Asia Pacific: Invisible Sentinel appoints New Zealand distributor for assays to detect food pathogens
Invisible Sentinel says its Veriflow assays will be distributed in New Zealand by New Zealand Medical and Scientific Ltd (NZMS). Based in Auckland, NZMS sells products for medical and scientific applications. Under the agreement with Invisible Sentinel, NZMS will distribute Veriflow products to the New Zealand market including customers in the food and beverage industries. NZMS will make available in the country...
Americas: Cargill rolls out food security initiatives in Canada
Ensuring everyone has access to safe and nutritious food has been a long-time goal of Cargill’s, but for too long the perception has remained that Canada is a food-secure country. The company says 2.7 million Canadians experience food insecurity at some point during the year. One in eight Canadian families struggle to put food on the table, and 833,098 Canadians used...
Europe: Amcor Flexibles launches die-cut design
A lidding team has created Amcor Impact, a new design experience to improve shelf presence. "Traditionally, die-cuts have needed to be embossed over the whole surface for customer manufacturing reasons" explained Philippe Scherrer, marketing director, fresh, LED, dairy and capsules. Amcor Impact offers the same machinability as traditional die-cuts. "Trials conducted with some leading German customers showed them to be entirely satisfied...
Americas: Researchers found ways increase provitamin A content of corn kernels
Purdue researchers have identified a set of genes that can be used to naturally boost the provitamin A content of corn kernels. This finding can help combat vitamin A deficiency in developing countries and macular degeneration in the elderly. Professor of agronomy Torbert Rocheford and fellow researchers found gene variations that can be selected to change nutritionally poor white corn into...
Europe: Amcor unveils 24 color choices for wine closures
Amcor unveils a new service offer, comprising a choice of 24 colors, available in two weeks, for its Stelvin brand for aluminium closures for wine. To build the range, Amcor identified color trends that will allow bottlers, traders and wine producers to meet new market opportunities for both large and small runs, with optimal lead times and highly original packaging. The...
World: Dairy ingredients should be part of emergency food programs, says Arla Food Ingredients
Arla Foods Ingredients has highlighted the need for a global industry push to ensure dairy ingredients are included as an integral part of emergency food programs. Ingredients derived from milk tend not to be included in such programs – including the United Nation’s World Food Programme, which fights hunger in the developing world – because of concerns over their cost. The...
Europe: Bericap showcases closure systems at BrauBeviale in Germany
Bericap will present closure systems and new product features at BrauBeviale in Nuremberg, Germany from November 11 to 13, 2014. Compared with the 38 mm system, Bericap's 33mm closures for hot filling, including the bottleneck, results in a weight saving of approximately 40%. Its DoubleSeal System of the closure enables the implementation of a threaded neck thickness of 1.5 mm, as...
Asia Pacific: Huhtamäki Oyj buys folded carton packaging company in New Zealand for €7M
Huhtamaki has acquired Interpac Packaging Limited, a company based in Auckland, New Zealand. Interpac manufactures folded carton packaging for the fast-moving consumer goods, retail and food service products in the country. With 85 employees, the company manufactures corrugated protective packaging for the local wine industry. The company employs 85 people. All shares of the privately owned Interpac Packaging Limited were acquired for...
Americas: Cargill to bring ConAgra Foods’ products to Brazil
Cargill and ConAgra Foods will bring the Hunt’s line of condiments and ACT II microwave popcorn to Brazil. Under the partnership, Cargill will distribute Hunt’s products produced at ConAgra Foods plants in the US, specifically tomato ketchup in two packages (383g bottle and 567g squeeze bottle); yellow mustard in 340g bottles; and barbecue sauce in 510g bottles in three flavors...
Americas: Roberts PolyPro to showcase handle applicator at Pack Expo 2014
Roberts PolyPro, powered by Pro Mach, is showing for the first time at Pack Expo 2014 the highest speed, most innovative handle applicator in the company’s history. This new up to 600 bottles-per-minute handle applicator utilizes a continuous motion roll-feed design to achieve two, four, six, eight, and 12 packs. The roll-feed design has reduced the cost of handle dies, as...