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Weighing and labeling technology has become so much more than the name implies

PACK EXPO East 2015 will take place Feb. 16–18 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.

Andy Hanacek and Tom Egan, vice president, Industry Services, for PMMI, discuss the emergence of innovation in meat and poultry packaging and what factors are driving improvements in the products reaching consumers today.

Tulip Food Company is a leading Danish processed food producer.

As demand for ready-to-eat and pre-portioned foods grows, so does the need for interleaved and/or stacked protein patties, deli meats, sandwich kits and other products.

In 1937, Marguerite and Michel Metzger opened their butcher shop in the village of Ittenheim, close to Strasbourg, in the northeast of France.

For retailers and consumers, convenience comes packed in trays.

Despite having its detractors, some of whom reside within the confines of the very companies that produce it, chub packaging continues to prosper, according to one long-time packaging insider.

Meat, poultry and seafood packaging ranks as a major consumer of specialty films, accounting for about one-third of the total market.