Specialist in filling and capping machines for nearly 40 years, Serac will present at Interpack 2008 several packaging solutions and two exclusivities: Rp2 and Athéna
Where does the salmon fillet in the freezer come from? What’s in chickenfeed, and possibly also in the barbecued chicken later on? Especially when it’s about the food they eat, consumers want to know what they are buying and what ends up on their plate. The requirements to be complied with by feed and food manufacturers are correspondingly high in terms of safety, quality, traceability, and environmentally benign manufacture of individual products and ingredients.
Sleever International, pioneer and leader of decorative, protection and promotional sleeving solutions, will exhibit at next Cosmoprof in Bologna (Italy) from 10th to 13th April 2008, the latest in finishing achievement techniques, sensory branding and collector solutions.
Pack&Gift, the first annual rendez-vous dedicated to event-based and promotional packaging
Hydro has signed an agreement to acquire a 45 percent ownership stake in Famco, an aluminium remelt plant under construction in Taiwan. Famco will have an initial annual production of about 75,000 tons of extrusion ingot.
C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc. (CHG) announces its acquisition of Williams Foods, a leading producer of dry seasonings, mixes and meal enhancing products. The Williams business, which operates out of Lenexa, Kansas, produces a variety of products under its proprietary brands of Williams, Sun Bird and Country Store, as well as store brand labels for a variety of major retailers.
A preliminary analysis of the effect of radio frequency identification on retail-inventory accuracy demonstrated that an automated, RFID-enabled inventory system improved accuracy by about 13 percent in test stores compared to control stores.
