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Packaging Technology: Breaking the mold

June 19, 2015

Food manufacturers looking to create proprietary shapes for cups and bottles at nearly the same cost as standard molds can now do so with IMA Dairy & Food USA’s open mold technology.

Classicoâ??s Mason jar social media campaign

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Classico’s Mason jar social media campaign

The latest campaign, in cooperation with reCAP, urges people to use “inspiration, passion and creativity” in reimagining ways to reuse Classico sauce jars.

Debra Schug

June 15, 2015

Classico and reCAP are engaging consumers using the hashtag #ClassicoMakeItYourOwn, posting pictures, ideas and recipes on all social media fronts.

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Packaging Technology: The smart bottle

Mobile technology on packaging becomes a tool for manufacturers to protect their products and communicate personalized messages directly to consumers.

June 12, 2015

A few years ago, quick response codes became a huge advertising tool and were placed on many products to promote brands for smartphone-carrying consumers.

Food Packaging

Tall and handsome

May 31, 2015

The highly competitive energy beverage space has a new player on the market.

Food Packaging

Beauty is skin deep

In response to consumers moving from frozen product to refrigerated fresh fish, Sealed Air Food Care creates a new packaging solution.

Debra Schug

May 30, 2015

When Massachusetts-based Pier Fish Company, Inc. was looking for new seafood packaging, the company focused on the needs of the retailers it supplies.

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Earth-and oven-friendly films

May 29, 2015

As sustainability grows in importance in the food and beverage packaging industry, another manufacturer has introduced environmentally friendly products.

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Packaging technology: Sensor communicates food spoilage wirelessly

Finnish research and technology company VTT created a sensor that can detect spoiled food in the package.

Debra Schug

May 26, 2015

The sensor detects ethanol emitted by food that has spoiled in the packaged environment.

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Can it!

Debra Schug

April 6, 2015

Not so long ago, canned beer was looked down on as inferior to its bottled counterpart, but that bad reputation seems to be fading as a new breed of brewers are bringing the can back.

Food Packaging

Biobased cartons

April 6, 2015

The first fully renewable carton can be found on retail shelves in Finland.

Ultra-high-barrier Plantic eco Plastic Skin Pack

Food Packaging

Sustainable skin

April 6, 2015

As vacuum skin packaging (VSP) is becoming more commonplace on retail shelves, suppliers have been concentrating on how to make it more environmentally friendly.

FDA to Amend Standards of Identity to Include Salt Substitutes

Industrial Heat Pumps: Sustainable Energy Solutions for Now and the Future

FMTE Formed by Four Food Manufacturing Companies

Coalition Unites Europe’s Food Manufacturing Technologies and Equipment Sector

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