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Packaging News

Fruits are the target for new integrated weighing and bagging unit

Mikell Knights
February 7, 2014
A fully integrated weigh scale and bag packaging system designed specifically for fresh and frozen fruit is a new development resulting from a partnership between Automated Packaging Systems and BBC Technologies.
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Packaging News

Sculpted butter moves to supportive packaging

Mikell Knights
February 7, 2014
Butter sculptures, holiday-themed products manufactured by Keller’s Creamery, which is owned by the Dairy Farmers of America, are now being offered in a new, advanced packaging design.
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Packaging News

Easy open portion pack now in North America

Mikell Knights
February 7, 2014
An audible, snap-opening function integrated into the lower web of the thermoformed package allows consumers to open the package with one hand.
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Packaging

Flexible film with rigid film characteristics

Presenting a new line of stackable, reclosable, and flexible films
Mikell Knights
January 10, 2014
The package is a multi-layered film, laminated onto several proprietary substrates to improve heat resistance.
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Packaging

Innovation stars

Shelf-stable packages win IoPP awards based on composition and design focused on ease of use and sustainable qualities.
Mikell Knights
January 10, 2014
The winning packaging laminate is fully compostable and made in the US from renewable resources.
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Engineering R&D

Using nature’s disinfectants

The photohydroionization disinfection process combines several non-chemical, non-penetrating radiation approaches, which together can effectively kill harmful microorganisms in food, air and water.
Mikell Knights
January 10, 2014
The process has been approved in food processing plants inspected by the USDA, FDA and FSIS
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Tech Update

Tech Update: Meat and poultry processing

Equipment advances help minimize product contamination while raising production efficiency.
Mikell Knights
January 10, 2014
From freezing and frying to cleanliness and coding, new technologies make tasks easier.
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Water usage and treatment

Take a load off

Food and beverage plants under pressure to reduce contaminants in their discharge water are finding a wider range of solutions.
Mikell Knights
January 10, 2014
Water recovery and productivity goals are aided by new systems.
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Water conservation, water reuse and wastewater pretreatment

Mikell Knights
January 10, 2014
Water conservation, water reuse and wastewater pretreatment strategies take many forms. Culligan Matrix Solutions, the commercial and industrial division of Culligan International, and Emerson Industrial Automation, a business unit of Emerson, point out less obvious areas for efficiency improvements.
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Engineering R&D

Watch your dairy air

Sterile air extends product shelf life by protecting the processing space from impurities.
Mikell Knights
December 5, 2013

Purging airborne microbes like yeast and mold is not easy due to their size.


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