Berry Growers/Shippers Abandon 40-Year Old Antiquated Process To Lead the Charge in Reducing Carbon Footprint
US: PEAKfresh(R) USA Offers Environmentally Friendly, Gas-Free Produce Packaging Solutions
During a time when reducing carbon footprints along the food chain is of primary concern, those in the produce industry want to ensure that their choice for keeping produce fresh does not come at the expense of the environment and people's safety. At the recent Produce Marketing Association show, the buzz on.....
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Talbot Design Group creates new packaging for fresh fruit frozen on a stick
Talbot Design Group, Inc, a Westlake Village-based graphic design firm, has created a new logo and brand packaging for Frutstix Company's new product line, Paleta de Fruta! Frutstix developed the new products specifically for the growing Hispanic market. They are individually wrapped freshly frozen fruit.....
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Earthcycle announces new eastern Canadian distribution agreement
Earthcycle Packaging is pleased to announce its strategic distributor relationship with Ontario-based Crawford SupplyLINE. Earthcycle’s new distributor relationship will support continued growth and demand of the company’s certified* compostable and renewable packaging by retailers and customers throughout.....
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UK: 'Green' Potato Packaging Prevents Greening
Greenvale develops packaging for organic potatoes: new biodegradable MAP extends shelf-life, reduces wastage and cuts greening complaints by 50%Greenvale's new packaging for its Lady Balfour organic potatoes has increased shelf life, decreased wastage and reduced complaints about greening by over 50%......
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UK: Proseal GT2 efficiency ensures strawberries seals forever
The use of Proseal’s GT2 tray sealer has enabled the Co-operative Farms to reduce waste in its soft fruit packaging, while also delivering energy savings, reliable performance and cost-efficiency.The Co-operative Farms has recently made a £2 million investment in a state-of-the-art packing plant at.....
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Produce growers continue to save millions of dollars each year with CHEP program
The Nunes Company extends contract with CHEP
The Nunes Company, Inc., a leader in the branded fresh produce arena, todayannounced it has signed a multi-year contract to use the CHEP pallet poolingsystem to ship its full line of products from the company`s facilities. TheNunes Company, marketers of Foxy fruits and vegetables, is now shipping producton.....
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UK: Ilapak unveils 'cost-cutting' flow-wrapper for fruit and veg
Ilapak has launched an electronic flow-wrapper for packing unsupported fresh produce, which the company said would cut costs and packaging waste.The latest-generation Carrera 1000PC is based on Ilapak's existing model of the same name, but has been re-engineered for use by the fresh produce sector.The.....
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Eric Vandeputte from Go-Patat:
Holland: "Viscon gives us the Rolls-Royce" of packaging
Everyone has his speciality. The speciality of Go-Patat from Blandain, Belgium is the supply of quality potatoes to Belgian supermarkets. For packaging for the potatoes Eric Vandeputte from Go-Patat has found what he needs at Viscon Belgium. Their speciality lies in supplying weighing, sorting and.....
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US: Demand for converted flexible packaging grows
New study from Reportlinker predicts flexible market to grow to $18 billion by 2013 as US economy rebounds.Technological innovations such as self venting films for steam cooking of frozen foods, and convenience features such as zippers and spouts, will drive growth.Robust growth is predicted for newer.....
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PEAKfresh USA is the environmentally-safe, Co2 gas-free produce packaging solution
The buzz at the recent annual Produce Marketing Association (PMA) trade show came down to growers, distributors and retailers sharing one common concern with PEAKfresh USA (www.peakfreshusa.com) - “Do You Gas?” During a time when reducing the carbon footprint along the food chain is of primary concern, those.....
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US: 7-Eleven tests plastic stay-fresh wrap on its bananas
7-Eleven knows one thing that drives customers bananas: brown bananas wilting on the counter next to the cashier."Our customers want yellow bananas — not brown," says CEO Joseph DePinto.So, today, the nation's largest convenience store chain will test at 27 Dallas-area locations a new plastic wrap developed.....
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Canada: Fruit packing operations to end
The Okanagan Tree Fruit Cooperative’s packing house in Summerland will end its packing operations by next summer, although the cooperative may use the facility to receive and store fruit for one more crop.“We need to make sure this industry remains viable,” said Gary Schieck, Chief Executive Operator of the.....
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Naturipe First to adopt IP’s new recyclable strawberry package
Naturipe and International Paper have teamed up to rollout a new display-ready strawberry package that is fully recyclable. This package ran successfully during the 2009 season, and the results are impressive. "The new strawberry carton performed well through our operation and properly protected the product.....
