As pouch volumes increase, food and beverage makers are seeing a drop in production costs in both materials and equipment.

Consumers clearly understand the conveniences pouches offer such as resealability and portability. In addition production costs in both materials and equipment have decreased as pouch volume increases. “With the new equipment coming on line able to fill 500 stand-up pouches per minute and liquid beverages able to be filled at more than 1,000 pouches per minute, the costs are coming in line with the old packaging process speeds,” says Scott Lamerand, product manager, dry mix/confection/pet food for Pechiney Plastic Packaging.