Filling & Packaging Equipment & Systems

Sensitive dairy drive: GEA Procomac’s big push at Interpack 2014

28-Apr-2014 By Ben BOUCKLEY

GEA Procomac insists its main focus at Interpack 2014 will be sensitive dairy products, with machines and packaging on show designed to handle milks, milk-based drinks, drinkable yogurt and probiotics.

BEVERAGE & DAIRY TREATMENT 2014

'Sell your process pizzazz!’ Packaging guru urges beverage brands

19-Mar-2014 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Beverage brands using sophisticated process technologies including aseptic and HPP should better communicate the advantages that they lend, says one world renowned packaging expert.

GEA PROCOMAC, AVURE, COCA-COLA HELLENIC, REFRESCO-GERBER

Beverage & Dairy Treatment 2014: Free Online Event!

19-Mar-2014 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Join us on March 20 for a free online event devoted to filling technologies including aseptic, ESL and high pressure processing (HPP) that also teases out their packaging and branding implications

Coca-Cola Hellenic reveals interest in Pulpy Super Milky style dairy mixed drinks

17-Mar-2014 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Coca-Cola Hellenic says it is exploring the technological aspects of filling dairy and juice-based mixed drinks but agrees with Refresco Gerber that Western European markets are not quite ready.

Johannesburg, South Africa March 18-19 2014

‘Not just a drinktec carbon copy!’ food & drink technology Africa

13-Mar-2014 By Ben BOUCKLEY

With the inaugural food & drink technology Africa trade show only days away, show organisers Messe München insist the continent is the ‘market of the future’ but presents distinct challenges.

GEA Procomac sells first ever aseptic PET line for milk products in India

13-Feb-2014 By Ben BOUCKLEY

GEA Procomac has sold the first ever aseptic filling line in India for milk products in PET bottles to India's biggest milk producer Gujarat Co-Op Milk Marketing Federation.

Alfa Laval hopes ultra-fast filler can storm bag-in-box market

28-Jan-2014 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Alfa Laval sees enormous potential for its ultra-fast aseptic filling machine through consumer and foodservice bag-in-box beverage applications.

Adoption of western style products in ready-to-drink market

Oystar sees surge for iced coffee drinks in Japan

13-Jan-2014 By Jenny Eagle

Oystar, which supplies packaging machinery to companies including Danone, Nestlé and Müller, has seen a surge in iced coffee drinks in Japan.

INSIDE... TETRA PAK MODENA

Emerging market dairy customers 'setting a standard': Tetra Pak

03-Jan-2014 By Mark ASTLEY

The once clear divide between the technological demands of dairy manufacturers in developed and emerging markets has become increasingly blurred, Tetra Pak’s VP of technologies and service products has claimed.

INSIDE...TETRA PAK MODENA

'We are slaves to our own success': Tetra Pak R&D veteran

18-Dec-2013 By Mark ASTLEY

Tetra Pak could not have achieved "much more than it has done" in the last 30 years, Paolo Benedetti, the self-proclaimed "oldest technician at Tetra Pak", has claimed.

Barry-Wehmiller acquires Danone supplier Arcil

12-Dec-2013 By Jenny Eagle

Barry-Wehmiller Companies has made its first acquisition in France claiming its annual revenue will hit $1.7bn in 2014.

Inside...Tetra Pak Modena

Cartons, fillers, and one-way mirrors: Inside... Tetra Pak Modena

10-Dec-2013 By Mark ASTLEY

Tetra Pak was kind enough to invite DairyReporter.com to its behemoth R&D facility in Modena, Italy, to witness first hand the multi-departmental efforts that go into the development of new packaging concepts and filling technology...

African UHT milk demand will drive future aseptic orders: SIG Combibloc

05-Dec-2013 By Mark ASTLEY

SIG Combibloc expects its aseptic carton and filling business to “grow exponentially” in Africa in coming years as consumer demand for long-life dairy products rockets.

Wrapped up: Rose Forgrove launches Integra 601

29-Nov-2013

Rose Forgrove has introduced a flow wrapper designed to package soft, sticky or wet products.

DRINKTEC 2013: gea group: 'NOTHING COMPARes IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY'

‘Simply the best’? Industry leaders deliver Drinktec 2013 verdict

04-Oct-2013 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Drinktec’s organizers claim that the trade show is ‘simply the best’ after almost 70,000 visitors attended the show, which won glowing reviews from GEA, Ecolab, Döhler and Gebo Cermex.