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Home » Authors » Chip Bolton

Articles by Chip Bolton

SPECIAL REPORT | STATE OF THE INDUSTRY

Keeping consumers, customers coming back

2013 State of the Industry: Packaging
Chip Bolton
October 15, 2013
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If there is an absolute truth about packaging today, it is that one size does not fit all, and there is no one solution for everyone.
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HPP: The story has just begun

Chip Bolton
August 3, 2013
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The meat-processing industry’s relationship with high-pressure processing (HPP) appears to have all the ingredients for long-term success.
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A new view of profit, with casings and nettings

Casings and nettings systems take advantage of processors’ desires for improved total cost of ownership.
Chip Bolton
June 19, 2013
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Recently, a more disciplined view of profit has emerged within the meat industry, brought on by the havoc of the so-called “great recession” and historically high meat costs.
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Labor, materials concerns drive interleaving, stacking decisions

Chip Bolton
April 18, 2013
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When broaching the subject of interleaving and stacking, asking folks about the current state of affairs in this much ignored process there was less discussion about equipment systems and technical issues and more talk about costs — labor and packaging.
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The latest trends in MAP and overwrap packaging

Chip Bolton
February 21, 2013
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The tide has not turned in favor of overwrap or modified-atmosphere packaging in the retail meat case in recent years.


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Ovenable options chase consumer demand

Chip Bolton
November 16, 2012
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The whole idea of ovenable products seems to make so much sense.
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Innovation in renewable packaging materials

Chip Bolton
September 20, 2012
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“Sustainability is a throw-around word.” An experienced product developer told me this recently.
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Scrutinizing packaging costs

Chip Bolton
July 9, 2012
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When hasn’t the cost of packaging materials been a primary concern to protein processors? Always has, always will be.
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Weighing systems, the data superstars

Chip Bolton
March 7, 2012
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Weighing systems have become so sophisticated and capable that the named function of weighing seems almost secondary.
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Trays, Tray-sealers & Lids

Tray technologies meet the need for speed

Chip Bolton
February 3, 2012
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Instant access any time to information, ideas, entertainment, colleagues and friends compels us all to jam more work and personal activities into each day and embrace any convenience that puts the next task behind us so we can hustle to the one after it.
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