US-based Arpac has launched the new Performance-Series PC-4500, a member of the company’s line of case packers. The new continuous motion wraparound case packer is capable of reaching speeds up to 45 cases/trays per minute. ...
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Getting Parental Marriage Approval If Li lovers plan to marry, they need the permission from parents in both families. The boy's parents will invite two matchmakers to visit the girls' parents and bring four best-quality areca nuts to ...
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The last day of the lunar year is called "Suichu" and the evening of the day is called "New Year's Eve", or "Spending Spring Festival" as traditionally called by Chaoshan people. Atmosphere of Spring Festival in the south is as intense as ...
California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued a health alert, asking consumers not to eat shucked and in-shell raw oysters from Drakes Bay Oyster, an oyster grower based in California, as they may be contaminated with Vibrio ...
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France-based Acti Pack and Loire Plastic Industrie are set to introduce new jar and lid range in a bid to expand their standard packaging offering. Available in 150ml, 200ml, 250ml and 300ml, the new 'STEP' range has been developed to ...
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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Global packaging company Sonoco's unit Sonoco Recycling has invested $4m in its materials recovery facility (MRF) in Columbia, South Carolina, US allowing it to accept additional types of materials. The facility will enable residents in ...
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CROWN Food Europe has launched its new Smart Capper for the European food and beverage manufacturers. The machine is the latest addition to the company’s capping portfolio for food and beverage packaging and provides sealing for glass ...
US-based Clear Lam is rolling out its second bio-based resin for container packaging, besides developing a film-based flexible, stackable container product line, with an aim to replace rigid plastic bottles, glass jars and metal cans. ...
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Bapco Closures has announced the launch of its first closure in Australia with an 82mm twister created for SPC Ardmona, the UK-based fruit processing company. The two part injection molded closure has been applied to Goulburn Valley and SPC ...
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American agribusiness company Cargill has launched Truvia,a stevia-based sugar substitute,in Venezuela,as a part of its effort to strengthen its position in the stevia-based sweetener category. According to the company,this move comes ...
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German private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg Vogel, the central European representative of Lindsay Goldberg in New York is set to acquire German plastic packaging manufacturer, Weener Plastik. The deal is pending approval from anti-trust ...
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UK-based retailer Sainsbury's has replaced the glass used in its peanut butter jars with plastic in a move that reduces carbon emissions by over 150t. According to Sainsbury's, the change has cut packaging by 83% or 882,000k and puts the ...
Planters, the American snack nut brand owned by Kraft Foods, has launched Planters NUT-rition - its new peanut butter product in three flavors. The new product features wholesome ingredients like bananas, granola, berries, raisins, ...
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Hunt's,a brand owned by US-based ConAgra Foods,has launched Hunt's Dinner Sauces in three varieties at grocery stores in Lexington,Kentucky,US. The company noted that Hunt's Dinner Sauces provides a simple option that can be quickly ...
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