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Campbell’s Ready Meals self-venting retort pouch

Packaging Tech

The future is flexible packaging

Continued growth, brand value, convenience and benefits play a part.

January 18, 2017

Today, we only need to travel down the aisles of our favorite stores to see flexible packaging revolutionizing the way we package, store and ship our food.

Supplier's Perspective

Next-generation packaging technologies can give processors & retailers peace of mind

May 5, 2016

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Manufacturers and suppliers of absorbent pads and foam trays are developing innovative packaging materials to help processors and retailers offer safe and appealing products to their customers.

Next-generation automation for the meat and poultry industries

November 1, 2014

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Andy Hanacek and Tom Egan, vice president, Industry Services for PMMI, dig deeper into the next-generation robotics

State of the Industry: Packaging

Hunting for the ‘real’ value of packaging

Chip Bolton

October 17, 2014

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Is the playing field as flat as it has ever been for packaging suppliers? There

Guest Packaging Column

Next-generation robotics for meat manufacturers

Tom Egan

September 16, 2014

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According to a recent study from PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the number of manufacturing locations using robots has more than tripled since 2008

Packaging Technology

The savvy form/fill/seal shopper

Buying the right form/fill/seal system depends on attention to detail.

Hallie Forcinio

July 9, 2014

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With film-based packaging (bags, peelable pouches, vacuum packs, zipper packs, etc.) having become so popular for meat, poultry and seafood products, upgrading or adding a packaging line often involves a form/fill/seal (FFS) machine.

Packaging Technology

Casings offer a compelling packaging ‘case’

Chip Bolton

June 13, 2014

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If you made a list of packaging types where you are most likely to see the most interesting ideas, I would wager casings would be nowhere near the top.