How much differentiation and innovation can you really add to a cardboard box and a few ounces of Styrofoam peanuts? This existential question makes up the foundation of the packager's dilemma.
Heat and Control will demonstrate the next generation of seasoning, conveying, weighing, packaging and inspection systems this year at PACK EXPO International.
Budpack has designed a new line of flexible pouches for the marijuana industry made with FDA compliant food-grade material with closure systems that protect children from accidental ingestion.
Stonyfield Organic introduces three new snack packs featuring a duo of creamy organic lowfat yogurt paired with either organic graham crackers or organic pretzels for dipping.
Intertek has opened a packaging performance testing facility in its Grand Rapids, Mich., laboratory. The facility provides end-to-end evaluation of product packages, from design to material assessment and sustainability.
Mondelez International, which owns Nabisco, says it redesigned the packaging of its Barnum's Animals crackers after relenting to pressure from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery has launched the Evolution Checkweigher, a PLC-based system that features non-proprietary controls to make it easy to calibrate and communicate with other systems in the plant.
The PepsiCo Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PepsiCo, and The Recycling Partnership have launched All In On Recycling, the largest ever industry-wide residential recycling challenge to make recycling easier for families.
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