News on Packaging Equipment

The food industry could be approaching a time when packaging will be completely eliminated from the supply chain, according to Olivia Milan-Grobois, business unit director, Sial Group.

FTNON continues its dedication in providing high quality products and services to the fresh-cut industry with its recent purchase of Key Technologies' Freshline products.

Key Technology introduces enhancements to its popular Iso-Flo® family of stainless steel vibratory conveyors at Pack Expo booth #7103. Featuring a new patent-pending drive arrangement, frame design and screen clamp, these enhancements maximize machin...

Shipments of U.S. packaging machinery grew 19 percent in 2011, reaching US$7.7 billion, according to PMMI’s 2012 Shipments Study. PMMI’s annual research also shows total consumption in the United States climbing by 23 percent to US$8.8 billion. “Posit...

At PACK EXPO 2012 in Chicago, Bosch Packaging Technology builds upon its services portfolio with two new features that simplify spare parts logistics – the Open Catalog Interface (OCI) and the Corporate Portal.

The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Association (PMMI) has released this month a report “Bakery and Snacks — Market Assessment 2012.” The report - available here for PMMI members - details the effects of changing retailer demands, eating habits, dem...

Supermarket food packaging doesn't just tempt you into putting it in your basket - new Which? research reveals that the packaging actually increases how tasty you perceive a product to be. To test the power of packaging, we asked two groups of people ...

Medipo Agras in the Czech Republic, are potato packers who have recently replaced their old Herbert line with a larger intake grading system.

Confirming its position as the leading complete packaging solutions provider, tna is pleased to announce its acquisition of The Cadalec Group.World-renowned specialists in electrical and control system integration, The Cadalec Group bring over 20 years...

Posie Packer Corp, is pleased to announce that Novatech Packaging Systems Inc. has been appointed as a sales and service dealer for the Posie Packer produce bag labeling machine for Southern California.

With the 2012 International Potato Processing and Storage Convention just over a month away, more top-class speakers have been added to the programme to ensure the event will offer added value to delegates. Opening proceedings on the speaker programme...

Deadline for nominations for the Packaging Hall of Fame is June 25, 2012. “Being received into the Packaging Hall of Fame is among the highest honors a packaging professional can achieve — an honor that’s magnified by the fact that nominees’ names are ...

The Specialty Potato Alliance promises US consumers this season a wide choice of potato varieties: “This season we have everything,” noted the elated Richard Leibowitz commenting on Alliances’ spring harvest in Bakersfield. “We are going to have the...

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) and the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) recently announced that they have signed an agreement to co-locate PROCESS EXPO and the International Dairy Show in Chicago, beginning in 2013. The t...

Next week, on Tuesday May 1, 2012 a major auction of snack processing equipment will take place. Auctioneer Loeb Winternitz will auction off the equipment of the closed Corsicana TX Snyder's-Lance/Tom's Snacks Facility as well as surplus from other Loc...

BluePrint Automation’s Vertical Packer / Frozen Food (VP/F III) is now offered with an integrated case erector (ICE) making this system the most compact case packer/erector in the industry! Designed and built for a quick and simple installation, the n...

Convenience Food Systems (CFS), a manufacturer of food processing and packaging equipment was sold to the GEA Group in December 2010.

Herbert Engineering has supplied a new potato grader to Billockby Farms.