Category: Packaging
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Theegarten-Pactec has strengthened management ahead of a planned succession programme. Digitalisation and operational efficiency shape the machinery brief.
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Reiser UK will demonstrate cheese processing and packaging systems live. The Staffordshire showcase pairs portioning with pack performance.
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ULMA Packaging UK will make its FoodTech Ireland debut as it expands its Irish market focus across thermoforming, flow wrapping, tray sealing, and automated food packaging systems.
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Sweden’s Returpack/Pantamera has received RecyClass certification for food-safe PET bottle sorting, strengthening traceability and recycled-content confidence for beverage packaging loops.
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Finnish researchers have advanced cellulose-based films and coatings for food packaging, targeting plastic replacement without sacrificing barrier performance, converting compatibility, or end-of-life performance.
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Packaging failures can turn quickly into safety incidents. Dalston’s Pineapple Soda has been recalled after concerns that affected cans may break apart unexpectedly and leave sharp edges.
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Meat processors face pressure to automate portioning, packing, and labelling. JBT Marel’s expanded line offer links crust freezing, cutting, weighing, tray packing, sealing, price labelling, and case packing into a single configured production flow.
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Fresh produce packing needs speed without product damage. ULMA Packaging UK will showcase VFFS technology with Venturi air-assisted handling for leafy salad and delicate produce applications.
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NORD DRIVESYSTEMS has developed NXD tupH surface protection for aluminium drive systems used in food, beverage, and primary packaging applications exposed to wash-down cleaning.
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Xampla’s Morro plant-polymer coating has moved further into the UK packaging policy debate as natural polymer materials scale into food packaging applications.