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Lightweighting of PET containers and systems that otherwise reduce packaging costs were in abundance at PACK EXPO.

Still derided as the meals GIs love to hate, shelf-stable heat-and-serve entrees are angling for a supermarket shelf near you.

Light weighting of the aluminum bottle may be the advancement that moves the container out of the novelty category and into the mainstream.

Nutritional labeling for restaurant meals is shaping up as a watershed change with implications for packaged goods from fast food chains.

Reducing package material for its all-natural potato chips had a lot of upside benefits, though Salem, OR-based Kettle Foods Inc. didn’t anticipate the negative reaction from some of its customers.

Four parties work to fulfill a simple container request from a key customer.

With customers demanding less material waste and manufacturing looking for ways to trim transportation costs, the trend toward sustainable packaging is gathering momentum.

While American food companies have progressed from flirtation to serious courtship of plastic containers, manufacturers in Europe, South America and Asia are tapping an expanding lineup of can shaping technology to revive flagging sales in some categories and kick-start consumer interest in others, according to Carolyn Takata, marketing director for Woodland Hills, CA-based Silgan Containers Corp.

California importer cuts through table-wine clutter with ecology-conscious containers.

In the coming months, IPM Foods LLC, a start-up contract manufacturer, will try to resurrect low-acid canning without the can, using Tetra Pak’s Recart packaging system.