Aptar has launched EZ Pour, a one-piece dispensing spout designed to bring functionality and convenience to dry food products such as candy, granular and powder products, seasonings, pet food and snack foods in pouches.
The Sigpack VPF (Vertical Platform for Flat Pouches), the first freely scalable flat pouch machine from Bosch, has been honored with the German Design Award 2018 in the Excellent Product Design category. The German Design Award is the second prestigious accolade for the Sigpack VPF following the German Packaging Award in 2016.
Perfetti Van Melle, confectionery and chewing gum manufacturer and distributor, has integrated the VELCRO® Brand PRESS-LOK® closure system into new Mentos™ Pure Fresh Gum Wallet Packs to ensure the product stays sealed and fresh.
Uncertainty about the availability and price of aluminum foil used for packaging applications, in response to the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations led by the U.S. Department of Commerce, is prompting CPG companies and converters to consider alternative substrates and creative solutions. Toray Plastics (America) Inc. offers MET OPP and MET PET films available to replace foil.
Charta Global has added the Enza Kraft to its full line of specialty papers. The new machine-glazed kraft paper with excellent strength properties is ideally suited for food and non-food protective packaging, and various technical and industrial applications.
Campbell Wrapper Corporation displayed the Revolution Horizontal Flow Wrapper with a sanitary hygienic infeed and a MGS Pick n’ Place Feeder recently at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2017.
Zanders, German manufacturer of high quality specialty label papers, presented high-gloss finished label papers Chromolux, one of the world's leading premium paper brands, as well as Zanlabel paper grades.
We all buy with our eyes. Research suggests that consumer purchasing decisions are made within five to seven seconds of viewing a product. In a growing and saturated market like confectionery, brands are always looking for innovative ways to make their product stand out from the crowd.