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Polish fruit producer grows 20% in weak economy

Careful processing and optimum packaging are the hallmarks of the fresh cut fruit products from the Fructofresh company based in Poland.

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Company claims it can reduce labelling errors at fruit fair

Marco’s presence at Fruit Logistica may have involved a little success. With an overall increase in visitor numbers of 6%, the show attracted people from around the world.

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Packaging point of major interest at Fruit Logistica

80% of trade visitors at Fruit Logistica last week were from countries outside Germany, with the vast majority coming from the EU (65%).

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Fruit Logistica claims happy exhibitors

Key objectives for exhibitors at FRUIT LOGISTICA included company presentation/image building, new business development, fostering customer relations and providing information to industry professionals. Nearly all exhibitors reported that they were highly satisfied with their achievement of these objectives. About two thirds of all exhibitors presented an innovation or enhancement of existing products.

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Tool could increase pomegranate sales

The winner of the FRUIT LOGISTICA Innovation Award (FLIA) 2010 was a pomegranate seed removing device developed by the Israeli company Mehadrin Tnuport Export.

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Increase in interest in fruit fair

With a comprehensive market overview, the presence of all key industry decision-makers and a record number of exhibitors and visitors, FRUIT LOGISTICA 2010 has underscored its role as the world's leading trade fair for the fresh produce industry. From 3-5 February, a total of 53,000 trade visitors from 130 countries attended the most important trade event for the international fresh produce sector. This represented an increase of 6% on the previous year (2009: 50,000 from 125 countries).

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American reusable agricultural packaging seeking central European markets

Seventeen exhibitors are represented in the 300m² USA pavilion at FRUIT LOGISTICA 2010.

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Spanish producer opens Russian office

"In the previous 2008/2009 campaign we generated sales of around EUR 450 million and we marketed 672,000 tonnes of fresh products", reports Anecoop Managing Director José M. Planells.

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IFCO claims to support food banks with reusable solutions

This year's FRUIT LOGISTICA marks the launch of IFCO's WORLDWIDE RESPONSIBILITY initiative. "As the global market leader in reusable packaging solutions, IFCO plans to shore up support with a broad base of food bank organisations throughout the world", explains Karl Pohler, CEO of IFCO.

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Apples lead the German market

An average of 1.3 to 1.5 million tonnes of fruit were harvested annually in Germany over the last years, according to Karl Schmitz, Managing Director of BVEO, a fruit and vegetable industry association.

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UNIVEG presents global sustainability strategy

"Looking back over the past year, we can say that UNIVEG has worked hard to integrate the group's different companies since FRUIT LOGISTICA 2009", says Francis Kint, CEO of the fruit and vegetables division.

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GFI focusing on communication

With some 2600 wholesalers, importers and producers, Germany's wholesale markets supply more than 50,000 independent retailers, market traders, hotels and restaurants, branch-based organisations and bulk consumers.

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Germans not healthy eaters

"Far too little fruit and too few vegetables are consumed in Germany", said Thomas Bittel, the vice president of the German Fruit Trade Association (DFHV) at the start of the FRUIT LOGISTICA in Berlin.

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Price wars threaten food supplies

The German Fruit Trade Association (DFHV) warns that "price wars" between retailers could harm production in German in the long term and therefore jeopardise the supply of high-quality fresh fruit and vegetables.

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Fruit and vegetables safer than ever

"German fruit and vegetables have never been safer!" These were the words of Thomas Bittel, Vice President of the German Fruit Trade Association (DFHV).

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Market for ready to eat food continues on an upward swing

The market for ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook fruit and vegetables continues on an upward swing. An increase in the number of single-person households, more meals eaten away from home, changing eating habits and quick & easy availability are all key factors driving the demand for fresh convenience products.

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Visiting Fruit Logistica in Berlin

If you will be visiting Fruit Logistica in Berlin then you may wish to speak to CEE Packaging!

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Fruit logistics fair begins today

Berlin is all set for the international fresh produce sector’s premier event of the year. A total of 2,302 exhibitors from 71 countries (2009: 2,283 from 78 countries) will be present at FRUIT LOGISTICA 2010 from 3 to 5 February giving an unparalleled overview of global fruit and vegetable production and trade. Exhibitors at the leading trade fair for the international fresh produce trade will include all of the key global players as well as small and medium-sized companies involved in the produce value chain. The largest participations based on exhibitor numbers are made up of the following key European fresh produce trading nations, namely, Italy (413), Spain (311), Germany (244), France (239) and the Netherlands (217). The share of foreign exhibitors this year is over 89%. Some 50,000 trade visitors from 125 countries are expected to attend the trade fair and accompanying conferences. This includes the industry's key decision makers, wholesale and retail buyers, fruit and vegetable growers and import-export business representatives.

