Innovation

AIMEN Technology Centre is playing a key role in the European BIOMAC project, which aims to reduce reliance on petroleum-based polymers by advancing the use...

Innovative, sustainable, and plastic-free packaging solutions for garlic and potatoes have emerged as the winning designs in the 2024 Student Design Challenge hosted by the...

Consumer Convenience Technologies (CCT), maker of the EEASY Lid, the first jar lid innovation in nearly 80 years, recently announced it has partnered with broker...

Mondi is partnering with advanced biomaterial engineers traceless to develop a new coating solution based on by-products from the agricultural industry. This innovative bio-circular coating...

Mitsubishi Electric has launched the MELFA RV-12CRL vertical articulated robot, which offers 1,504 mm reach and 12 kg payload capacity. The robot’s wide effective working...

Ampack is breaking new ground in the filling of liquid food: the Syntegon company is completing its modular portfolio with the flexible FBL filling machine...

Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, has been selected as one of the winners of 2024 WorldStar awards for their ultralight pizza box concept developed together with Adara Pakkaus and other industry experts. A total of 435 entries from 41 countries were included in this year’s competition.

Enabled by foam forming technology, VTT’s formable cellulose-based webs with 30% extensibility were used to make rigid packages using an industrial product packaging line. This opens up the manufacturing of a wide range of sustainable packaging solutions.

Fres-co Systems’ FSU800RTC is ideal for the food service and food and beverage sectors, providing a versatile and reliable option for products that demand uncompromised shelf stability. Its advanced sealing technologies, clean-in-place controls, high production throughput, and increased product safety make it an excellent and proven option for producing packages for retort processing when paired with Fres-co’s proven flexible films.

Researchers at Clarkson University in New York, US, have received a $42,000 grant from The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute as part of an inaugural student and faculty research program: food spoilage mitigation through packaging.

PAC Machinery announces the 250C Combo L-Bar Sealer and Tunnel Combination Shrink System will replace the Clamco 120/240C Shrink System that has been discontinued. The 250C Combo Series includes standard features and unique advantages not found on competitive systems in the same class.

Key Technology unveiled an innovative vibratory conveying system for feeding pick-and-place robots on packaging lines. Depending on the application, each set of integrated conveyors meters, separates, singulates, and/or aligns products to give optimal product separation, speed, and orientation for ideal presentation to the robotic system for pick-up.

Ukrainian startup Releaf has been celebrated as the first worldwide producer of paper packaging from fallen leaves. The company processes leaves gathered by local city authorities – that would typically be left for decomposition – and turns them into pulp and paper for the packaging industry.

The packaging of the same name offers a world premiere in the packaging world. Awarded the German Packaging Prize 2022, the box has two separate cooling zones that keeps ice cream at parlor-fresh quality while protecting sensitive toppings from freezing for up to 60 minutes even at temperatures of 40°C in the shade.

Aunt Bessie's partnered with the Royal National Institute of Blind People to introduce NaviLens technology on selected products such as Golden Yorkshires.

The ThicknessPen, with its patent-pending dual measurement mode technology, is ideal for measurement in the laboratory or on the plant floor.