packaging

Jac Vandenberg launches first home compostable grape bag

New York based fresh produce importer and distributor, Jac. Vandenberg Inc. BB #:103960 has done it again by introducing a...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Compostable packaging hits the produce industry

A quick quiz: what’s the difference between “biodegradable” and “compostable”? “Biodegradable” means that an item will degrade into natural components—eventually....

3 years ago 3 minute read

Pactiv Evergreen to sell its packaging and filling machinery businesses in China, Korea and Taiwan

LAKE FOREST, Ill., Jan. 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pactiv Evergreen Inc. (Pactiv Evergreen; NASDAQ: PTVE) today announced that it...

3 years ago 2 minute read

Paper packaging for bagged salad earns innovation award

14 December 2021 – Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper; IMA Ilapak, world leader in the design and...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Beyond the packaging of the chasing arrows

I have one of these in my garage; no doubt you do too. Mine is a green bin with a...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Costco moves away from plastic packaging in produce

As part of its ongoing sustainability efforts in merchandising, Costco Wholesale BB #:150902, Issaquah, WA, is moving away from plastic...

3 years ago 1 minute read

Packaging: The need for better solutions

Despite the huge number of innovations, the fundamental problems of produce packaging do not seem to have been solved in...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Packaging: The cost of innovation

Considering all the innovation in packaging, the question remains: Are these newfangled packages going to be more expensive than their...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Packaging: Sustainability and bulk

Produce industry experts agree that the move toward sustainability will continue. Shannon Boase, director of new market development for CKF...

4 years ago 3 minute read

The pandemic trend on increased packaging

The trend toward increased packaging continued during the pandemic. Nick Maglio, director of marketing for ProEx Food, LLC of Milwaukee,...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Packaging: The clamshell and visibility

Probably no item exemplifies the dilemmas surrounding produce packaging more than the clear plastic clamshell, in which the greatest portion...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Packaging: ‘Widely Recyclable’ often isn’t

Sadly, recyclable packaging products aren’t always, or often, recycled. Shannon Boase, director of new market development for CKF Inc. in...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Berry companies introduce Innovation Challenge to address plastic waste

Watsonville, Calif. – Oct. 5, 2021 – Fresh berry leader Driscoll’s BB #:116044 has partnered with Think Beyond Plastic to...

4 years ago 5 minute read

Packaging: Thinking Beyond the Box

An update on sustainable, biodegradable, and recyclable packaging I came across the perfect package 35 years ago. During a trip...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Calpine Containers acquires JS Ag Packaging

Combined entity creates market-leading West Coast agricultural packaging distributor SEATTLE (October 5, 2021) – Rainier Partners, a private equity firm...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Florida Ag commissioner moves to ban polystyrene packaging

Sarasota, Fla. – Today, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried announced that the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has begun...

4 years ago 6 minute read

StePac launches recyclable top seal solution

Tefen, Israel – Fresh produce packaging innovators, StePac Ltd. has expanded its range of top seals with new solutions to...

4 years ago 5 minute read

Fiber-based packaging stands out at OPS

MONTEREY, CA—When I walk a trade show floor, I’m looking for a few things, most notably trends and new products....

4 years ago 2 minute read

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