LINPAC Packaging worked in partnership with G. Mondini S.p.A. and Bemis Co., Inc., to create Booths VSP traysa pack that combines the extended shelf life benefits of vacuum skin film technologies.
Fresherized Foods introduced a new peel-and-serve tray packaging, created in Wholly Guac peel and seal trayresponse to customer requests for a more easy-open packaging.
Norway-based TOMRA Sorting Solutions is set to establish a new facility in West Sacramento to manufacture food sorting and peeling equipment with an investment of $5m.
Australian Consolidated Milk and Pactum Australia are constructing a new UHT milk processing facility in northern Victoria with an investment of A$40m ($36.6m), a move which is expected to create 100 jobs.
AVT, a US-based developer of automated retailing systems and other products, is set to introduce its Next Generation systems for coffee incorporated with Android-based operating system.
Unisource Corporate has entered into an agreement with Garvey Nut and Candy, a distributor of candy items, to deploy its cloud-based platform Visionship G3 Transportation Management System.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in India has approved the establishment of 12 new Mega Food Park projects that have been already appraised.
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has launched a new environmental awareness campaign in collaboration with UK retailer Sainsbury's which places the concept of reuse ahead of recycling.
Online retailer Ocado has teamed up with Coca-Cola to offer customers the option of ordering individually-named Coke bottles online to be delivered with their shopping.
Argentine scientists have managed to increase the lifespan of strawberries by 50 percent by treating them with a natural preservative developed from the shells of shrimp, reported one of the researchers to Efe.
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, in conjunction with the Scottish Government, has awarded £3M in research funding to four projects to improve food security for some of the world's most valuable crops.
