Equipamiento de Embalaje

Enero 26, 2010

Seabrooks Potato Crisps expands flavour range and shelf space

Crisp-maker Seabrook will next week expand the range of flavours it supplies to Morrisons and increase the shelf space its products occupy in the chain’s 422 stores. It is a crucial development in the Bradford firm’s continued growth and comes as a £1m...

Enero 04, 2010

Is a combined checkweighing and metal detection system double trouble or half the hassle?

Combining a metal detector and checkweigher in one system isn't a new idea - equipment designers have been making so-called ‘combi' units for years. Could it be, though, that the economic climate is prompting food manufacturers and packers to opt for ...

Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute

Diciembre 09, 2009

Packaging trends 2010

As 2009 winds down, what’s ahead for 2010? Based on early indicators, business should improve. Interest in sustainable packaging and operations will continue. Concerns about drug counterfeiting and food safety remain high, and food processors and regu...

Diciembre 08, 2009

Why your chips bag is only half-full

It happens all the time: You open a snack bag, cereal box, or pill bottle and find a little bit of product and … lots of air. Consumer Reports dings such products with a Black Hole Award, and loyal readers are quick to send us nominees.

Diciembre 03, 2009

Pack Expo 2010: Packaging and Processing combined in one powerful show

At next October’s PACK EXPO International 2010 (October 31-November 3;McCormick Place, Chicago, IL) several new features will make it easy for packagers and processors from around the globe to enhance operational excellence across the production line, ...

Noviembre 10, 2009

U.S. Packaging Machinery Shipments down in 2008

U.S. shipments of packaging machinery decreased by 0.4 percent to $5.885 billion in 2008, the first decrease in seven years, according to the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, Arlington, Va. Export growth of 8.6 percent was tempered by a 2...

Walkers Sensation retail Ready packaging

Noviembre 05, 2009

Inspirepack retail ready Shelf and Display unit for Walkers Sensations wins UK packaging award

Breaking the stranglehold of DS Smith and Smurfit Kappa, who accounted for all of the finalists last year in this hotly contested category, Inspirepac just pipped DS Smith's Louth site to this year's top prize, thanks to an entry hailed by judges for i...

Octubre 26, 2009

Heat and Control wins Queensland Export award.

The Queensland [Australia] Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc (QJCCI) announced Heat and Control as winner of the Large Manufacturer category of the 2009 QJCCI Export Excellence Awards.

Octubre 26, 2009

Unilever to Phase-Out the Smart Choices Program Logo While Awaiting FDA Guidance on Future Labeling

Unilever has long been committed to clear, transparent nutritional information for consumers, and therefore welcomes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announced plans to develop standardized criteria on which future front-of-package nutriti...

Octubre 23, 2009

Green shoots clear to PPMA show exhibitors

Organisers of last month's annual PPMA Show said that the "green shoots of economic recovery were in evidence"at the event, with many exhibitors reporting sales and high levels of enquiries. Ishida Europe said it achieved its leads target w...

Octubre 20, 2009

United Biscuits 'Crunch Busters' show low price right on the pack, offering value to consumers

United Biscuits (UBUK), a leading manufacturer of snacks, biscuits and cakes, has launched a range of savoury snacks 35p Price Marked Packs, available now, to help retailers and their customers beat the economic downturn. The new selection of Price Mar...

Octubre 13, 2009

Pack Expo Exhibitors and Attendees bet on Economic Recovery

Consumer goods companies expressed confidence in the future of the economy last week by turning out for PACK EXPO Las Vegas in near-record levels, reports leading packaging and processing trade association PMMI, which produces and sponsors the PACK EXP...

Octubre 13, 2009

Greenvale AP's 'Green' Potato Packaging Prevents Greening

Greenvale's new packaging for its Lady Balfour organic potatoes has increased shelf life, decreased wastage and reduced complaints about greening by over 50%.Greenvale AP is the UK's largest supplier of fresh potatoes and Lady Balfour is one of the UK'...

Octubre 02, 2009

The Food Industry needs a blockbuster show

Starting next year, the Food Processing Suppliers Assn. (FPSA) will co-locate its Process Expo with the Institute of Food Technologists’ IFT Food Expo. That’s not the most natural of pairings, and the arrangement was born a little out of desperation fr...

Septiembre 23, 2009

TNA will launch INTELLI-SCAN® for high speed date code assurance at Pack Expo

TNA will debut intelli-scan®, designed to inspect and confirm date coding on high speed VFFS packs, at Pack Expo, Las Vegas, October 5-7, booth # S 5249. The tna intelli-scan®, is featured ontna’s robag® 3 fx 180 rotary triple jaw vertical form/fill...

Septiembre 18, 2009

Pack Expo and Process Expo together one last time

It will be the end of a brief era when Pack Expo Las Vegas and Process Expo stage their last trade show together in Las Vegas Oct. 5-7.Some 21,000 packaging and food processing professionals are expected in the Las Vegas Convention Center for the show,...

Septiembre 02, 2009

DS Smith develops retail-ready packaging for Seabrook Crisps in Asda stores

DS Smith has created retail-ready packaging (RRP) for Seabrook Crisps that can be turned into a standalone display.The pack can be transformed from RRP to a display unit by opening the perforations on the side of the tray to create special locking tabs...

Agosto 14, 2009

ROVEMA completes acquisition of BOSSAR S.L.

ROVEMA Global Packaging Group, LLC, a global leader in supplying state-of-the-art packaging machines and lines announces today the completion of the acquisition of BOSSAR S.L., a world leader in the design, development and manufacturing of horizontal f...