A Lithuanian company, Pakma, is looking to broaden the appeal of glazed curd cheese bars, a popular sweet snack in the Baltics and other countries in eastern Europe.
Acting in a competitive marketplace, typically impacted by low margins, liquid dairy manufacturers seek innovations to achieve product differentiation and a sustainable business.
Bosch debuted its new VR planning tool technology at Pack Expo International this week, along with the new Midrange Endload Cartoner (MEC) and an update to its flow wrapper series. CEO Stefan König also spoke to DairyReporter about the ongoing sale of...
SIG’s flexible filling line is expanding in Brazil thanks to ‘new beverage occasions’ and business opportunities through product innovation and differentiation.
Sidel Group has completed its acquisition of PET Engineering, expanding its packaging portfolio in containers for water, soft drinks, liquid dairy products and beer.
Germany-based Somic debuted the Somic-Flexx III at Pack Expo International this week, a new modular packaging solution that combines both wraparound casing and retail-ready packaging on one machine.
An MiR100 portable heavy goods robot by Kantum and a flying drone called Prodroneto, which will be launched in December, made their debut at this year’s Tokyo Pack 2018.
Cheer Pack North America will feature its flexible, spouted pouch solutions and new pilot filler at Pack Expo International next week in Chicago. The stand-up pouches are eco-friendly and create up to 93% less greenhouse gas emissions compared to some...
Sidel is seeing a growing demand for premiumization of packaging and said most customers want to develop ‘a premium execution of one of their packaging range’.
International Dispensing Corporation (IDC), creator of the world’s only aseptic dispensing tap, The Answer, will be featured at Pack Expo, with The Answer dispensing dairy and juice beverages from Boxxle dispensing units.
A&W Food Services of Canada has replaced all processed cheese in its restaurants with real Cheddar cheese, making it the first Canadian chain to do so.
European recycling technology and laws against single-use plastic have led to an increased awareness in Japan, particularly among the retail and food service industries, says JPI (Japan Packaging Institute).
Rouveen Kaasspecialiteiten has partnered with software company Infor to improve its cheese quality, tracking and tracing as well as build out production capabilities.
Horst Bittermann made his debut as president of Pro Carton at the ECMA (European Carton Makers Association) Congress (September 20-21) in Riga, Latvia, this year, taking over from Roland Rex who stood down in June after eight years.
The Plastic Soup Foundation has partnered with VU University Amsterdam (Free University) on a three-year project to analyse the direct effects of plastics and additives in plastic.
Dairy Partners, a cheese manufacturer, is set to cut its energy costs by 29% a year by switching from light fuel oil to liquefied natural gas (LNG) to power its operations, and investing in new boiler equipment.
ECMA (The European Carton Makers Association) has revised its business strategy to tackle growing challenges within the industry such as Brexit, food safety, recruiting a younger workforce, currency fluctuations and sustainability.
If the worst case scenario happens in Brexit negotiations the UK will make ‘No deal’ and will have to trade on WTO (World Trade Organization) terms, the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations, says Baker...
The use of PET as a packaging material is expected to grow globally within the liquid dairy sector, says Sidel, as it plans on showcasing its Aseptic Combi Predis blow fill seal filler, at Pack Expo 2018.
Food Union (FUN), a dairy brand with origins in Europe, is changing the landscape of the dairy market in China with the completion of two new greenfield plants in Dong Ying and Hoh Hot City.
Japan will highlight the need to put the environment at the heart of packaging design at this year’s Tokyo Pack 2018 at Tokyo Big Sight International Exhibition Center (October 2-5).
Brexit, the Circular Economy, plastic waste and digital technology are some of the highlights at this year’s ECMA (European Carton Makers Association) Congress.
More than half of consumers in the UK and a third in the US are in favor of a tax on all plastic packaging on food products, according to Ingredient Communications.
Addivant has received final approval for its ‘blockbuster additive’ WESTON 705, the first antioxidant since the 1970s that has achieved global food-contact approvals.
Aramark, food and facilities management, says it will significantly reduce its single-use disposable plastics by 2022 starting with straws, cups and soup containers.
The Caloris Concentrix MVR evaporator has obtained a US patent, providing cheese processors and other manufacturers the highest available energy and operational efficiencies in a compact evaporator.
The global market value for packaging machinery is expected to reach $42.2bn by 2021, according to PMMI’s Global Trends Impacting the Market for Packaging Machinery 2018 report.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded GEA a letter of no objection (LONO) for its ABF 1.2 technology, with integrated blowing, filling, capping and aseptic rotary blowing machine.
St. Johns, Michigan, has been selected as the site of a new large-scale cheese and whey facility, Glanbia Nutritionals, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Select Milk Producers Inc. (Select) said in a joint announcement.
SIG has partnered with South Korea’s Seoul Dairy Cooperative (SDC) to launch ‘Achimae’ Soymilk (Morning Soymilk) in its Heat&Go microwaveable aseptic carton.
BillerudKorsnäs and Uppsala University in Sweden are one step closer to making paper batteries, with pure cellulose from algae, for applications including smart packaging.
