Ardagh Group and French vegetable canner Bonduelle have collaborated to launch a new 400g steel food can, which delivers significant environmental benefits. According to Ardagh, the development represents an advance in DWI can production ...
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LED chip and lighting array maker Bridgelux Inc of Livermore, CA, USA has announced the commercial availability of its Vero LED array solid-state light source, which was unveiled last December. All form factors of Vero LED arrays are now ...
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During the 30th National Frozen Food Month this March, Plastics Make it Possible is honoring innovations in plastics that help deliver convenient and nutritious frozen foods-particularly those innovations that have led to less packaging and ...
Recycling glass is easy, and glass containers returned for recycling help to make new glass bottles and jars. Recycling glass has big environmental pay offs. It saves raw materials, lessens demand for energy, and cuts CO2 emissions. ...
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Seafood company in the US Bumble Bee Foods is set to recall specific codes of 5oz Chunk White Albacore and Chunk Light Tuna products over faulty packaging. According to the company, the recall has been issued as the cans have loose seals ...
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What you would be taking is most likely silica gel or some other desiccant? That can absorb and maintains water vapor. These little packets are discovered in all kinds of products to help maintain top quality. Small packets of silica are ...
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US-based food firm Bumble Bee Foods is voluntarily recalling certain codes of 5-ounce Chunk White Albacore and Chunk Light Tuna products as they do not meet the company's standards for seal tightness. The products subject to the recall ...
By Eric Aasen, Product Line Manager, Bosch Packaging Technology More than ever before, our supermarket shelves are a battleground for an enormous array of packaged fresh food products, each competing for the attention of time-strapped, ...
A timely switch back to plastic crates has helped Brisbane-based produce supplier Favco reduce spoilage in its shipments of citrus fruits after a brief flirtation with using cardboard boxes. Favco was established in July 1999 as a joint ...
US-based All Natural Freshness has unveiled fully barrier free removable end cap High Pressure Processing (HPP) baskets that can reduce loading by up to 33% and unloading by up to 50% and boost the HPP manufacturing throughput. All ...
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Lifeway Foods has booked a 23% jump in fourth quarter sales, thanks to growing distribution and awareness of its Kefir, ProBugs and BioKefir lines. The company said gross sales rose to US$23m, up from $18.7m in the comparable period of ...
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US-based All Natural Freshness has unveiled fully traceable High Pressure Processing (HPP) Intelligence Manager traceability platform that complies with the Safe Quality Food Institute standards. The company noted that its traceability ...
US-based Ozonator has updated its Green Refrigerator Machine with technology that slows down fresh food spoilage, thus helping organic food and beverage consumers. The revamped version of the machine uses a battery-operated Ozonator ...
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Julie Corbett, founder/CEO of Ecologic Brands, created a stir when she introduced the eco.bottle in 2008. Made of a molded-fiber outer shell with an inner pouch, the package scores multiple sustainability wins: source reduction, recycled ...
Consensus views on a U.S.manufacturing resurgence have largely centered on rising labor costs in markets such as China as the key driver of re-shoring back to the U.S.However,a new PwC US report,A Homecoming for U.S.Manufacturing?,reveals ...
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