Increasingly demanding requirements from food manufacturers and their consumers mean that packaging is becoming progressively 'smarter'. Active or intelligent packaging is a sector which continues to grow in size, with expansion driven by ...
Tags: Smarter Packaging, Antimicrobial packaging, take-up of packaging
Called "fragrant bags" in ancient times, scented sachets are bags usually sewed with cloth or weaved with multicolor silk threads stuffed with aromatic herbs. The sweet-smelling bags were initially used for absorbing sweat, repelling ...
Tags: fragrant bags, repelling insects and warding off evils, love token
Qiang ethnic minority is one ancient nation in our Chinese ethnic family. For thousands of years, together with the other members of our big folk family, the ethnic minority of Qiang have created the Chinese nation's great splendid ...
Tags: ethnic minority, embroidery, artworks, folk arts
With the advancement of civilization, Chinese people used knots for more than just fastening and wrapping. Knots were also used to record events, and some knots had purely ornamental functions. In 1980, some dedicated connoisseurs collected ...
Tags: macrame, Chinese knotting, knot
UK-based Kenco has partnered with recycling incentive specialist TerraCycle to create the UK's first scheme that urges customers to recycle all brands of coffee packaging waste. Many councils in the country do not deal with the materials ...
In ancient China, engagement was an important social rite where man and woman confirm marital ties, next only to official marriage in significance. Marital ties were made by following "parents' order and on the matchmaker's word". However, ...
Tags: engagement, social rite, marital ties, matchmaker's word
As a miniature of Chinese embroidery history, the history of pouches incorporates abundant etiquettes and regulations, as well as varied folk customs. For the ruling class, the pouch is a symbol of the ritual system. However, it is more ...
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Baumann Packaging Technology has unveiled its new MKH-4, the next generation of modular designed compact servo-driven cartoner. The new cartoner is equipped with a multi-axis control system which yields increased reliability, flexibility, ...
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
Italian designer and manufacturer of labeling technology, Etipack has announced the launch of a new system providing feeding, labeling and pre-opening of Doypack sachets. The complete and integrate system is set to increase flexibility ...
Linkx Systems has collaborated with Unilever Foods UK to develop a new cook-in sauce packer and overhaul, refurbish a volumetric filling machine that had been in storage at Unilever. The new packer for cook-in sauce sachets, which ...
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Aku.automation has installed a machine vision system from Cognex in the Knorr packaging plant Heilbronn, Germany, which will check the seals on food products sachets such as Fix spaghetti bolognese, Fix goulash and Fix pot roast. The ...
Tags: Cognex System Ascertains, machine vision system, visualization panel
Consumer products manufacturing company Unilever is all set to develop pyrolysis technology to make it capable to recover fuel from the laminate sachet packaging which is being used for an increasing number of products. According to ...
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The Indian Government said that this move will allow firms to conveniently switch to uniform norms for selling their products. With the revision, its now mandatory for FMCG companies to pack and sell products such as biscuits and milk ...
Tags: Packaging Norm, India, Indian packaging, Fmcg Firms
Silica gel is derived from silicon silicate and is a widely used desiccant as it demonstrates a natural propensity to absorb moisture from its immediate surroundings. It is synthetically manufactured from silicon dioxide. A desiccant is a ...
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