Ceepackaging

The purchase of two new R-Series multihead weighers from Ishida Europe has doubled the packing speed at leading fresh and frozen shrimp supplier Goldfish B.V.

In continuation of its range of “Ready to Pack” modules and machines, Cermex has just developed a new version of wrap around case packer for one of its customers in the food industry. Presented as an exclusive at Interpack 2008, this application is able to load cartons or flowpacked aluminium trays of frozen food either horizontally (products referred to as “lying down”) or on edge (products referred to as “upright”)… for optimal industrial flexibility and merchandising!

Fresh from a successful Interpack show, Kliklok is celebrating another order for their high performance CELOX® end load cartoner.

With a number of fully integrated packing lines on display, Ishida Europe will be showcasing its expertise in automation, safety and QC systems at Interpack 2008, along with weighing and packing solutions for a variety of end markets including fresh and frozen foods and snacks.

In response to the needs of the food packaging industry for more efficient and higher quality packaging, Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, has launched Bormod™ BJ368MO. This new injection moulding polypropylene (PP) grade offers sturdy performance, faster productivity and light weight properties. The new solution can be used to produce consumer food containers for products such as refrigerated salads, margarines, and fresh and frozen dairy products.

Shown for the first time at Anuga, SilviPak is a new generation of natural packaging, based on pulp made from virgin wood fibres. The trays are dual ovenable and suitable for frozen and chilled ready meal products, challenging the “traditional” CPET and aluminium trays by being more natural and reducing both packaging weight and oil consumption.

Two of the world’s leading companies in the packaging industry, Multivac and Ishida, have agreed upon a strategic cooperation to provide customers with fully integrated, best-in-class packing line solutions.

C Kellogg Company today announced that it is undertaking two major initiatives that further strengthen its commitment to meeting consumers¡¯ health and nutrition needs by adjusting what and how the company markets to children and through new front-of-pack nutrition labeling.

The Amercian packaging specialist Pactiv presents two of its Slide-Rite® reclosable systems, which already succeeded in the United States, at FachPack (26th to 28th September at Nuremberg, Hall 4, Booth 215). Both the Ergonomic Slider and the S-Slider increase the reliability and provide a comfortable handling of the reclosure mechanism.