The modified atmosphere/modified humidity (MA/MH) packaging developed by StePacPPC is facilitating the transition away from ice-filled polystyrene and waxed carton boxes for packaging fresh broccoli and other vegetables for long-haul shipments in both the US and Japan.
The Otofuke Agricultural Cooperative in Japan (JA Otofuke) has already implemented StePacPPC’s Xtend...
Made from recycled plastics, the igus:bike began its world tour on 15 Oct to celebrate igus' 60th anniversary. Since then, it has travelled 365km through Germany and will make its way to the second stop, Singapore, where it will highlight the importance of sustainability, featuring stops at landmarks like...
Twin City Foods has been a leader in the frozen vegetable industry since their start in the 1940s. Processing hundreds of millions of pounds of product annually, their frozen peas, corn, carrots and green beans are sold around the world to foodservice customers and in private-label retail packs. This...
Amid various regulatory changes and demands for ecological transformation, Veolia's innovative strategic plan, GreenUp, has sought to fast-track the introduction of cost-effective, replicable solutions that depollute, decarbonise, and regenerate natural resources. Through PlastiLoop, Veolia assists brand owners in enhancing the incorporation of circular polymers in their products while cutting...
Bühler has inaugurated its new Grain Innovation Centre (GIC) in Uzwil. The GIC was designed to support customers from the food and animal nutrition industries to innovate and improve their processes, ensuring they stay ahead of the latest trends in milling and remain competitive in their rapidly evolving markets....
Dow has announced the winners of the 35th Packaging Innovation Awards (PIA). The winners were unveiled during an awards ceremony held in conjunction with Tokyo Pack 2024, where the winning entries will be showcased from 23-25 Oct.
Prior to the awards ceremony, an international jury of 18 professionals from across...
Sorma Group has presented two innovative new grading solutions at this year’s Fruit Attraction: PulpVision, a new optical sorter machine for kiwis that is able to detect green, yellow and red colours within the fruit pulp, and BIOSCAN, for measuring the Brix value of fruit. In the area of optical...
Organised by Sinoexpo Informa Markets, ProPak Shenzhen 2024 will be held from 12-14 Dec 2024 at Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Centre.
Shenzhen, the core city in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area in South China, recorded a total food consumption of more than one trillion yuan in 2023. Shenzhen's...
Parkside and Dark Woods Coffee were presented with a World Coffee Innovation Award for its compostable coffee pouch.
The pouch, which took home the prize in the Packaging Innovation category, is entirely compostable, made from a home compostable flexible laminate and an industrially compostable CO2 valve. The pack is central...
IDEC has updated its SmartAXIS touch family with the new FT1J Series combined PLC+HMI. This device combines a built-in full function controller with both onboard and expandable I/O and a 4.3” touchscreen display in an all-in-one form factor for visualising and automating a wide range of applications. The FT1J...
