Eurosicma is due to unveil a range of new packing machine and
feeder system technologies designed to meet the increasing demand
and the special needs of clients in the medium market bracket at
the Ipack Ima 2003.
Körber Paperlink, the German-based paper group, has formed a new
packaging division through its merger with Italian companies
Casmatic, Wrapmatic and Innopack, all of which are based in
Bologna.
The latest launches in materials testing equipment from Lloyd
Instruments are now available to companies and universities in
India through a buy-back scheme arranged with its official
distributor.
During a symposium on Advanced Bioplastics held in Nuremberg,
Germany last month it became clear that biodegradable plasticshave
finally left the research stage. Supermarkets in Great Britain,
Franceand Italy are now using bioplastics...
Inter Link, the UK cake and confectionery producer, last month
completed its acquisition of the Soreen business, which gives it
control of the third-largest cake brand in the British market,
Soreen's malt loaf.
Oxoid has launched the DuPont Qualicon RiboPrinter microbial
characterisation system for the European and Australian food
processing markets - a system which is claimed to provide an
automated genetic fingerprint of any bacterium...
Tecnomeccanica, the Italian processing equipment supplier, has
launched the T2 PRIMA tea bagging machine, designed to produce
string and tag filter bags for tea, herbal teas, coffee and other
infusion products, overwrapped in heatsealed...
Systech Instruments, a leading designer and manufacturer of gas
analysis instrumentation, has recently launched the Series 8000
analyser, a modular system for the precise measurement of oxygen
permeation of packaging film up to 1.27...
As research in laboratories across the globe continues into the
presence of potential carcinogen acrylamide in a variety of foods,
the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emphasised last week that
consumers should continue to eat...
UK gas supplier BOC Sureflow has announced a three-year deal worth
more than £4 million (€5.87m) to supply the Whitbread Group with
dispense and balloon gas.
US plastic packaging company Graham Packaging has reported a
welcome increase in net income for 2002, despite a drop in sales
over the period, a result of low resin prices and restructuring in
Europe.
The problem of how to pack 400g packs of smoked salmon without
losing 12 per cent of output through breaking and creasing has been
solved by a new vacuum packer from Reiser, claims Scottish company
Farne.
