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Equipment Round-Up: May 2008 - Packaging Materials

May equipment round-up is perfectly packaged
Post Date: 05/05/2008
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Find Outside Product Development Help While Still Keeping Your Secrets

You can still keep your secrets while gaining new perspective and expertise by finding outside product development help.
Post Date: 05/02/2008
Author: Mark Anthony, Ph.D., Technical Editor

Colorimeter Keeps Peanut Butter Grade A

Sunland needed a colorimeter system to keep its peanut butter Grade A.
Post Date: 02/29/2008
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Wal-Mart Packaging Scorecard Rates Packaging Sustainability

Beginning this month, the retailer’s Packaging Scorecard helps suppliers gauge the relative sustainability of their packaging.
Post Date: 02/04/2008
Author: Kate Bertrand Connolly, Packaging Editor

Report from Pack/Process Expo 2007

Food safety and sustainability were the hot topics at this annual exhibition.
Post Date: 12/14/2007
Author: Food Processing Staff

Report from Worldwide Food Expo

Where’s the next trend? Food Processing's editors scour the expo to report the industry's latest and greatest.
Post Date: 12/13/2007
Author: Food Processing Staff

Got milk … packaging?

Lessons can be learned from dairy processors that are designing packages to attract kids, boost brands and deliver convenience.
Post Date: 11/19/2007
Author: Kate Bertrand Connolly, Packaging Editor

From the Pack/Process Expo Floor: Kool Freeze

David Feder, managing editor of Food Processing, interviews Jawaid Motiwala, president of Kool Freeze, from the Pack Expo/Process Expo tradeshow floor.
Post Date: 10/23/2007
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The year’s best glass packages

Winners of the Glass Packaging Institute’s 2007 Clear Choice Awards.
Post Date: 10/09/2007
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Go Green with Next Generation Packaging

A new generation of packaging materials makes it difficult not to go green.
Post Date: 09/19/2007
Author: Kate Bertrand Connolly, Packaging Editor

Worldwide Food Expo in Chicago October 2007

The biennial show of the American Meat Institute and Intl. Dairy Foods Assn. will be Oct. 24-27 in Chicago.
Post Date: 09/19/2007
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Green Products Showcased at Las Vegas Convention Center

Pack Expo, Process Expo and two other shows will pack the Las Vegas Convention Center Oct. 15.
Post Date: 09/19/2007
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Attractiveness Vital for Meat Packaging

Keeping packaged meat looking attractive is essential for retailers because clean, crisp-looking packaging is what their customers prefer.
Post Date: 07/16/2007
Author: Kate Bertrand Connolly, Packaging Editor

Meat Packaging Aims to Please

New packaging techniques for meat and poultry take consumer desires — and fears — seriously.
Post Date: 07/16/2007
Author: Kate Bertrand Connolly, Packaging Editor

Flexible Packaging Leads the Way

Retortable, microwaveable pouches and flexible packs that can ‘breathe’ are leading the way.
Post Date: 06/14/2007
Author: Kate Bertrand Connolly, Packaging Editor

Rejuvenating Nostalgic Brands

When a product is entrenched in the cultural history, revitalizing the brand can be a balancing act between rejuvenation and sacrilege.
Post Date: 04/25/2007
Author: David Feder, Managing Editor

Power of Repetition Boosts Customer Awareness

Food processors with branded or private label items in multiple categories can use the psychological power of repetition to boost consumer awareness and possibly even sales.
Post Date: 02/13/2007
Author: Kate Bertrand Connolly, Packaging Editor

Well Noted: Judging Health Food by Its Cover

Making a case for more aggressive pursuit of sustainable packaging now that bioplastics have caught up to demand.
Post Date: 02/07/2007
Author: David Feder, R.D., Editor

Processing and packaging under one big roof

There was plenty of novelty to see at Pack Expo Intl. and Process Expo in Chicago. Food Processing's editors report straight from the show floor.
Post Date: 11/28/2006
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Small gains in processing, packaging

Nanotechnology’s promises may be fulfilled earlier in the processing and packaging areas than in the ingredient realm, with improved filtration, new structural materials and sensors that detect pathogens.
Post Date: 10/30/2006
Author: Mike Pehanich, Plant Operations Editor