Archives for December 2, 2003

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Plastic packaging takes off

Plastic films used in barrier flexible packaging have made substantial gains against metals, paper, and glass, according to a recent study by the Kline group. Over the last five years, industry growth has prevailed in spite of constant demand for...

Aseptic developments

Italian equipment expert SIG Simonazzi has supplied a €20 million aseptic bottling line for Spumador. The system, which has been installed at the company's Sant'Andrea Bagni facility in the province of Parma, has been designed to deal with complex...

EU approves salatrim for use as food ingredient

The European Commission this week gave the green light to salatrims, a type of reduced-calorie fats, for use as novel food ingredients following an application by ingredients giant Danisco. The long-awaited approval opens the way for manufacturers to...