Value-added products require premium packaging. Flexibles are giving processors the look they want, the convenience they need and the cost savings they demand.
Accessing real-time information from plant floor process systems fully benefits operations only when PLC integration allows instant and continuous feedback.
As the market for value-added, minimally processed, pre-packaged food grows, manufacturers find different ways to effectively package these oxygen, moisture, aroma and time-sensitive products.
U.S. food manufacturers have invested heavily overseas during the past five years but have little to show for it. Yet selective investment continues despite foreign economic turmoil.