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Food Packaging

Mono-PE Layer Offers Recyclability for Coffee Bags

September 13, 2021

Amcor partnered with Syntegon to bring to market a new mono-PE vacuum pack for coffee that is designed to be recycled.

Food Packaging

An Alternative to the No-Label Look

September 10, 2021

ACTEGA, manufacturer of specialty coatings, inks, adhesives and sealing compounds for the print and packaging industry, launches Signite™—a revolutionary, ACTEGA patented, premium decorating solution, designed to significantly reduce waste in label production.

Fermentation

Getting Consistent Results from Fermentation

If you don’t measure it, you can’t control it, so having the right data means a great, consistent batch every time.

Wayne Labs

September 10, 2021

If you don’t measure it, you can’t control it, so having the right data means a great, consistent batch every time

Engineering R&D

Novel Pasteurization Technique Extends Shelf Life of Milk

Not to be confused with UHT and HTST pasteurization techniques, MST combines the effects of a temperature spike with a drop in pressure to accomplish pasteurization in milliseconds

Wayne Labs

September 10, 2021

Suppose you want a process to pasteurize milk without shearing it—while keeping the flavors in and killing any bugs along the way, extending the shelf life beyond ordinary pasteurization. This new technology, Millisecond Technology (MST), offers dairy producers long-life products with the same nutritional values that consumers want.

Food Packaging

Full-Wrap Labeling Solution for Egg Packs

September 9, 2021

MULTIVAC is redefining fresh egg packaging in boxes or plastic trays with its L 310 full-wrap labeler. The L310 creates an attractive package and closes it with a secure seal.

Automatic scraper strainers can remove waste from raw water.

Water filtration

Strainers with automatic scraping prevent clogging and fouling in water/liquid filtration

While these devices can filter out micron-sized particles, they also minimize downtime normally associated with manual cleaning and blowdowns

Wayne Labs

September 8, 2021

Automatic strainers have many uses, for example, providing necessary filtration for process cooling water, liquid product, and wastewater treatment. Each application requires the removal of suspended solids of various sizes to attain certain characteristics or qualities.

Food Packaging

Liquibox and WestRock Deliver E-Commerce Solution for Liquids

September 8, 2021

Liquibox and WestRock have launched a Ships In Own Container (SIOC) bag-in-box solution for Amazon that reduces waste and ensures products arrive undamaged.

Field Reports

Robots aid Expansion of New Zealand Apple Company

Rockit Global uses MHM Automation’s tube-filling machines in its state-of-the-art apple packhouse

Sharon Spielman

September 8, 2021

The introduction of robotic technology is one of the driving forces behind a New Zealand apple exporter’s expansion.

MAP Leak Detection

How high-speed laser detection ensures seal integrity of modified atmosphere packaging

Automated, in-line systems can spot micro pinholes or bad seals at rates of up to 200 packages per minute, improving efficiency and reducing waste

Jason Mitchell

September 7, 2021

When strolling the aisles of a supermarket, consumers constantly evaluate products, often according to their packaging. People judge obvious things like uniform fill levels, straight labels, firmly closed caps, and so on. Many of these are cosmetic, but there is one evaluation point far more important: Is the package leaking? This is not always an easy thing to determine, which makes it even more critical since buyers may not realize what has happened until they get the product home, only to find it spoiled.

FPA's Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition now open

September 7, 2021

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) announces the 2022 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition Call for Entries. The deadline for entries is Friday, October 22, 2021.