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Dole claims to be looking at reducing carbon footprint

The world’s largest producer and marketer of high-quality fresh fruit and vegetables has developed programs aimed at reducing its overall Environmental Footprint. Some of them will be presented on Dole’s stand (Hall 6.2/A-02) at the next edition of the Fruit Logistica fair, from February 3rd to 5th, 2010, in Berlin, Germany.

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Drink for women only being produced in Russia

At the end of December there will be a new product on the market, aimed exclusively at women say St Petersburg based Baltika Brewery.

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Visco unit lanched on 30 November 2009

Tetra Pak has launched a new Tetra Therm Aseptic Visco unit, for high viscous and particulate products that cuts products losses by up to 50%, boosts production flexibility, and further maximizes food safety thanks to an innovative new heat exchanger.

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Packaging grated beetroot and pears

An Ishida Fresh Food Weigher (FFW) is delivering a solution for the packing into trays of two diverse products for the retail market – grated beetroot and half and quarter pears – at Hot Cuisine, a Belgian specialist supplier of freshly prepared meals, soups and meal components.

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BASF offering red colour for beverages and foods

Tomatoes, water melons, papayas and pink grapefruits: Responsible for their bright red color is the carotenoid lycopene. Apart from its coloring qualities lycopene is a potent antioxidant, which reduces the damaging effect of reactive oxygen species in human cells and helps promote cell protection.

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First FSC-certified beverage cartons for fruit juice drinks and ice teas in Europe launched

SIG Combibloc has now launched the first FSC-certified beverage cartons for fruit juice drinks and ice teas in Europe. The fruit juice drinks and ice teas in beverage cartons marked with the label of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) are now on sale in all German branches of the Lidl chain. The FSC label is internationally acknowledged as one of the most recognised and most widely accepted verifications for the processing of wood fibres. The FSC label states that wood fibres used to manufacture a given product can be proven to originate from forests that are certified according to FSC guidelines, managed responsibly and to the highest standards or from other controlled sources.

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Heat sealed flexible lidding film being used for soft fruit

Major UK retailer Sainsbury’s has recently changed the packaging of their soft fruit range and moved from trays with rigid clip-on lids to a heat sealed flexible lidding film, delivered by Amcor Flexibles. This new packaging format allows Sainsbury's to reduce the packaging weight by up to 87% and is available for strawberries, cherries and plums.

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Fruit chunks being packaged in plastic

One of the Netherlands’ leading food retail companies has chosen a multi-layer container from RPC Bebo Nederland for its first venture into plastics packaging.

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Cow and Gate go fruity

Cow & Gate, the Nutricia-owned baby foods brand, has launched a range of fruit desserts with traditional pudding names under its Baby Balance range. The products, which will be available in all major retailers, add to Cow & Gate’s broad product offer within the baby-feeding sector.

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Multihead weigher model sold to prune producer

Ishida Europe has supplied Maître Prunille, a major producer of dried fruit, with three different multihead weigher models in order to handle a wide variety of products while meeting demanding speed and accuracy specifications.

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Customised packaging for fresh produce increases shelf life

Multivac, worldwide market leader for thermoformers and supplier of complete packaging solutions for food and non-food items, will present its FreshSafe packaging at Freshconex, which takes place from February 4th to 6th, 2009 at the Berlin exhibition grounds. With the innovative FreshSafe concept fruit and vegetables are packaged according type, so they stay fresh much longer than they would in open packaging.

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Smart brands in Tetra Brik® Aseptic

Smartfish in Tetra Brik AsepticSmartfish® is one example of a smart and innovative brand that chooses Tetra Brik asceptic packaging.

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KHS Innofill DVD can filling system extensively modernised

The KHS Innofill DVD can filling system, tried and tested worldwide, now offers a variety of innovative advantages. A new generation of the Innofill DVD precisely geared towards today's requirements is now being introduced to the market. Even greater machine availability, optimized sanitizing processes, hygienic design as far as the eye can see, simplified changeover: these are just a few of the numerous benefits offered by the new Innofill DVD concept.

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Bonduelle launches corn and fruit brand in single serve packaging

CROWN Food Europe has teamed up with Bonduelle Group, the European leader of processed vegetables, to launch its new brand Maïs & Fruit in single-serve bowl-shaped cans. For today’s active and health conscious woman, Maïs & Fruit is a small snack made from sweetcorn mixed with either pineapple or a mango and papaya blend.