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UK: Innovia to supply NatureFlex film to Italian snack food firm
Innovia Films has been awarded a contract to supply its cellulose-based NatureFlex NK material to Italian food manufacturer New Factor.New Factor will use NatureFlex to package its organic nuts and dried fruit product Mister Nut Bio.NatureFlex, which is biodegradable and compostable, acts as a moisture.....
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US: Ontario thermoformer Par-Pak to use post-consumer PET
Thermoforming packaging firm Par-Pak Ltd. will add post-consumer recycled-content PET in its product lines starting in early 2010.The Brampton-based company announced in a news release that it is investing in a process to decontaminate and purify recycled PET to meet federal food grade standards in both the.....
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LC Packaging opens UK machinery division
LC Packaging, a Europe-wide packaging firm, has launched a UK-based business unit to supply machinery ranging from single units to pack-house lines, naming the division LC Machinery.LC Packaging already has a reputation as a pre-packing machinery supplier, predominately supplying the fruit and vegetable.....
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Packages are color coded for easy identification at the shelf level
US: Mann unveils new packaging system
Mann Packing Company is unveiling a new packaging system this fall designed to segment the fresh-cut vegetable category at the store level.The new packages, rolling out to stores now, color codes the fresh-cut vegetable category by segment for shoppers so they can easily identify and differentiate core.....
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US(CA): Sinclair systems launches variable print system
After four years of development and a significant investment in emerging laser technology, Sinclair is unveiling its cutting edge variable print system that is expected to re-shape the future of produce labeling. This variable print system is geared to packer/shippers looking to reduce inventory costs by.....
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US: Succesful year for dried prunes packing facility of Los Angeles SRL
Los Angeles SRL new dried prunes packing facility completed its first year of operation with great success, having processed almost one million kilos of dried prunes and exported natural condition prunes and tenderized prunes, with and without pit, to more than 10 clients in several countries in Europe and.....
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Italy: ANUGA 09, ILIP sets sights on German market
The Italian company, which has over 40 years’ experience in the production of fruit and vegetable packaging and disposable tableware, will be attending Anuga 2009 in Cologne from 10 to 14 October.Products manufactured by the fruit/vegetable packaging and disposable tableware divisions of ILIP, Italian.....
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S. Oregon pear packing facility reopens
One of Southern Oregon's oldest pear packing facilities has reopened and is actually expanding.Southern Oregon Sales, which for years was a grower cooperative cold storage and pear packing plant, is open and packing pears this year.Many thought last year would be the last season for SOS, and it actually.....
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India: Demand for modern packaging is increasing steadily
The Indian packaging industry has tremendous potential as the per capita consumption of packaging in India amounts to only $15. The global average is $100. The market volume of the packaging industry has been growing by an average of 15 per cent per year and this figure is expected to rise to 22 to 25 per.....
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UK: Europackaging in £20m pre-pack
Europackaging, the firm that supplies plastic bags to Tesco, Sainsbury and Asda, has been bought back by its former owner, the Birmingham-based Majid family, for less than £20m in a pre-pack administration deal. The family sold to Mid-Ocean Partners for more than £100m in 2006 and the private equity firm is.....
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Ekobox: a contribution from Fruttaviva to the environment protection
Fruttaviva
is an Italian company which is located in Bologna. It is specialized in
production, trade and export of kiwi, grapes, nectarines, pears, apples
and all other typical Italian fruits and vegetables, mainly grown
according to the Integrated Pest Management system.
As Fruttaviva owner Paolo.....
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Flexible packings stagnating on European market
Despite the difficult economic circumstances during the last twelve months the turnover of the market for flexible packings grew by 1,6% during 2008 to 10,3 billion euro. This according to a recent market study by research bureau PCI Films Consulting.
Growth in food, pharmaceuticals and.....
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Jaap Kodde from Flevostar, Holland:
Using bioplastics lengthens shelf life of potatoes by 50%
The company Flevostar from Dronten, Holland announced that the shelf life of potatoes can be extended by at least 50% by using bioplastic packaging. Spokesman Jaap Kodde says that according to their research it takes considerably longer before potatoes turn green when using the recycled bioplastic because.....
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US: Potential fruit packinghouse strike averted by mediation
The threat of a strike by packinghouse workers in the Okanagan—right at apple harvest time—has been averted by consent from both sides to mediation early next month.The about 500 mainly seasonal workers in the Okanagan are members of local 247 of the United Food and Commercial Workers’ Union.They have agreed.....
