Rose Forgrove has launched a new flow wrapper Merlin 'Blu' which features extensive hygienic properties. The new product has been designed innovatively with various tool-less removal features. It is also easier to clean, making it ...
Tags: Packaging
Ohio-based Pro Mach's division Federal Mfg has launched a new hygienic pressure/gravity filling machine for food applications such as sauces, syrups, edible oils, and other viscous foods and non-viscous foods. According to Federal, the ...
Anchor Packaging, a US-based food packaging products provider, has added new Culinary Squares separate bases and lids to its Culinary Basics and Culinary Classics lines of polypropylene packages. Available in single and three-compartment ...
Tags: helps maximize performance, renewable mineral additives
UK-based Domino has extended its continuous ink jet (CIJ) black inks range with the launch of three new inks, 2BK026, 2BK030 and 2BK028, for CIJ A-Series printers. According to the company, the new inks have been developed specifically ...
Tags: Packaging Inks, continuous ink jet
Watson-Marlow Pumps Group is introducing a new food grade hose for use with Bredel pumps. FDA and EC compliant, the new F-NBR hoses offer better wear resistance and longer life for improved production efficiency and process/product safety. ...
Tags: Pump Hoses, Industrial Equipment, Components
US-based Wild Flavors has bought Alfrebro, a manufacturer of natural extracts and aroma chemicals, advanced proprietary technologies, and expanded processing capabilities. With this deal, the company will expand into the production of ...
Tags: Wild Flavors, Natural Extract
Israel-based nutraceutical ingredients company LycoRed has expanded production capacity of its natural beta-carotene coloring line in Ukraine, to meet the increasing demand from food and beverage companies in the US, West Europe and ...
As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announces its preliminary determination that partially hydrogenated oils are not “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS), global oils leader IOI Loders Croklaan is inviting food ...
Tags: Phos, IOI, trans-free, alternatives
Marlen International, Inc. announced today the unveiling at PROCESS EXPO 2013 of four newly designed Marlen and Carruthers food processing machines, including an OPTI 100 vacuum pump, 24-PAK filler, AE5000 2D dicer, and Auto-shredder. ...
Tags: Marlen Vacuum Pump, Food
The U.S. stand-up pouch market has seen dramatic growth over the past five years, increasing by 50 percent in unit volume terms to approaching 17 billion units in 2013. Beverages and pet food are the largest end use categories, each ...
UK-based rigid plastics packaging manufacturer RPC Group has selected clear polypropylene (PP) for sustainable packaging application for some of its products. The company uses PP for majority of its thermoformed, blow molded and thin ...
Tags: rigid plastics, Polypropylene
ConAgra Foods, in partnership with Graphic Packaging Intl., has launched a new premium frozen-food tray incorporating two innovative technologies; DesignerWare, a paperboard/plastic hybrid, and MicroRite, which provides shielding ...
Tags: Packaging, frozen-food tray
Royal DSM, a life sciences and materials sciences firm based in the Netherlands, has acquired 19% stake in Yantai Andre Pectin, a China-based producer of texturing ingredients. Headquartered in Yantai, Shandong Province, Andre Pectin was ...
Tags: Royal DSM, Andre Pectin
Biofilms producer Innovia Films and Corbion Purac have jointly developed a range of transparent, biobased, temperature stable and heat resistant poly lactic acid (PLA) films. The new film is said to exhibit less shrinkage at high ...
Tags: Innovia Films, PLA Films
RPC Bebo Polska, a UK-based manufacturer of injection molded open-top polypropylene containers, has added two new designs to its standard containers range for food and non-food applications. Suitable for salads, dips and desserts, the ...