The Food Safety Alliance for Packaging (FSAP), a technical committee of the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP), has released a product stewardship document for food packaging. The product of an FSAP food brand owners working group, participating companies aim to provide a list of best practices for all of the food packaging supply chain to access.
Christian Traumann, Managing Director and Group CFO of MULTIVAC Sepp Haggenmüller SE & Co. KG, was elected as president of interpack 2020. Since 2015, Traumann has been the chairman of the Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association within VDMA (Mechanical Engineering Industry Association) and served as president for interpack in 2011.
SPX FLOW has released a new series of positive displacement (PD) pumps, the Universal 3 Series, from its Waukesha Cherry-Burrell brand. The pumps include features such as a robust front-loading seal design to deliver new levels of sanitary performance and increased up-time.
The Packaging Conference and PETnology join forces to present their first joint PET conference. The conference was created to meet the needs of the PET industry, including innovation, technology and business opportunities.
Four new directors and the return of three directors were appointed at the annual election to the Board of Directors of the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) for the 2018-2019 term.
Somic America Inc. signed a lease on new office space for North American headquarters in suburban Minneapolis, Minn., and plans on moving into the new building this month.
Joseph Smith has joined SpotSee as supply chain director to deploy processes that deliver positive results in the areas of cost, quality, delivery, service and product improvement.
Packagers who receive their glass or plastic containers in necks down reshipper cases can automate their hand dumping operation, reduce costs, increase line speeds and ensure a consistent bottle supply to their filler with A-B-C’s Model 49 decaser. The Model 49 accepts cases from the conveyor either back-to-back or spaced, unloads and single files containers, and uprights the empty cases for transfer to case packing.
High flexibility, low weight and easy to carry will remain the top properties enhancing product penetration. Also an increase in consumer spending on energy drinks and prevalent health awareness trends will drive growth. Spout pouches are the fastest growing pouch, due to transportation ease, handling and ready to pour.
The SAVE FOOD Initiative has now passed the 1,000 member mark. The 1,067 supporters currently registered include groups of companies, corporations and professional associations as well as research institutes and NGOs from the entire food value chain. With Lidl Deutschland as the latest member, retail is now also represented as a link in this supply chain.