28-Sep-2011 - UK food manufacturers have between just five to 10 years to adopt robotic technology or face terminal decline.
26-Sep-2011 - Manufacturer Heinz has denied any slowdown in its sales, following news of a drop in demand at a tin can plant in Wales.
15-Sep-2011 - Food trade bodies have slammed the “muddled” publication of new government guidance on food date labelling, and called for more clarity on date labels.
01-Sep-2011 - Italian manufacturer PFM Packaging Machinery is launching a new continuous motion vertical form-fill-seal machine developed to provide higher output for cost and space-saving stand-up bags used for direct on-shelf display of a range of food products.
01-Sep-2011 - Global product identification and traceability specialist Domino will introduce its latest i-Tech intelligent technology products to the UK market at the show.
01-Sep-2011 - The flexibility of Schubert's transmodule will be demonstrated at the PPMA show, where the TLM packaging machine will be shown as it packs the entire range of Scottish confectionery firm Tunnock's teacakes.
01-Sep-2011 - The directors of a Bolton-based, fast food packaging company have been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after ignoring safety warnings for more than three years.
01-Sep-2011 - The fashion factor is one of the reasons investing in packaging machinery remains a priority for the supplier, even with margins under pressure. Take a bag of nuts, for example. One-minute standard pillow bags are all the rage. The next step will be that it has to be a quad seal bag with four corners or a doy pak Fairtrade zipper bag, otherwise the supermarket will cancel the order.
01-Sep-2011 - Globalised markets are as much a factor as reduced sales in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity among packaging equipment manufacturers and suppliers, according to the industry association for the sector.
01-Sep-2011 - Ilpack will be showing packaging solutions that reduce operating costs and enhance performance, pack presentation and quality. New this year is the Delta 4000/3SS, a high-speed flowrapper with its own integrated zipper solution.
22-Aug-2011 - A pioneering scheme to turn waste plastics into diesel could save food processing companies thousands of pounds.
12-Aug-2011 - Improved productivity, reduced cardboard consumption and the elimination of waste have followed the installation of Witness simulation software at Kraft’s Cadbury plant in Bournville, according to the company.
08-Aug-2011 - Suffolk veg packer and farming business Frederick Hiam is banking on significantly lower energy bills after installing a £1.5m solar power electricity generation system at its site near Brandon.
01-Aug-2011 - The deep and complicated world of packaging and labelling regulations has been laid out in a new publication.
01-Aug-2011 - Despite manufacturers' best efforts to become greener, fully biodegradeable plastic bottles and zero carbon emissions from factories are unlikely to ever become a reality, according to the head of corporate social responsibility and sustainability at Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE).
01-Aug-2011 - For the first time, plastics converter Faerch Plast UK has said it is forming frozen food trays from a high-impact strength grade of crystalline polyethylene terephthalate (CPET) for better performance at low temperatures.
01-Aug-2011 - The key to the future of thermoforming lies in base machine systems with the versatility to create different formats, from skin to shrink-style and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), according to Sealpac UK.
01-Aug-2011 - Dutch contract filler DIS has upgraded its wine-canning operation to provide greater choice in can sizes as well as better safeguards for the quality and shelf-life of the wines themselves.
01-Jul-2011 - What role is in-pack industrial microwave processing likely to play in the future chilled ready meals market? Paul Gander talks to experts for and against this technology about the likelihood of its adoption in the UK.
01-Jul-2011 - The use of bio-polyethylene terephthalate (bio-PET) by brand owners such as Coca-Cola is perfectly compatible with growth in demand for recycled PET (rPET), says converter and recycler APPE (formerly Artenius PET Packaging Europe). The firm says collection rates alone are restraining further increases in demand for food-grade recyclate.
01-Jul-2011 - US firms Emergent Technologies and Plastic Technologies are packaging snacks in the base of a plastics drinks bottle.
06-Jun-2011 - Getting food and drink packaging right is vital in encouraging consumers to engage with a product or brand and to ensure food safety, but what is the public looking for, and how are trends changing?
01-Jun-2011 - International take-up of a ‘gourmet’ hot meal vending system is being fuelled by Sealed Air Cryovac’s retortable tray-and-skin vacuum pack, says the company.
01-Jun-2011 - Glass manufacturer Beatson Clark has provided Aspall with smaller, slimmer, lightweighted bottles in which to show off its range of 11 premium vinegars.
01-Jun-2011 - Food manufacturing and packaging firms may be investing less in new machinery, but they are looking to overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) analysis to hone their competitive edge, according to Bosch Packaging Technology.