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Active and intelligent packaging: the future

Active and intelligent packaging: the future

By Jane Byrne

What role will active and intelligent components play in future food and drink packaging? We caught up with Chip Tonkin, director of the US based Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics at Interpack 2011 to find out.

We fear nobody, says Multivac CEO

We fear nobody, says Multivac CEO

By Rory Harrington

FoodProductionDaily.com caught up with Multivac chief Hans-Joachim Boekstegers at the recent Interpack trade show to find out what makes the German-based company tick.

Health check shows food packaging sector is robust

Dispatches from Interpack 2011

Health check shows food packaging sector is robust

By Mike Stones

Safety, sustainability and convenience were the main themes of Interpack 2011, and we caught up with the show's organisers to determine the health of the European food packaging industry.

Students give world tour of incredible packaging at Emballage

Students give world tour of incredible packaging at Emballage

By Guy Montague-Jones

Visitors to Emballage 2010 in Paris were given a world tour of ‘incredible packaging’ from students at Strate College Designers. Our camera to a look at some of their discoveries and asked what influenced their decisions.

Post recession trends in processing and packaging

Post recession trends in processing and packaging

By Rory Harrington

FoodProductionDaily.com caught up with Ishida Europe’s Torsten Giese at the Emballage show in Paris last week to discover his take on how the sector is recovering from the global recession and how this is informing development trends.

Rexam defends green credentials of beverage can

Rexam defends green credentials of beverage can

By Guy Montague-Jones

Talking from the Brau Beviale trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany, Rexam executive John Revess outlined the lobbying and marketing work needed to improve the environmental image of the beverage can.

Biofilm busting enzyme boosts plant hygiene

Biofilm busting enzyme boosts plant hygiene

By Rory Harrington

FoodProductionDaily.com caught up with Realco at the recent IPA trade show in Paris to discuss biofilms and the company’s breakthrough in tackling these slime layers that pose a constant contamination threat for food processors.

Jury rates Bizerba's single belt checkweigher on cleanability

Jury rates Bizerba's single belt checkweigher on cleanability

By Rory Harrington

FoodProductionDaily.com caught up with Bizerba at the recent IPA trade show in Paris to hear about its single-drive belt checkweigher that scooped the process management and control award in the show's innovation competition.

Seasonal Video Greetings From Decision News Media

Seasonal Video Greetings From Decision News Media

Welcome to this seasonal holiday video from Decision News Media.As we prepare to celebrate our tenth anniversary next year and first year as part of William Reed Business Media, we present 10 fun number facts about our company. And, later this week, the...

Round table: The growth of nanotech

Round table: The growth of nanotech

By Stephen Daniells

Food and nutrition is a 'hot spot' for nanotechnology, experts have said. Stephen Daniells talks to two such experts and asks where the developments are, could it really lead to a removal colours from foods, and is nanotech really like GM?

Inspiration from bread tastes past

Inspiration from bread tastes past

Puratos’ CEO talks about consumers’ tastes for bread and patisserie – past and present – and how to ensure the skills needed to work with ingredients are available in every global market.

Scara robots bring cost savings, says TM Robotics

Scara robots bring cost savings, says TM Robotics

FoodProductionDaily.com caught up with Ryan Guthrie of TM Robotics to discuss the specific applications for the food industry of the company's next generation line of pick and place robot systems.

Spotlight on sustainability in packaging

Spotlight on sustainability in packaging

Bob Hogan, director of international sales and marketing at flexible packaging suppliers, Zip-Pak, spoke to FoodProductionDaily.com about some of the misperceptions surrounding the concept of sustainability and food and beverage packaging.

Is food sector recession proof? We test opinion at Anuga

Is food sector recession proof? We test opinion at Anuga

FoodProductionDaily.com walked the floor at the recent Anuga FoodTec trade show to ascertain how the current economic climate is impacting on the food and beverage processing and packaging equipment manufacture sector.

Combining and explaining texture effects

Combining and explaining texture effects

Cargill Texturizing Solutions' regional director explains how combinations of texturisers can produce the required effect in foods, and how texture descriptions like 'velvety' and 'crunchy' now crop up in promotional materials.

CNI brings healthy fibre to food makers

CNI brings healthy fibre to food makers

Colloides Naturels International targets natural market demand with a combination of a wheat fibre and an acacia gum fibre that provides non-soluble and soluble fibre for a wide variety of food applications.

Danisco CEO on the power of adding value

Danisco CEO on the power of adding value

Tom Knutzen, CEO of major ingredients player Danisco, explains the company's strategy on high value-added ingredients to FoodNavigator editor Jess Halliday.

National Starch invests in textures

National Starch invests in textures

Terry Thomas, divisional vice president for National Starch, talks the language of texture and how to bring textural meaning to consumer palates.

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