US-based Rishi Tea, a provider of organic and fair trade loose-leaf teas, introduced its first line of specialty tea sachets. The company said it is marketing the tea with a knit-mesh filter bag that lends a different flavor, aroma and ...
Tags: Tea Bags, loose-leaf teas, tea sachets
US-based Dole Food is in advanced talks with Japanese trading house Itochu over the sale of its packaged foods and Asian fresh fruit and vegetable businesses. Itochu could pay about$1.7bn for the businesses,reported Reuters citing sources ...
Tags: packaged foods, fresh fruit, vegetable
US-based Gourmet, the supplier of fresh asparagus, is offering its Peeled White Asparagus as a seasonal item for the holidays. The company introduced the bagged and pre-peeled white asparagus pack to the asparagus category in February ...
Tags: Bag Technology, fresh asparagus, Peeled White Asparagus
Packaging company in the US, MeadWestvaco’s (MWV) medication adherence solution Shellpak Renew has bagged the Best Sustainable Pharmaceutical Packaging award at the CPhI Worldwide event in Madrid, Spain. The Shellpak Renew, launched ...
Tags: Pharmaceutical Packaging, environmentally-friendly format, spine labels
UK-based Chadwicks, the producer of pre-cut lids and shrink-sleeves of Clondalkin company, has improved its quality assurance and industry leading standards, as it bagged the PS9000 pharmaceutical accreditation. This accreditation is an ...
Process Metallic Color System developer Color-Logic and Innovative Labeling Solutions (ILS) have jointly bagged the 2012 HP Print Excellence Award. The entry was in the folding carton category and comprised a sachet packet and ...
Ireland-based high speed packaging machinery specialists Tekpak Automation has provided snack food manufacturer Largo Foods( part of the Intersnack Group), with a robotic pick and place solution for loading bagged snack products into shelf ...
Tags: Automation's Packaging Solution, bagged snack products, Largo Foods
Australia-based packaging company, Amcor has introduced Amcor Light, a new range of environmentally improved films for fresh and dairy applications. The films offer optimum weight while retaining visual appearance, said the company. ...
Tags: packaging, Amcor, films, fresh and dairy applications
United Biscuits, a manufacturer of biscuits, snacks and cakes in the UK, has introduced KP Jumbo Nut Mixes in two varieties - Jumbo Salted Nut Mix and Unsalted Fruit & Nut Mix. Salted Nut Mix contains a mix of peanuts, oven roasted ...
Tags: manufacturer of biscuits, snacks and cakes, Salted Nut Mix
Germany-based manufacturer of printing presses Heidelberg has bagged an order worth Euro 3.3m from Brazilian commercial print shop Midiograf in the state of Paraná for a complete package at Drupa 2012 in Düsseldorf. The order ...
Tags: Heidelberg, commercial print shop, Midiograf
Corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa won three awards at Popai Pos awards 2012. While it bagged the silver for the L'Oréal Advent Calendar display in the Health and Beauty category, it got the bronze in the Food and Flagship ...
Tags: brand promotion, Popai Pos awards, silver
DuPont’s annual Awards for Packaging Innovation has selected Curwood’s FreshCase packaging technology for meat as this year's diamond winner, as the solution addresses the effort to help ensure food maintains its nutritional ...
I may have been an English major with limited mechanical ability, but I love watching machines at work. It’s one of the reasons I get a kick out of shows like ProMat. It’s also a reason I like writing about automation. When ...
Tags: automation, inventory, efficiency
Clothes, shoes, bags and belts will get a new lease on life, through reuse, as thousands of residents in the Newtown Township and Newtown Borough begin a pilot curbside textile-recycling program. All of this easy-greenness is due to an ...
Tags: lease on life, Newtown Township, textile-recycling program
Indian outsourcer Infosys blamed continuing global economic uncertainties for a slide in year-on-year revenue growth in U.S.dollar terms,which declined to 2.9%for the third quarter,from 16.7%a year earlier. "It's still very choppy out ...
Tags: Indian outsourcer, Infosys, global economic uncertainties, net profit