popularity. For fruit...
Valio switches to paper packaging
Finnish packaging provider Walki Wisa has developed a new wafer material called WalkiLid, which dairy producer Valio has now switched to. The material was developed...
IBCI enters second round of testing for microbial agents
International BioChemical Industries has said that it has moved into the second round of testing in a cooperative effort with a global food and beverage...
High-efficiency food size tester
Key Technology, the US-based food equipment provider, has launched the new Farmco Precision Size Grader for high-efficiency, accurate sizing. According to Key Technology, in-plant testing...
Controlling permeability the best way to stop wine taint
Two independent wine industry research studies, one in the US and the other in the UK, have concluded that controlled permeability in closures can improve...
Freezing zones extended
Swedish-based Frigoscandia Equipment, which provides freezing technology for the food processing industry, and since 1996 part of FMC FoodTech, has launched a new line at...
Crown's packaging goes to the dogs (and cats)
Crown Cork & Seal Company, which has a long tradition of creating innovative designs for human food products, has announced the development of a single-serve...
Vibrating tables - improving the production line
Researchers in Spain are currently working on a project to improve and optimise vibrating tables that are freqently used in the food industry. Based at...
Get more when you pour!
A new liquid pourer from Israeli company Dania Plastic has been awarded the 2002 World Star award at a recent packaging design contest in Tunisia...
P&G, Clorox join forces in food wraps
Clorox Company, the US company which makes a range of household products, is to join forces with rival Procter & Gamble to form a major...
A mean slicing machine
German developer and manufacturer of cutters and slicers for the food industry Treif has launched a new automatic tray-feeder line at the IPA & EMBALLAGE...
Kliklok develops high speed tray former
Kliklok Woodman has recently developed a high speed Ready Meal line for the European market, which handles ready meal trays at speeds of 250 packs...
Norwegian firm aims to expand applications for its latest closure
One of Austria's leading dairies Tirol Milch has become the first food processor to specify the new Pure-Twist U Fresh cap from Elopak, the Norwegian...
Heat sealing equipment meets ready meal targets
UK packaging equipment provider Packaging Automation has provided processing equipment which is helping a Hull-based food manufacturer, part of Cavaghan and Gray, meet a large...
Packaging sensor
Ranpak has introduced the proprietary new AccuFill voidfill measurement system, designed to provide enhanced protective packaging technology, which it is previewing at the PackExpo International...
Bug detecting software
A new computer program devised by British physicists can quickly spot tiny beetles, rodent droppings and ergot (a poisonous mould) in grain destined for flour...
Ultrasonic seal integrity tester
Swiss company Wilco has introduced the first fully automatic, in-line seal integrity tester for trays, cups, bags and pouches at this week's PackExpo Show in...
