Browsing: Packaging
Food packaging has a major impact all the way through the food and beverage industry, from consumer trends and perceptions, retailers’ needs, as well as export and logistics. Discover news, case studies and interviews relating to the food packaging industry in NZ, food packaging manufacturers, machines, plant and factory, products and food packaging trends.
Lightweight Containers introduces a new cylindrical keg
Lightweight Containers announces the development of a new one-way keg –the KeyKeg® 30 Slimline, a cylindrical 30-litre keg fitted with both the KeyKeg Double Wall™ and Bag-in-Ball™ technologies. Continue →
Focus on hygienic packaging
Hygiene will be a key focus for Bosch Packaging Technology FachPack, Nuremberg, Germany, September 24 to 26. Continue →
Compostable coffee packaging delivers innovative twist
The compostable plastic ecovio® from BASF has found its first production application in a system solution for packaging. Continue →
Partnership honoured at PPMA awards
Global packaging solutions provider, tna, and the industrial metal detection experts, Mettler Toledo Safeline, have won the prestigious Partnership of the Year award at the recent PPMA Group Industry Awards 2013 held in the UK. Continue →
The power of beverage branding and packaging in a disposable age
The global soft drinks market is provided by a rich profusion of packaging choices to satisfy all manner of consumer groups. Continue →
UHF for livestock tracing – the Brits get it!
By Gary Hartley of GS1 New Zealand
Europe’s horsemeat scandal has gone beyond a joke. Continue →
Delta robot controller reduces packaging costs
Bosch Packaging Technology introduces Gemini 4, a new Delta robot hardware platform and software controller. Continue →
Palletising technology for beverage producers
GEA Procomac introduces ARTIS EVO – the latest development in palletising technology. Continue →
AUSPACK PLUS 2013 breaks records
AUSPACK PLUS 2013 was held over four days early this month at the Sydney Showground and broke all time records for the most exhibitors and the largest amount of visits in over a decade. Continue →
Airborne Honey launches new label in Shanghai
Airborne Honey, New Zealand’s oldest honey brand, introduced the world’s first honest, undamaged and traceable (HUT) honey jar label at the Andaz Hotel in Shanghai last month. Continue →
Self-heating packaging for baby formulas
Dutch start-up company Aestech has developed a new packaging innovation – a self-heating packaging for semi-liquid food, particularly baby food. Continue →
Let there be no light
In a world first, Anchor releases a packaging innovation that protects the integrity of milk and cream by preventing light damage. Continue →
South African office extends tna’s global presence
Packaging solutions specialist, tna, announces the opening of a new regional office in Johannesburg, South Africa. Continue →
O-I launches new lightweight wine bottle offering environmental benefits
The country’s only glass container maker, O-I, is launching a new 750ml lightweight burgundy wine bottle which is almost 10 percent lighter than its predecessor but retains its premium look and feel. Continue →
High Speed wide mouth jar cutting solution
Maer of Girona Spain, specialists in the design and manufacturer of high speed rotary trimmers for neck cutting of plastic bottles and containers, has released their new WM500 TC 10 rotary cutting machine for the high-speed , low-cost production of PET large mouth containers for products such as mayonnaise and sauces. Continue →
New label design for winery
One of New Zealand’s most respected wineries has unveiled a new label design across its estate range. Continue →
We need to digest Europe’s new food information rule
By Gary Hartley GS1 New Zealand
Basic fact – people want good information about the food they buy and eat. Continue →
Double dragbar sealing jaws for high-quality vertical bag seals
The new double dragbar sealing jaws for vertical bag sealing are a lucrative and cost-reducing alternative to traditional sealing systems with a vertical sealing belt. Continue →
TPE as a legally food-safe material
A cross-section of industries has been preoccupied with TPE (thermoplastic elastomers) for several decades. Continue →
KM Packaging puts the lid on triple tray challenge
A leading global food provider has enlisted the help of KM Packaging Services Ltd to develop a packaging solution for a new pre-prepared meal concept, which comprises raw meat and vegetables in a three compartment A’PET tray. Continue →