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Food Packaging

Beverage containers showcase innovations in packaging design

Mountain Dew cans use hidden-message ink for "Game of Thrones" promotion

Rose Shilling

May 20, 2019

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Mountain Dew has given fans of "Game of Thrones" a gift: all-white cans that reveal at cold temperatures an image of Arya Stark's kill list.

Processing

New canning line for Heineken Vietnam meets all expectations, doubling output

The brewery needed to add a line without stopping current production

Wayne Labs

March 4, 2019

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Heineken Vietnam is a major beer producer in the Vietnamese domestic market, but it needed to increase its production significantly at its Tien Giang site in the south of Vietnam. The challenge: The brewer needed a quick, turnkey installation of a new canning line without upsetting existing operations.

Ball’s new cans feature pop top branding

Ball's proprietary Cameo End Printing extends customer branding to the top of the can.

Crystal Lindell

April 29, 2018

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Ball Corporation's newest beverage can innovation is helping customers put a colorful lid on their aluminum cans.

Tariff decision could drive up costs for certain food and beverage items

CMI urges exemptions for steel and aluminum used to make food and beverage cans.

Debra Schug

March 9, 2018

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The CMI says 42 percent of tinplate steel needs to be imported to manufacture food cans that provide nutritious product for American consumers. More than 60 percent of primary aluminum needs to be imported from foreign sources to produce aluminum cansheet, used to manufacture beverage cans.

Tariffs

Opinion: How tariffs and other changes can have unintended consequences

A proposed foreign steel tariff that would hurt the canned food industry shows how easy it is for one policy change to drastically impact other sectors.

Casey Laughman

June 27, 2017

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An increase in the importation cost of tinplate steel would lead to higher costs for manufacturers, which leads to higher prices for consumers.

Food Packaging

Stable Micro introduces rig pull force test

Company develops new rig to allow food and beverage tin manufacturers to measure the force needed to lift the ring pull.

Crystal Lindell

February 15, 2017

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Stable Micro System’s latest test could finally put an end to that frustrating moment when consumers are trying with all their might to open a can of pop or a tin of tuna, but they just can’t get it off.

Processing and Packaging

Thermal processing equipment is saving energy, product and money

Today's canning equipment is designed to get thermal products just right.

Wayne Labs

September 26, 2016

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Pouch-based cooking systems can cook the food right in the bag, sealing in flavor and keeping the product tender.

Vegetable processor improves productivity and capacity of canning operation with a fully automated retort room

Far less labor is required in the new high-efficiency system.

Shane O'Halloran

January 24, 2014

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Due to the processing’s seasonal nature, 24 hour per day, seven day per week uptime is required.

Consumers are choosing products and brands they know and trust as they shop for food during the global pandemic. Any disruption to production could damage brand reputation, wreak havoc on throughput and disrupt the supply chain.

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Packaging Research in Food Product Design and Development

Packaging Research in Food Product Design and Development is the first book to comprehensively address the issues of graphics design and visual concepts, from a systematic, scientific viewpoint, yet with business applications in mind.

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Food Engineering

2020 December

In the December 2020 issue of Food Engineering, Pod Pack's Baton Rouge, La. facility is named a Fabulous Food Plant. Also in this issue, we present a recap of this year's FA&M Conference.

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