News on Packaging Equipment from the Americas

March 28, 2011

Lantech’s Five Year Warranty Sets New Standard for Stretch Wrappers

Lantech has extended the warranty period for its Q Series Semi Automatic and Simple Automation stretch wrappers from three years to five years.

March 28, 2011

Pop Up Bowl: the new bag-to bowl design of Orville Redenbacher's(R) Gourmet(R) Popping Corn

March 23, 2011

LOMA Systems offers 1-week “QUICKSHIP” option for metal detectors

oma Systems, An ITW Company (NYSE: ITW) announced the introduction of a new “QuickShip” program intended to cut shipping times on a wide variety of its most popular sizes and configurations of metal detector systems.

Quieter biodegradable sunchips packaging explained

March 08, 2011

A Quieter biodegradable SunChips bag

In October last year we wrote in a PotatoPro Newsletter about biodegradable snack bags and addressed the noise issues Frito-lay had with their SunChips packaging. Now Frito-lay has reduced the noise of the biodegradable SunChips packaging and are now introducing Quieter 100% compostable SunChips bags.

February 23, 2011

PMMI to Link European Processors and Packagers to North American Innovation at Interpack 2011

International consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and private label brands will enjoy sharpened insight into the latest processing and packaging innovations and trends when they visit the PMMI stand.

January 31, 2011

Walmart adjusting pack sizes around pay periods

Walmart's plan is to reduce some pack sizes ahead of payday and then revert to larger sizes afterward, so shoppers can leverage volume purchases.

January 25, 2011

Process Expo 2011 registration now open

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) announced today that registration has opened for the 2011 PROCESS EXPO, taking place November 1-4, 2011 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

December 15, 2010

2011 global pack trends

December 15, 2010

Pack Expo 2010 without Process Expo increased visitor and exhibitor counts

Pack Expo 2010 didn't seem to suffer any as a solo show for the first time in 14 years.

December 14, 2010

International Potato Processing & Storage Convention – 2011 Announced

November 22, 2010

Aluminum packaging foil and its alternatives

In flexible packaging, aluminum foil (hereafter foil) is the benchmark for barrier substrates when the requirements are protection against gases, moisture, and light.

November 03, 2010

Frito-Lay replaces noisy Sunchips packaging in the US, but not in Canada

In the last PotatoPro Newsletter 'Chips bags from potato peel? Biodegradable snack packaging' we focused on the changes Frito-Lay was making to the 'noisy'biodegradable Sunchips bags. Sunchips original will continue to be sold in the 'noisy'compostable bags, but all other Sunchips versions will be packed in regular (non-compostable) packaging until an improved biodegradable packaging is developed.

November 03, 2010

New Research Chair in Materials and films for safe, smart & sustainable packaging at Polytechnique Montréal

This morning, with its partners and several guests from the food and packaging fields in attendance, Polytechnique Montréal inaugurated the NSERC/Saputo/Excel Pac Industrial Research Chair in Materials and films for safe, smart and sustainable (3S) packaging.

November 01, 2010

Boulder Canyon All Natural Kettle Cooked Potato Chips packed in biodegradable NatureFlex cellulose film

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.

October 31, 2010

MPI Announces Partnership with Cassel

Magnetic Products, Inc. (MPI), a worldwide provider of both magnetic and non-magnetic material handling solutions, is pleased to announce its partnership with Cassel Messtechnik GmbH.

October 25, 2010

Klamath Basin Fresh Direct chooses packaging option to prevent greening

October 23, 2010

700% Surge in Barcode scans, often 2D

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