Smithsonian's Smart News blog highlights a Spanish company with the fantastic name Laser Food, which uses laser technology to print text and images on the surface of fruits and vegetables.
Mettler Toledo’s Safeline PowerChek Plus x-ray inspection system was designed specifically to meet the product contamination inspection needs of bulk and packaged food products.
A new system for labelling fish products, agreed by the European Union, will give consumers information about the way their fish is caught and sets a precedent for clearer labelling of other animal products.
US-based Aqua Based Technologies has unveiled a new eco-friendly, water-based coating Aqualene 5050 that has high oil and grease resistance (OGR) for paper converting, food packaging and food service industries.
Freshpack Handling Systems from ’s-Gravenzande (Sorma Benelux) offer a vertical packing machine, weighing and Vertbag-packing specially developed for sweet potatoes.
British multinational oil and gas company BP and its partner Zhuhai Port have received final approval from the Chinese Government for the construction of a third purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant, at Zhuhai, Guangdong.
The United Kingdom’s Department of Health has launched a new front-of-pack nutritional label that the agency believes will make it easier for people to make healthier choices.
Crown Holdings, a US-based supplier of metal packaging products, has commercialized two new Southeast Asian beverage can manufacturing facilities in Nong Khae, Thailand and Da Nang, Vietnam.
The Los Angeles City Council took the first step on Tuesday towars making the city the largest U.S. municipality to ban plastic bags at the grocery store.
Amorim, a Portugal-based manufacturer of cork stoppers, and glass container manufacturer Owens-Illinois (O-I) have launched HELIX, a cork-glass wine packaging solution for still wine segment, in Europe.
US-based food packaging provider Sealed Air has selected Milliken’s Millad NX 8000 clarifier for its new range of lightweight thermoformed Cryovac lidded trays and pots.
HB Fuller, a US-based formulator, manufacturer and marketer of adhesives, has added Flextra Fast SF8700/XR1000 to its Flextra Fast laminating adhesives range.
Adept Technology, Pleasanton, Calif., developed an ePLC line of PLC programmable robots that includes new versions of the company's Cobra, Quattro and Viperrobots.
