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NatureFlex™ Wrapped German Vegan Chocolate Wins Sweetie 2016 Award

10 May 2017
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German fine chocolate producer VIVANI (part of EcoFinia GmbH), has been awarded the “Sweetie 2016” award that recognises the best confectionery of 2016, by a leading German grocery magazine, Rundschau für den Lebensmittelhandel, for their latest range of Vegan Chocolate that is wrapped in Futamura’s NatureFlex™ films.

 

German Packaging Award 2016 – Sustainability category goes to: Biobrush wrapped in NatureFlex

10 May 2017
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Futamura is proud to announce that Biobrush, wrapped in its NatureFlex TM packaging film, has been pronounced ‘Winner 2016’ in the Sustainability category of the German Packaging Institute’s ‘Packaging Award 2016’. The prestigious awards are sponsored by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and have an expert jury made up of leading research institutes and universities, retail and trade media, supported by an additional professional jury, proposed by the trade associations of the packaging industry.

 

Globally Available Map Leak Testing System Helps Improve Package Integrity, Extends Shelf Life, Reduces Costs

10 May 2017
Bhaskar Ch

Minneapolis (April 20, 2017) – A fully automated, leak testing system which has been developed to help food processors ensure that individual Modified Atmosphere Packages (MAP) do not have undetected micro leaks will now be available globally.

 

Gebo cermex wins best modular machine award at interpack

10 May 2017
Bhaskar Ch

Following a global launch at Interpack 2017, Gebo Cermex has announced that its CareSelect™ bottle infeed system has won the ‘Modular Machines’ category of the ‘Best Future Machine Award’ sponsored by Rockwell Automation.

 

CareSelect™ is a patented universal and modular shaped-bottle infeed and collating system for robotic or traditional case packers, powered by Rockwell Automation’s iTRAK ® technology.

 

Refres now increase production capacity by 40% while halving energy consumption, by choosing sidel matrix combi

10 May 2017
Bhaskar Ch

Following a significant investment in the biggest-ever Sidel Combi for CSD (carbonated soft drinks) in 2011, Refres Now, the Argentinian producer of the Manaos brand of beverages, has recently installed a further blow-fill- cap solution. With the new Sidel Matrix™ Combi, Refres Now can expect comparable savings of 45% in its energy consumption. It also anticipates a significant decrease in water consumption and an improvement of 40% in the plant's total production output.

 

Constantia Flexibles presents packaging solutions at World of Private Label trade show

10 May 2017
Bhaskar Ch

The Processed Meat Business Unit of Constantia Flexibles’s Food Division, Europe region, will showcase flexible packaging for pet food, meat, fish, and processed fruit and vegetables at the international World of Private Label trade show in Amsterdam on May 16 and 17.

 

“Demographic change and urbanization influence the type of packaging we need for the food we consume on a daily basis. Convenience products from the supermarket are becoming increasingly popular,” says Peter Wallach, SVP Sales Food Europe for Processed Meat and Alufoil Containers.

CROWN, World's Leading Metal Packaging Company, Expands Use of Inspection Systems from AVT

10 May 2017
Bhaskar Ch

"100% detection of print defects by AVT's Titan enables us to drastically improve printing quality" says Mr. Ugo Manghi, MPC Manager at CROWN Imballaggi Italia

 

Parma, Italy & Hod-Hasharon, Israel – CROWN Imballaggi Italia – part of Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CCK) (Crown) (www.crowncork.com), the world’s leading food metal packaging supplier – recently installed a new AVT Titan 100% inspection solution at its Calerno, Italy manufacturing plant.

 

Compostable Gone4Good™ packaging makes its debut in the form of Alter Eco's Heirloom Quinoa pouches

10 May 2017
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Compostable Gone4Good™ packaging makes its debut in the form of Alter Eco's Heirloom Quinoa pouches.

 

Futamura is proud to announce that San Francisco-based Alter Eco is using NatureFlex™ packaging film as part of the compostable pouch used for their organic and fair trade quinoas. The pouch meets ASTM D6400 standards for industrial composting, and is made in large part from bio-based materials.