The challenges of poor power quality in the food industry
October 10, 2018
From powering microwaves to keeping fridge-freezers running, electricity plays an integral role in the food chain. Yet even before products reach the hands of consumers, a constant supply of reliable power is required to ensure that food is produced safely and properly.
Nestlé, Unilever, Kraft Heinz and Premier Foods are just some of the food companies that have signed a U.K. initiative to cut food waste by 50 percent.
Growth in e-commerce is dramatically changing supply chain dynamics and as any online shopper will attest, more corrugated boxes are ending up in consumers’ garages than ever before.
Texwrap, a product brand of ProMach, introduces the new ST-1607SS, an affordable shrink wrapper optimized for packaging operations requiring up to 65 packages per minute output.
Green tech company rPlanet Earth will make about 75 million pounds per year of two product types from 100 percent recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET): forms for beverage containers and food packaging.
The latest contender for plastic packaging replacement could be Durapulp fiber, which is used to create biodegradable packaging to replace the black plastic trays often used in ready meals and raw beef products, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
More than ever consumers are concerned with supporting ethical businesses with environmentally conscious practices. They are growing increasingly aware of what they consume, the waste they create and the businesses that are aligned with this ethos.
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