Toray Industries has announced a JPY3bn ($32m) investment in Asia to strengthen its vapor deposition capabilities for food packaging films. As part of the expansion plan, Toray Advanced Film (TAF) will introduce state-of-the-art vapor ...
Tags: Toray, food, food industry
National Manufacturing Week returns to Melbourne from May 7-10 with a focus on promoting Australian manufacturing and helping local companies to boost productivity. Over 300 local and international manufacturing industry suppliers will ...
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Toray Industries has announced a series of investments totaling about JPY3bn ($32m) to expand the production of food packaging films in Asia through some of its regional supervisory divisions. The core company of the group's film business ...
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Platos Table announces a grassroots community campaign to eliminate single-use food containers in restaurants in St. Petersburg, FL, targeting polystyrene, brand name Styrofoam. Over 20 local restaurants and food markets have joined this ...
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Introduced March 10 at the International Boston Seafood Show, Cryovac Oven Ease packaging for frozen seafood enables consumers to purchase high quality seafood items at their preferred retailer, store the items in their home freezer and ...
Tags: Ovenable Seafood, Food Packaging, Packaging
Dispensing product maker Aptar Food and Beverage has linked with Spanish firm Lékué to produce its citrus spray The device turns any citrus fruit into a juice container by directly tapping the juice at the source. The ...
Tags: Dispensing product, Food Packaging, Beverage Packaging
Flexible packaging converters Exopack and Kobusch have entered into an agreement with the Netherlands-based PerfoTec to offer new packaging technology that extends the shelf life of produce. The agreement will allow Exopack and Kobusch to ...
Food packaging manufacturer Seda UK said that it is investing £18m over the next five years in a major expansion at its Blackwood facility and creating 70 new jobs The Welsh firm also said that it was safeguarding more than 170 ...
Ireland-based Holfeld said its new Diamat technology, a plastic extruder, can processes PET sheets with up to 50% recycled post-consumer PET. In a statement, the firm said: “The decontamination process is the nub; it involves 50% ...
Tags: PET flakes, PET sheets, food packaging
Pressure sensitive label materials supplier UPM Raflatac has announced the launch of two adhesive upgrades which are designed to prevent the substance migration from packaging components into food. The company noted that the launch is in ...
Tags: food, food contamination, Foodgloss, food contact
Microbes lurk almost everywhere, from fresh food and air filters to toilet seats and folding money. Most of the time, they are harmless to humans. But sometimes they aren't. Every year, thousands of people sicken from E. coli ...
Researchers at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers have developed a new software-based methodology to help ensure the safety of packaging throughout the supply chain. The Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) ...
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c at the University of Lincoln are working to develop a flexible computer system that can be used to identify the defects in food products and packaging on the production line. The new multi-purpose imaging technology will be created by ...
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Richardson Oilseed plans to expand its canola processing facility in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, a move which will more than double the processing capacity at the facility. The expansion will also enhance efficiencies at the facility ...
Tags: Oilseed, Agriculture, Food
Scientists in the University of Lincoln, UK are working to create a flexible computer system which can be used to detect faults in food products and packaging on the production line. The 823,277 Trainable Vision-based Anomaly Detection ...