Packaging Innovations

Equipment manufacturer Gillenkirch is again exhibiting at the Fruit Logistica in Berlin

Manter International BV, manufacturer of weighing and packing equipment for the fruit and vegetable industry launches a new model of their Automatic Bagplacing system - called MBP 2 - onto the market.

At the Pack Expo that concluded last week, Heat and Control unveiled a number of new machines.

The UK’s first peel front crisp packets are set to be released to market by Seabrook Crisps within its new, Lattice Cut range.

Starting next Monday, McDonald's will change the look of its iconic red French fry packaging globally with bold, new artwork to celebrate the upcoming FIFA World Cup™ in Brasil.

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...

Boulder Canyon™ Natural Foods, a leading North American snack food manufacturer, has introduced a renewable, fully compostable pack for its line of All Natural Kettle Cooked Potato Chips.

Last week we included two articles on 'interactive'packaging and the use of labels to link to a website, video or application:

Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing (T.H.E.M.) and Zip-Pak will showcase the Zipbox™ at PACK EXPO International 2010

What do you get when you combine a consumer society that is increasingly mobile, global, and “linked in,” one that demands the delivery of data to their fingertips 24/7, with packaged goods producers clamoring to differentiate themselves on and off the shelf?

International Food Partners Ltd (IFP) has brought to market an innovative new sealing technology for flexible packaging that will save food manufacturers thousands of tonnes of film per year, while also providing greater seal integrity.

Scott Williams, the Northwest Regional Sales Manager of BluePrint Automation (BPA) answers some of the common questions about transition to Robotic Packaging.