West Coast processors will now have improved access to local, rapid response, off-site product inspection and anomaly screening thanks to Thermo Fisher Scientific’s new product contamination facility in Sunnyvale, Calif.
Toray Plastics (America), Inc., North Kingstown, R.I., installed new coating technology that enables it to broaden its LumiLid brand polyester lidding film platform.
Fresherized Foods, the Fort Worth, Texas-based maker of Wholly Guacamole refrigerated guacamole, introduced a new peel-and-serve tray packaging, created in response to customer requests for a more easy-open packaging.
Allied Development Corp., Minneapolis, released a study that says 2012 industry sales totaled $9.8 billion for packaging that food processors use for products that are sold to foodservice outlets.
Operators can now weigh and fill difficult-to-package products into
bags, trays, boxes or containers using the C-Series conveyorized scale
by WeighPack Systems.
Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C., said it acquired Associated Packaging Technologies, Inc. (APT), North America's largest manufacturer and supplier of crystallized polyethylene terepthalate (CPET) containers to the frozen food industry.