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Amcor PushPop finds chocolate application

Amcor PushPop, the easy-open and fun-shaped flexible pack from Amcor Flexibles, has been chosen by major UK retailer Sainsbury’s and Kinnerton Confectionery for the launch of the new Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference range of Dusted Milk Chocolate Hazelnuts, Belgian Milk Chocolate Fruit & Nut Selection and White Chocolate Strawberries.

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Asceptic filling technology for high acid applications

Cryovac® Flavour Mark® Aseptic provides an alternative to the current filling technology and provides the foodservice industry with the most convenient flexible package in the 2 to 5 liter format range. This solution is suited to high acid applications such as tomato sauce, fruit and juices.

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Sealing for energy drink from coffee tree fruit

Silgan White Cap seals the first energy drink with CoffeeBerryTM, an extract from the fruit of the coffee tree

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Innovation for hot food in PET

Graham Packaging has introduced the first clear PET (polyethylene terephthalate) multilayer plastic jar with a wide-mouth finish and barrier properties suitable for hot-packed food products such as pasta sauces, salsas, fruits, and other popular hot-fill products. Products such as these previously were available only in glass because of the need to prevent oxygen ingress. The new container also works well in protecting dry-packed or cold-processed products that are oxygen sensitive.PET

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Looking at bioplastics in packaging

The offerings highlighting the special theme “Bioplastics in Packaging” at interpack PROCESSES AND PACKAGING, which opens its doors between 24 to 30 April 2008, will form the biggest exhibition of its kind in the world. International exhibitors active in sectors including polymers and granulates, additives, finishing, plastics processing and packaging production – among them big names such as BASF, DuPont Packaging and Nature Works – will ensure that the topic bioplastics packaging is covered thoroughly. The showcase will feature all material classes (synthetic material/biodegradable, materials based on renewable primary products/biodegradable and materials based on renewable primary products/non-biodegradable).

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Filling system for healthy drinks

The population of the world is growing older. At the same time, the desire is growing to remain active and healthy even in old age. The beverage and food industries have responded to this increasing health trend with new product developments, and according to Andreas Steinle, CEO of the Future Institute at Kelkheim near Wiesbaden, they are making process profiling themselves as 'health providers'.

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Biostarch range launched

Dempson Crooke, one of the UK’s largest paper bag manufacturers, has launched a range of Biostarch® compostable carrier bags and fruit and vegetable bags to the UK grocery and retail sectors.

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Keeping track of avocados

PakSense, Inc. announced today that Calavo Growers (NASDAQ: CVGW), the global leader in packaging and marketing fresh and processed avocados and other perishable food products, has adopted the company’s TXi™ Label to track time and temperature of all products during shipping. PakSense Labels will be used on a wide spread scale on all avocado shipments as well as shipments of fresh and frozen guacamole and other diversified product lines such as papayas. Use of the PakSense Labels, combined with Calavo’s ProRipeVIP® acoustic firmness technology and other quality assurance programs, will ensure that Calavo customers consistently receive the highest quality products possible.

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M&S worst supermarket in green report

Supermarkets are failing to do enough to cut down on packaging, with up to 40 per cent of all food containers or wrapping unfit for recycling.

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Heinz relaunch fruit cans

Heinz have relaunched fruit syrup products offered under their brand ‘Karvan Cévitam’ using a shaped can to replace the original straight walled cans. The attractive distortion printed three piece can is the result of a demanding development collaboration between Impress Research Centre in Crosmières, France, the Impress factory in Deventer, the Netherlands and the Heinz team.

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Better protection for soft fruit

Infia UK, a leading packaging supplier to the industry, has announced an extended range of tailored packaging for the soft fruit industry. New for the 2007 / 2008 soft fruit season, Infia has extended their punnet and lid range with several new designs. The K 10, K 30 and K 62 punnet and lid formats provide a flexible range of configurations and sizes suitable for 125g to 750g of most soft fruit varieties. All Infia punnet and lid combinations are available in PP, PET or recycled “R” PET material.

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Attempting to end bad packaging

Goods worth massive sums are destroyed every year because of poor quality packaging. Billerud is now establishing its own development centre for packaging research focused on corrugated containers that will be the first of its kind in the world. It will help provide consumers with better quality fruit and vegetables, among other products.

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Kelloggs goes healthy

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.

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Closure for fruit juice

JGC introduces fruit & vegetable juices in aseptic filling to the European market, using the 38 mm 3-start BERICAP closure.

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Transparency to health

In the beverages sector, natural, light and health concepts have never been so fashionable. Fruit juices focus on a health image and the origin of the fruit, while milk has invested heavily in the theme of active health.

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