News on Packaging Equipment from the United States

October 13, 2009

Pack Expo Exhibitors and Attendees bet on Economic Recovery

Consumer goods companies expressed confidence in the future of the economy last week by turning out for PACK EXPO Las Vegas in near-record levels, reports leading packaging and processing trade association PMMI, which produces and sponsors the PACK EXP...

October 02, 2009

The Food Industry needs a blockbuster show

Starting next year, the Food Processing Suppliers Assn. (FPSA) will co-locate its Process Expo with the Institute of Food Technologists’ IFT Food Expo. That’s not the most natural of pairings, and the arrangement was born a little out of desperation fr...

September 23, 2009

TNA will launch INTELLI-SCAN® for high speed date code assurance at Pack Expo

TNA will debut intelli-scan®, designed to inspect and confirm date coding on high speed VFFS packs, at Pack Expo, Las Vegas, October 5-7, booth # S 5249. The tna intelli-scan®, is featured ontna’s robag® 3 fx 180 rotary triple jaw vertical form/fill...

September 18, 2009

Pack Expo and Process Expo together one last time

It will be the end of a brief era when Pack Expo Las Vegas and Process Expo stage their last trade show together in Las Vegas Oct. 5-7.Some 21,000 packaging and food processing professionals are expected in the Las Vegas Convention Center for the show,...

July 23, 2009

Reusable packaging association co-locates annual meeting with Pack Expo 2009

PMMI announces the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) will co-locate its 2009 annual meeting with PACK EXPO 2009 (October 5-7;Las Vegas Convention Center) and sponsor a reusable packaging track for the Conference at PACK EXPO. The collaboration is t...

Food Processing Suppliers Association (FSPA)

May 29, 2009

IFT Food Expo and FPSA's PROCESS EXPO to Co-Locate Events in 2010

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and the Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) today announced a new agreement to co-locate the IFT Food Expo and FSPA’s Process Expo at Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center beginning in July 18-2010.

May 26, 2009

Columbia/Okura offers palletizing robot specifically designed for potato packers

Columbia/Okura’s A-Series robotic palletizers provide the ideal solution for the demands of today’s high capacity potato packers. They use an end effector ('robot hand') designed specifically to handle the inconsistency of potato bags,.

May 19, 2009

Mintel: 100-calorie packs a tough sell: price and size deter hungry consumers (US)

Though weight and health are major issues in today’s society, Mintel sees lagging interest in portion-controlled packaging. Only one in seven adults (14%) currently buy pre-measured packs, and the number one reason they do is convenience. Weight mana...

May 06, 2009

Microwavable packaging growing in popularity

Remember the days of sticking a fork into a potato a couple times, then popping it into the microwave for 10 minutes or so? That’s ancient history … or, at least it’s heading in that direction. Microwaveable packaging is quickly catching on, according...

May 03, 2009

Frito-Lay packs to find new life as totebags, notebooks

Frito-Lay North America, Plano, TX, a division of PepsiCo, has announced a new partnership with TerraCycle, Inc. (www.terracycle.net) an upcycling company that will take used packaging from Frito-Lay snack products and turn them into affordable, quali...

April 16, 2009

Biodegradable Snack Food Packaging for Sunchips introduced

SunChips, Frito-Lay’s popular line of multigrain snacks, announced today that in 2010 it will introduce the first fully compostable snack chip bag made from plant-based materials. The change is designed to significantly improve the environmental impact...

March 12, 2009

Reduced snack portions cut calorie intake

Portion-controlled packaging for snacks could play a dual role in fighting raging obesity rates by reducing consumer calorific in-take and heightening awareness to portion size, finds new research from the US. Scientists at the University of Colorado D...

March 01, 2009

Award winning packaging for potato products

The following packaging of potato products won an award at the FPA 2009: Ore Ida’s Steam n’ Mash package (Packaging Excellence Category)Heinz North America wanted a lightweight, flexible package instead of a rigid tray for its convenience. Alcan Packagi...

January 26, 2009

The Inventure Group announces investment in Kettle Frying Equipment and High Speed Packaging Machines

The Inventure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNAK) is pleased to announce that it intends to spend up to $1.5 million in capital into the Goodyear Arizona snack food plant in order to increase capacity and improve efficiencies. The investment will include adding...

May 08, 2008

New TNA ROFLO® 3 Launches at Interpack

TNA launches Roflo® 3, the first servo driven, totally reversible, gateless and truly modular food transfer and distribution system, at Interpack 2008.