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The American Chemistry Council’s Plastics Division (ACC) has announced that Amcor, the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) and Procter & Gamble have been selected to receive Innovation in Plastics Recycling Awards in 2017.

Meech Static Eliminators has opened an office in Singapore to provide local support to distributors and increase sales of its web cleaning, static control and Meech Air Technology systems in Southeast Asia. 

First comes pouch making, then comes pouch filling – and new advances in filling machines enable co-packers and brands to increase efficiency and output when they’re running a number of SKUs or performing short- to medium-sized runs with many changeovers.

Tetra Pak has launched the Tetra Fino Aseptic 100 Ultra MiM, a new package that offers an opportunity for customers to produce liquid dairy and juice drinks using their existing production processes, and market them as ice creams and frozen products. 

Ferris Coffee & Nut Company recently launched new packaging and recipe for its specialty line of snacks, Lush Gourmet Foods. Packaging features include a breakdown of ingredients, delicious pairing suggestions and pouches that make the line more consistent and approachable.

A  whopping one third – 1.3 billion tons – of the food produced for human consumption worldwide is lost every year. Americans throw out about 40% of the food they produce annually, the equivalent of $165 billion.

As part of a plan to expand into 15 major U.S. markets by 2019, ePac has announced a pair of new locations in Houston, Texas, and Miami, Florida, that it expects to open in 2018.