Packaging
With recent data supporting escalating consumer demand, Great American Packaging is pleased to launch its compostable product line which now includes Breathable, Clarity, Laminate and Barrier* packaging alternatives.
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Jacobs Farm del Cabo is introducing paper-based clamshells under its del Cabo brand as an alternative to clamshells made from single-use plastic.
Smurfit Kappa Group, a paper-based packaging manufacturer with operations in Europe and the Americas, has acquired Cartones del Pacifico, a paper-based packaging company in Peru.
Rick Overholt was named vice president of grower sales, for the North American market at IFCO Systems, a global provider of reusable plastic containers for fresh-food packaging.
Circumstances have aligned to place the packaging industry to change the scope, design and sustainability of its products, marketers say.
The Reusable Packaging Association begins 2021 with new executive committee members and additions to its board of directors.
StePac Ltd., Tefen, Israel, is seeing interest for its standing pouches for retail display grow.
IFCO Systems has hired Candice Herndon as president of IFCO North America.
LGS Specialty Sales, a leading importer of citrus, avocados, grapes, and persimmons, announces a limited-time offering of pink packaging for the Darling Clementine® line ahead of Valentine’s Day.
Our Shillington Box facility proves “unmatched” in its expertise and customer service as it helps their client expand its national footprint by way of e-commerce.
The USDA and FDA continue to be confident in the safety of the food available to American consumers and exported to international customers.
WORTHINGTON, Minn. – Bedford Industries today introduces CloseIt® Bio-Clip, its new plant-based bag closure containing 100% USDA certified biobased content that is commercially compostable.
Santa Maria, Calif.-based Gold Coast Packing is now offering 2-pound packs of value-added vegetables in response to new consumer shopping patterns.
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Now in its second year, the COVID-19 pandemic has given a boost to packaging sales, marketers agree.
Lipman Family Farms will showcase new compostable clamshell packaging at the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure conference.
Clamshell packaging is still dominant for California strawberries, marketers say, but there is industry investment in sustainable packaging options.
Retailers interested in more sustainable packaging had many options to consider at the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure event in early April.
Smurfit Kappa’s innovative three litre Bag-in-Box packaging design has received Amazon’s “Frustration-Free Packaging” (FFP) certification.
The stand-up pouch bag is still the dominant package for California cherries, but top-seal clamshells are making inroads, shippers say.
Salinas, Calif.-based Naturipe Farms removed 92 metric tons of plastic waste from their packaging in 2020, almost quadrupling the amount they reduced in 2019.
WPO recently announced the creation of a ‘WPO Packaging Database’ that will contain global data such as regulations, safety, technology, sustainability, etc, all related to the packaging industry.
Smurfit Kappa North America, a leader in paper-based packaging solutions, won three international awards because of its innovative solutions that are sustainable and eco-friendly.
The Packer is asking for input from solution providers and produce industry operators in a survey about processing and packaging technology.
The Produce Marketing Association and the International Federation for Produce Standards have gone to bat for PLU stickers as environmental groups and some legislation target them for elimination.
Bakersfield, Calif.-based Atlas Produce & Distributors, which markets the Fresh Energy Medjool Dates brand, has two new sustainable packaging options.
Netherlands-based PerfoTec has found an improved approach to modified atmosphere packaging technology, according to the company.
The move from clamshells to tray-sealing produce packages is one of the most significant advances in packaging technology in the past five years.
Yakima, Wash.-based Kwik Lok Corp. has hired Maggie Brown for the newly created position of director of global supply.