Increasing disposable consumer income especially in Asia will drive the growth of aseptic packaging in the next five years, according to a market analysis.
Sugar Creek Packing Co. has purchased the former Really Cool Foods Plant in Cambridge City, Ind., during a bankruptcy auction in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana in Indianapolis, according to local news reports.
California’s Proposition 37 would require foods containing genetically modified ingredients to be labeled. But a part of the initiative regarding what foods can be labeled "natural" has sparked controversy.
MULTIVAC has launched its own range of checkweighers for the first time – a move that will effectively complete its packaging line offering, the firm claims.
Adept has launched a clamshell packer as the first product from its packaging solutions group and said its division would continue to look at sectors where robotic solutions could improve on manual processes.
Ball Packaging Europe says the recent fire at its beverage can production facility in North Wales was caused by a machine that applied a coating to can rims, as the plant resumes full production.
A lost luggage handler at JFK International Airport has been arrested after authorities found narcotics hidden in empanadas, chocolate bars and other foods.
The majority of Japanese consumers believe that the opening diameters of screw-top aluminium bottles are too small, a study has found, while also determining that 33mm is the optimum size for 'drinking ease'.
Ball Packaging Europe says the recent fire at its beverage can production facility in North Wales was caused by a machine that applied a coating to can rims, as the plant resumes full production.
Bosch Packaging Technology India inaugurated a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Verna, Goa. The facility, which covers an area of about 33,000 sq m, has been set up at an outlay of Rs 34 crore.
Unisource Global Solutions (UGS) has completed the asset acquisition of Pakit Sweden AB to be more responsive to customer needs in sustainable packaging.
European plastics giant Borealis is targeting the European sports drinks market with a new faster-drying polypropylene grade for hinge closures, BorPure RF490MO.
Michelman has hired Manoj Deorukhkar as its inaugural India Country Manager, responsible for oversight of all of the company’s business units within the country.
North American private label firm Ralcorp has announced plans to merge three of its four business units after it suffered a 9% fall in third quarter (Q3) results.
Adept Technology, a provider of robots and autonomous mobile solutions, has introduced ClamPAC Robotic Packaging Automation Cell for case packing clamshells.