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US: New packaging technology makes veggie preparation a snap
Eating enough vegetables these days? Probably not.To encourage veggie consumption and sales, Birds Eye has launched a new line of products that makes it easier than ever to load up on everything from bok choy to red bell peppers. The secret's all wrapped up in packaging technology that goes from freezer to.....
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US: Nanotechnology can enhance food packaging
Nanotechnology is a method of controlling matter at near-atomic scales to produce unique or enhanced materials, products and devices. The commercialization of nanocomposite materials was started by Toyota in the late 1980s. In the 1990s, research on use of nanocomposites for food packaging started using.....
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Food "Tattoos" an Alternative to Labels for Identifying Fruit
Those small and sometimes inconvenient sticky labels on produce may eventually be replaced by laser “tattoo” technology now being tested by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and University of Florida (UFL) scientists. Called laser etching, the new technology puts a tattoo on grapefruit and other produce so.....
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Blackberries shares rise after earnings exceed analyst forecasts
Brambles Ltd., the world’s biggest supplier of pallets, rose to the highest in eight months in Sydney trading after full-year earnings beat forecasts.Brambles gained as much as 4.4 percent to A$7.20 after the Sydney-based company said annual net income fell 30 percent to $452.6 million. The result compared.....
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US: Judge halts cancer label on plastic packaging
A judge issued a tentative ruling blocking state environmental officials from listing an ingredient commonly used in plastic food packaging from being listed as a potentially cancer-causing agent under the state's Proposition 65 notification law.Superior Court Judge Shelleyanne Chang cited a potentially.....
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Earthbound Farm provides a how-to on recycled content
Chad Smith, manager of sustainability initiatives at organic produce company Earthbound Farm, admits that there are certain sourcing issues that still need to be addressed when it comes to using post-consumer recycled content in PET clamshells. But he's bullish on the prospect of using PCR PET as he looks.....
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AU: Amcor seen near $2 bln deal for Rio packaging unit
Australian packaging group Amcor Ltd is set to raise about A$1.6 billion ($1.3 billion) in equity to help fund a purchase of Rio Tinto's Alcan packaging unit, sources said on Monday.Amcor halted trading in its shares on Monday, saying it would make an announcement concerning the outcome of talks on an.....
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UK: Flexible lidding film for soft fruits helps to reduce packaging weight
Major UK retailer Sainsbury’s has recently changed the packaging of their soft fruit range and moved from trays with rigid clip-on lids to a heat sealed flexible lidding film, delivered by Amcor Flexibles. This new packaging format allows Sainsbury's to reduce the packaging weight by up to 87% and is.....
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US (NV): Reusable Packaging Show 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 the latest example of PMMI’s ongoing effort to facilitate.....
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Naked Juice, Earthbound Farms switch to recycled packaging
This month, Earthbound Farm and Naked Juice have announced they're each putting out products in plastic packaging made with 100 percent post-consumer recycled (PCR) content.Naked Juice bottle company's recycled products are PET plastic (identified by the resin code 1), the most widely-recycled plastic. Naked.....
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Central California's Fruit Packing hub has reached an unemployment rate of 29%
The Economic Development Department reported in parts of Central California's fruit packing hub the unemployment rate has grown to a devastating 29%. A record amount of Central California's fruit packing plants and cold storages are now for sale or coming up for sale according to Schuil & Associates, a.....
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ENG+PACK, Ingeneria de Empaque, S.A., supports the industrial agricultural sector in Central American area
We are an SME (small and medium enterprise) dedicated in the
representation of foreign entities, manufacturers of equipment, as well
as systems and equipment oriented at industrial packing.
In the agricultural industrial sector we do business with
exporters/producers of Banana, Pineapple, Melon, in the.....
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Greece: Protofanousi Fruits delivers superior produce with Xtend
Five years ago, Protofanousi Fruits S.A., a major fresh produce trader in Northern Greece, began using Xtend MA/MH (modified atmosphere/modified humidity) bags for storing Angeleno plums in order to hold them in storage until after the season. “We managed to keep the fruit for two months,” reports George.....
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Rio sells American food packaging assets for $1.2 bln
Global miner Rio Tinto further improved its cash position on Monday by agreeing to sell its Americas food packaging business for $1.2 billion, and analysts said they expected more asset sales to follow soon.Rio Tinto, which only last week raised $15.2 billion in one of the world's largest-ever rights issues,.....
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AU: Packaging technologists train at Woolworths
In conjunction with IGD in the United Kingdom, the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP), ran its inaugural in-store excellence training session at Woolworths Newington in mid June this year.Fourteen packaging technologists from across food, beverage and manufacturing attended the full-day training session.....
