Pacepacker Services has expanded its product portfolio to include Festo’s range of Mechatronics pick and place systems.
The “chasing arrows” symbol around the numbers which defines the resin used in a products packaging are to be dropped in favour of an equilateral triangle.
Stora Enso is to invest in a Swedish mill and explore converting a machine from paper to containerboard in Finland to increase operational efficiency.
A group of European research organisations have stressed the importance of food safety by identifying knowledge gaps and areas which require more focus in response to concerns that the issue...
Nestlé has backed the theme of this year’s World Environment Day by participating in the ‘Think.Eat.Save’ campaign to prevent food waste and food loss.
ToolsGroup offers software designed to help food and beverage processing firms improve supply-chain and sales/operations planning.
USDA regulators have confirmed that unauthorized GM wheat has been found growing in a field in Oregon, raising concerns that wheat exports could be negatively affected.
Smart Fog has launched a new cold-storage humidification system that sanitizes and disinfects at the same time.
The Prince of Wales has called on Europe to ‘recalibrate and re-gear’ its food systems towards a local model of food production and distribution - while issuing a wide-ranging attack...
Novelis has completed a £1.7m (US$2.5m) upgrade at an aluminium can recycling plant which will serve as a launch production site for the evercan aluminium beverage can body sheet.
Food and beverage plastic packaging is one possible end application for an EU project which aims to create platform chemicals from second generation biomass.
Recent data from Symphony Consulting (click here ), shows that while US retail sales of products making ‘natural’ claims still grew in 2012, the pace of that growth slowed noticeably compared...
Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) has published its vision on sustainability establishing additional objectives for the business up to 2020.
Ahlstrom is to increase the prices on its beverage materials to compensate for the continued high level of raw materials as well as utilities-related inflation.
UK-based research groups Campden BRI and CABI have teamed up to consistent scientific support covering the entire food and drink supply chain as the world’s population continues to increase.
Sirane has said it is already working on projects to help Courtauld 3 become a reality and meet food waste targets.
DeltaTRAK ThermoTrace TTI uses 2D bar codes and chemical labels to monitor temperature of food products throughout the supply chain.
O-I has expanded its strategic alliance with Emhart Glass to supply glass forming machines and parts to all their plants from Q2 this year.
The European Commission has proposed reduced legislation and tougher fines among a raft of measures to protect against food fraud in light of the recent horse meat scandal.
Valley Cold Storage and Transportation, a cold-storage warehouse facility in Southern New Mexico, has tapped Datex FootPrint WMS software to automate its warehouse operations.
FoodProductionDaily.com takes a look at the key moves that have taken place in the industry this past month. Ball Corporation, Sonoco and Tetra Pak are some of the firms involved in the...
Bemis is expecting to deliver total program costs savings of $45m this year after announcing its consolidation program is almost complete.
Suncup Juice, a frozen juice producer in Newark, NJ, reportedly has reduced warehouse labor, improved inventory and fulfillment accuracy, and cut product damage in its deep-freeze warehouse with an automated...
Last week, we published a story revealing that India’s food consumption will double by 2030—a scary thought. But it’s all right, we are assured by the Confederation of Indian Industries...
US confectioner Just Born is reusing or recycling all waste at its headquarters and main production plant after finding a solution to convert a portion of previously unrecyclable waste into energy....
The International Dairy Foods Association’s International Dairy Show 2013
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