new pack for soup on the go is easy to open rpc bebo nederland and rpc containers halstead have joined forces to launch a new pack format for ambient wet soups offering consumer convenience and barrier protection. comprising a thermoformed cup and injectionmoulded overcap, the format is intended to allow the development of new market segments.vacmap thermoforming shelf life from a flow wrapper  ilapaks delta vacmap packaging system will change the way you think about packaging fresh food products for extended shelf life. delta vacmap is a truly innovative flow wrapping machine that produces attractive, traditionallooking packs with a shelf life that, until now, was only available by using thermoforming. particularly suitable for the spongy products that are typically found in the bakery industry, an inline vacuum system allows the machine to extract the oxygen that is trapped inside the product itself.bottle blow moulder for biodegradable plastics  with biodegradable becoming less of a buzzword and more of a reality in the packaging business, a machine maker has adapted a blow moulder for use with cornbased plastics. over the past year packaging suppliers have been introducing various forms of biodegradable plastics made from a variety of plants, in the main corn, based on projections that there will be a growing demand for environmentallyfriendly packaging.  usbased norland intl said its freedom series of smallbottle blow moulders can be used with preforms made of polylactide pla, a cornbased plastic developed by natureworks, a whollyowned subsidiary of cargill. husky helps develop first compostable water bottle preform production equipment provider husky has contributed to the development of the first compostable water bottle made from natureworks pla cornbased resin.husky worked closely with biota brands of america, cargill dow and sig corpoplast to develop a fully compostable bottle for biotas new line of colorado spring water. the bottle is compatible with all municipalindustrial composting facilities, according to cargill dow.  scribing laser coder operates at hot temperature two new scribing laser coders can operate at temperatures up to 35c reducing overheating problems, their manufacturer claims. the laser  coder series features a head that operates at full potential at temperatures up to 35c, without the need for external cooling. neither plant air nor water is needed to cool the laser head.  this is by france based imaje. 
