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oktober 09, 2008
Third Pack Expo Selects attracts largest field of competitors to date
Each year, PMMI invites exhibitors to submit their most innovative packages to be voted on by PACK EXPO attendees through PACK EXPO Selects. Once the finalists are identified, PACK EXPO attendees choose the packages they feel best illustrate new and f...From the archive

september 16, 2008
Key Technology Appoints Edward A. Wagner as Senior Vice President of Global Operations
Key Technology announces the appointment of Edward A. Wagner as Senior Vice President of Global Operations. Wagner is responsible for planning and managing all aspects of operations in support of the company’s overall strategic direction, including exp...From the archive

augustus 11, 2008
Solving Sodium: Manufacturers Face Challenges and Innovation
Many of our favorite foods – French fries, bread, and potato chips come immediately to mind – contain a special, essential ingredient: salt. Also known as sodium chloride, this abundant mineral not only acts as a flavor enhancer and preservative, it p...From the archive

juli 22, 2008
US Packaging Machinery Purchasers confirm predictions
United States Consumer and industrial goods companies have adjusted their predictions for 2008 packaging machinery spending only slightly, according to PMMI’s Spring Update to the Purchasing Plans Study. Interviews and surveys for use in the update wer...From the archive

juli 17, 2008
Odenberg break through ‘Peeling Process Technology’ delivers Energy and Yield savings
Odenberg Engineering, a designer and provider of Peeling Process Technology and Electronic Sorting Solutions has identified energy consumption and improving product yield as some of the greatest challenges facing low and high volume processors. Incre...From the archive

juli 07, 2008
Key Technology Ranked Among America’s 100 Fastest Growing Small Public Companies
Key Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTEC) today announced that it has been listed among America’s 100 Fastest Growing Small Public Companies in the July/August 2008 issue of Fortune Small Business magazine. Key Technology, which reports on a September 30 ...From the archive
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juli 03, 2008
NHS comments on study on package size of snacks
A study has found that “diet-sized snack portions encourage people to eat more,"The Daily Telegraph reported. The newspaper said that researchers had warned that smaller sized packets could make people believe they had already limited their food ...From the archive

juni 30, 2008
Key Technology Joins Russell 2000® Index
Key Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTEC) today announced that it was added to the Russell 2000® Index when the Russell Investment Group reconstituted its family of U.S. indexes, according to the final list of additions posted by the Russell Group on June 27...From the archive

juni 27, 2008
Aeroglide joins the Bühler Group
Aeroglide Corporation has been acquired by the Bühler Group. Founded in Raleigh in 1940, Aeroglide is the leading global supplier of industrial driers and coolers used in the processing of, among other things, breakfast cereals, snack foods, pet food, ...From the archive

juni 05, 2008
Aviko impressed by benefits of Ishida multihead weighers
High speeds, increased throughput, low giveaway and gentle product handling, all of which have led to fast payback, are among the reasons why Aviko, Europe’s second largest potato processor, uses Ishida multihead weighing equipment to help meet its pr...From the archive

mei 13, 2008
Managing Spiking Metals Prices
Scarce metals have become so expensive that thieves are literally dying to get their hands on them. To combat the effects of these prices, supply chain managers and purchasers should reassess their risk strategies. Scarce metals have become so expensi...From the archive

april 24, 2008
Ishida sparks patent infringement row
A major patent infringement row broke out on the first day of Interpack today (24 April) after Japanese firm Ishida was granted an injunction against three rival Chinese makers of multi-head weighers. High Dream, Jinyi and Saimo were ordered to remove...From the archive

april 17, 2008
Kiremko and Idaho Steel help potato processors take full advantage of flakes boom!
It will come as no surprise to insiders of the potato processing industry that the worldwide flakes industry finds itself in a favourable position over the last 1½ years. Demand for this versatile ingredient mainly driven by savoury snacksFrom the archive

maart 26, 2008
Key Technology Announces Retirement of Gordon Wicher, Sr. Vice President Global Operations
Key Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTEC) announced today that Gordon Wicher, Sr. Vice President of Global Operations, will retire from the Company effective May 30, 2008. "Gordon has served Key Technology with energy, wisdom, integrity, and vision f...From the archive

maart 25, 2008
Ohio Potato Grower Todd Michael to Lead Industry Communications & Policy Committee of the USPB
Todd Michael of Urbana, OH, was elected to the United States Potato Board (USPB) Executive Committee at the organization’s 36th Annual Meeting held in Denver, CO, March 12-14. Michael is serving his third year on the USPB and first year as co-chairman ...From the archive

maart 24, 2008
Key Technology Introduces its Highest Volume Sorter – Manta™
Key Technology introduces Manta™, a new state-of-the-art high volume, high performance sorter featuring a two-meter wide scan area that dramatically increases throughput within a space-saving footprint. Handling up to 27 metric tons (60,000 pounds) of ...From the archive

