Marks & Spencer saves on salad pack
17 September, 2007
In the UK a Waste & Resources Action Program (WRAP) funded project is trialing an innovative way to seal flexible film bags and pouches, which is claimed to save at least 10% of the packaging material used on those products
Vertical form, fill and seal packaging systems
14 September, 2007 | Supplied by: TNA Solutions Pty Ltd
tna has introduced the robag3 high-performance vertical form fill and seal (VFFS) packaging system. The robag VVFS system has a high fill rate, good film efficiency and low wastage.
Filler for ready meals and prepared salads
12 September, 2007 | Supplied by: HBM Packaging Technologies
The MPFMP-060 semi-automatic pocket filler dispenses clean, accurate portions of a wide range of difficult-to-fill products, such as cooked rice or pastas, cut vegetables and fruit, prepared salads, cereal, seafood and shredded meats into a variety of containers including trays, cups, plates, jars and pouches.
Capping machine
12 September, 2007 | Supplied by: Capson Australia
The Capson CH-1000 series is a fully automatic capping machine which unscrambles and applies plastic or metal caps to glass, plastic or metal containers. It is built in two configurations: indexed starwheel or inline.
Labelling premium smallgoods
10 September, 2007 | Supplied by: insignia Pty Ltd
Barkly Continental is a supplier of top grade, hand made specialty European-style hams, sausages, and other pickled and smoked pork products
Low-cost filler for ready meals and prepared salads
10 August, 2007 | Supplied by: http://www.hbm.com.au
Multi-Fill of Utah USA specialise in the manufacture of semi-automatic and automatic volumetric fillers for the home meal replacement and convenience foods industries and are represented in Oceania by HBM Packaging Technologies.
Bottling soft drinks in PET
10 August, 2007 | Supplied by: KHS Pacific Pty Ltd
The KHS Innofill DRV is a filling system especially developed for the filling of soft drinks in PET bottles. Several versions of the Innofill DRV are available that are entirely oriented towards the product range to be filled by each beverage operation. From the 0.1 L PET bottle up to the 5 L size, this filler is capable of processing all bottle sizes and shapes. The maximum filling capacity of the Innofill DRV is 80,000 bottles/h.
Trays for dogs
09 August, 2007 | Supplied by: Techni-Chem Australia Pty Ltd
Forthglade has selected multilayer trays from RPC Bebo UK Corby for its revamped dog food range
Spherical gum pack and sleeve
06 August, 2007
Sleever International has provided a labelling answer for a new Cadbury chewing gum
Traceability and shipment verification for bakery
30 July, 2007
Groupe Jacquet, of the Limagrain group, is a major bakery with facilities throughout France and Belgium, shipping over 70,000 boxes of bread a day to hundreds of customers
Success for Australian EPC/RFID pilot
12 July, 2007
Radio frequency identification (RFID) using GS1 global standards can improve productivity, reduce delivery processing times and open up visibility throughout the supply chain for the benefit of all trading partners, according to a multi-industry Australian consortium.
Collaboration to apply RFID technologies in New Zealand
09 July, 2007
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies can make a major contribution to New Zealand’s economic development, according to Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and the New Zealand RFID Pathfinder Group.
Benefits of bulk aseptic packaging recognised
20 June, 2007
Philip E Nelson, president of the Institute of Food Technologists in 2002 and food science professor at Purdue University, has been recognised as the 2007 recipient of the World Food Prize.
Blow-moulded retort containers
13 June, 2007 | Supplied by: Gilpin and Co
Gilpin and Company has been awarded exclusive distribution rights in Asia-Pacific for Silgan Plastics Corporation's OMNI injection blow-moulded retort containers. The multilayer, high-barrier plastic bowls and cylinders (cups) are designed for shelf stable processed foods that can be heated in a microwave oven and served. Silgan's OMNI retort containers are suitable for categories like soup and prepared entrees because they are lightweight, portable and, above all, microwaveable. Consumers have embraced the convenience this packaging format offers.
UNIVERSAL top load case packer for difficult-to-handle products
13 June, 2007 | Supplied by: http://www.hbm.com.au
Goodman Packaging Equipment from Chicago, USA is one the global leaders for top load case packing machinery.
