News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
DISPATCHES FROM ANUGA FOODTEC 2012
Six new Tetra Pak packaging designs launched at Anuga FoodTec 2012 reveal a movement towards appealing curvaceous shapes, easy-opening closures suiting elderly consumers and tear-off closures for one-shot probiotics and ‘energy boosters’.
DISPATCHES FROM ANUGA FOODTEC 2012
Bosch Packaging Technology claims its new thermoforming clean-fill (TFC) machine for cold chain products such as yogurts and desserts can cater for multiple cup and label heights without needing downtime for tool changes.
Ardagh Group has purchased a US manufacturer that will allow them to expand into new markets within the glass industry.
Tetra Pak has refused to comment on a media report that it is set to launch milk cartons that change colour when left out of the fridge for too long.
DISPATCHES FROM ANUGA FOODTEC 2012
Tetra Pak has unveiled what it claims is the world’s fastest carton filling machine – over 11 units per second – and says the concept was only realisable due to the launch of new eBeam non-contact and dry sterilisation technology.
Owens Illinois (O-I) believes there is a “huge untapped potential” to boost glass recycling totals in the EU.
A South African company claims to have produced the world’s first one million+ ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) value plant extracts.