Food & Drink

Find out the latest food and drink news from the packaging industry

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Ready-meal tray brings cost efficiencies

OFFERING long shelf-life and ovenable up to 240°C, the new ConviTray® offers cost-saving opportunities for premium products in the ready meal market. It is the...
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Bag design keeps cakes upright

PAPER packaging products manufacturer Dempson Crooke has come up with a new design of bag that allows delicate items or boxes of food to...
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Precise in-line weighing for all

FOOD packaging operations could reduce bagging costs by up to 75% and improve accuracy with a new in-line weighing system developed by a collaboration...
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Resealing system supports quality and freshness

AN innovative resealing system from Tesa had its first public airing at the Packaging Innovations show in February, and appears to be taking off. Lift...
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Web portal for sieving and filtration gets makeover

SIEVING and filtration specialist Russell Finex has launched a new website, intended to offer customers a richer insight into the company’s product range. New...
RPC Superfos

Custom pack extends life

RPC Superfos has been awarded a WorldStar for its custom oxygen barrier packaging for Bornholms’ sea food. Scandinavian seafood supplier Bornholms is converting most...
Product designer Martin Jordan

New designers to work on packs for healthy, on-the-go product range

LINPAC Packaging has appointed two new product designers to focus on developing packaging solutions for its Freshware range. Martin Jordan and James Rowson join a...
Helping others help themselves: A previous initiative in India from Bosch Packaging saw the German company mounting specially-adapted packaging machines on the backs of trucks, to demonstrate their advantages to local farmers.

Co-operating to reduce food waste

Smarter packaging and process technology are heading up the drive to reduce food spoilage, a major theme at this year’s Interpack event. More effective barrier...
jars

Lighter jar can take the heat

APPE’s ThermaLite® hot-fill and pasteurisable PET jar has been chosen as the winner of the prestigious Horners Bottlemakers Award for 2013. The award is run...
FANUC’s food grade dexterous M-3iA6A pick and place system for complex, lighter products which can be accumulated to fit shelf-ready cases

Making light work of small packs

Paul Wilkinson of Pacepacker Services looks at the trend towards smaller pack sizes and the factors that need to be considered with the associated...