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Broccoli up to 28 days in the fridge
Israel: Environmentally Friendly Products Not Always More Expensive
Stepac LA Ltd. announced today the commercial launch of Eco-Xtend™, a new line of modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) for fresh produce that is both economical and eco-friendly. Eco-Xtend products contain a prodegradant that accelerates degradation of the plastic. From the moment an Eco-Xtend bag is.....
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US: New Packaging partnership for APT
The partnership of Associated Packaging Technologies (APT) and ConAgra Foods is to develop Healthy Choice frozen food trays using 40% recycled PET material. It has also paid off with award-winning industry recognition, as the pair has been named winner of the 21st Annual Dupont Award. The winners were.....
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US: Natures choice produce backs CHEP pallet program
Natures Choice Produce, Inc., a leading grower/shipper of watermelons, today announced it has renewed its contract to ship products on pallets from CHEP, the global leader in pallet and container pooling services. The company uses CHEP pallets to transport Natures Choice brand watermelons from farms in.....
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Environmentally Friendly Products Not Always More Expensive
StePac LA Ltd has developed degradable modified atmosphere packaging that is economical as well as ecological. Eco-Xtend™ bags are available for selected fruits and vegetables, complementing the Xtend® range of products.Tefen, Israel, June 9, 2009 — Stepac LA Ltd. announced today the commercial launch of.....
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Australia: AUSPACK 2009 launch new products
Gravure Packaging, HPS Australasia, Innovia Films, ITW Industrial Packaging, J-Tech Systems, Kiel Industries, Kockums Bulk Systems, the Krones Group and Materials Handling Solution are some of the companies who will be showcasing new products during AUSPACK 2009.Gravure Packaging will be exhibiting a wide.....
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US: New recycling opportunities from potato chip packaging
New versatile uses of packaging waste materials from potato chip packets may potentially help companies reduce their environmental impacts according to US-based recycling group Terracycle.Terracycle, recycler and supplier of food and beverage packaging since 2003, claims a new partnership with Frito Lay.....
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Brazil: Sustainable innovation in plastic boxes unveiled for fruits
SOL Embalagens, one of the leading plastic processing companies in Brazil, and Braskem, Latin America's leading petrochem company, has developed and patented a new concept of disposable boxes. It is an easy-to-assemble, 100% polypropylene box that offers excellent cooling and high durability, allowing.....
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Bátia (Brasil) with new packaging center:
Figs season in full swing and preparing already next season
Late season of figs started some weeks ago, "Export is in full swing also with the assorted exotics, and in addition we have been working hard in the fig production for the next season, which is expected in October", declares Denise Braga from Bátia. The firm also announces the service of a new packaging.....
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Winners of 21st DuPont Awards to be Announced at Virtual Event
DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers
(P&IP) has announced that in an industry first, winners of its
long-running DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation will be announced
via a global virtual forum that will include exchanges with leading
industry experts on sustainable packaging as well as with.....
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CMTP Pallets Crates makes strategic investment in Aspect Packaging
CMTP, a leading pallet and crating manufacturer, announced that as from September 8th 2008 they have acquired a majority shareholding of the Aspect Packaging Group. This brings two leaders in the pallet and packaging industry together, and makes them the largest pallet and packaging supplier in.....
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"Iceberg lettuce stays fresh for 42 days"
Tests with Peak Fresh persuade Freeland of freshness revolution.
Freeland, specialist in outdoor vegetable growing, has ordered 200,000 Peak Fresh wrappings from Jan van der Mey. Freeland will initially use the wrappers to wrap iceberg lettuce. Van der Mey have the exclusive marketing rights for this product in Europe, the Far East and South America. The technique.....
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Capsnap Europe modernises the production in France
Capsnap Europe who produces 5 gallon packaging has launched a major replacement investment at its location in France. A new production line for extrusion blow-molded 5 gallon bottles started up in March.Texte Alternatif Further development of the location for production optimization is being pushed ahead.....
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UK: Organic produce firm cuts impact on planet with returnable packs and informed choices
If consumers are increasingly aware of the packaging around their food, those who buy organic, and choose to bypass the major retailers, are more firmly on the environmental bandwagon.Riverford Organic Vegetables, which delivers organic vegetables and fresh produce to 80,000 customers, is aware of "a.....
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Brambles' message key in fighting plastic challenge
Global logistics firm Brambles Ltd. (BXB.AU) will seek to reassure investors next week that its 50% share price recovery over the last nine weeks is warranted, despite concerns that competitors continue to eat into its share of the U.S. pallet pooling market.Sydney-based Brambles, which is the world's.....
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