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At this time last year, we at Refrigerated & Frozen Foods (the sister publication of Food Engineering) decided to put our annual Foodservice Distributor of the Year Award on hold. The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated unprecedented shutdowns in foodservice—restaurants, hotels, schools, caterers, stadiums, and other volume venues—leaving behind thousands of shuttered businesses. To put it lightly, there was very little to celebrate in foodservice last year.

Two well-known uses are in the making of non-stick frying/cooking pans and the foam used in fighting primarily aircraft fires (or other petroleum-based fires), hence PFAS subsurface ground contamination tends to be prevalent around military air bases where foam firefighting has been taught and practiced.

Amcor partnered with Syntegon to bring to market a new mono-PE vacuum pack for coffee that is designed to be recycled.

ACTEGA, manufacturer of specialty coatings, inks, adhesives and sealing compounds for the print and packaging industry, launches Signite™—a revolutionary, ACTEGA patented, premium decorating solution, designed to significantly reduce waste in label production. 

If you don’t measure it, you can’t control it, so having the right data means a great, consistent batch every time

Suppose you want a process to pasteurize milk without shearing it—while keeping the flavors in and killing any bugs along the way, extending the shelf life beyond ordinary pasteurization. This new technology, Millisecond Technology (MST), offers dairy producers long-life products with the same nutritional values that consumers want. 

MULTIVAC is redefining fresh egg packaging in boxes or plastic trays with its L 310 full-wrap labeler. The L310 creates an attractive package and closes it with a secure seal.

Liquibox and WestRock have launched a Ships In Own Container (SIOC) bag-in-box solution for Amazon that reduces waste and ensures products arrive undamaged.

The introduction of robotic technology is one of the driving forces behind a New Zealand apple exporter’s expansion.

Fresh fruits and vegetables have been part of humankind’s diet for millennia. This started with the hunter-gatherers and has progressed through to today where crops are grown and eaten fresh all over the world.