A Second Life for Flexible Plastic Packaging
According to research of the MacArthur Foundation (EMF), merely 14 percent of the plastic packaging used globally makes its way to recycling plants, while 40 percent ends up in landfill and only 1/3 in fragile ecosystems.
By 2050, it is estimated there will be more plastic than fish in the world's oceans. Contributing to the transformation of global plastic packaging material flows is essential for each stakeholder of the plastics value chain. Based on this claim, a consortium of leading technology companies, comprising of BOBST, BOREALIS, EREMA and HENKEL, hosted a Circular Packaging Event and of last year at GEA in Weert, The Netherlands.
During this day experts from the industry presented the latest developments in The Full PE Laminate solution as well as other fully recyclable
Say It with Color – Deliver It with Exberry® Purple
“We eat with our eyes” is more relevant today than ever before, just take a look at the foods we buy, enjoy with family and are inspired to photograph and share with friends on social media. Increasingly the emotional aspects of food come into play, it’s all about pleasure, anticipation and our inherent love of food!
GENU Pectin: A Versatile, Consumer-Friendly Hydrocolloid for the Long Term
For many years, pectin has been widely used as a stabilizing, texturizing and gelling agent in a variety of foods - often used as a staple in "Grandma's pantry" for preserving fruit jams and jellies at home - while growing increasingly popular in formulating various beverages, such as acidified protein drinks and fruit flavored drinks. Moreover, pectin has enjoyed widespread consumer acceptance globally as a nature-based hydrocolloid ingredient, as it is extracted from fruits such as lemons, limes and oranges, and also the vegetable sugar beet. Over the past few years, the pectin industry has faced critical challenges related to raw material supply shortages and production capacity limitations, driven by a poor harvest of lemon and lime in Latin America (2014/15 season) and higher than
A Partner for Sustainable Growth
Cargill offered innovative solutions at Food Ingredients Europe 2017 combining the needs for sustainability and cost optimization, healthier reformulation and label friendliness.
Solution-Oriented All down the Line
BEUMER Group will exhibit at interpack its high level of expertise as a solution provider for integrated packaging and intralogistics systems. In addition to highly efficient palletizing and packaging systems, the Group also provides tailor-made components for material flows specific to different industries. Customers can get everything from one hand, including the software and comprehensive customer support. As a single-source provider, the company supplies and installs the packaging lines and adjusts them individually to the products of the customer. The new BEUMER fillpac R filling machine fills bulk material from the building materials industry and other industrial pulverized goods into bags in an efficient and gentle way and with the required throughput. It can fill very fine to very
IMA DAIRY & FOOD Presents Innovative Packaging Solutions
IMA DAIRY & FOOD presents various newly developed products at "interpack 2017". Besides machines on display, visitors to the stand can also see packaging machines in action on large video walls as well as partly in virtual reality technology. IMA Hassia extends its product range by adding a packaging machine for
The Multihead Weighing Technology: Mix it Up for Profit
The enhanced versatility of mix weighing offers many opportunities for manufacturers supplying the retail sector, explains Ian Atkinson of Ishida Europe. Convenience has become a dominating factor in many areas of the retail food market. One result of this is the growth in popularity of pre-mixed packs for everything
Brazilian Coffee Exports to MENA Witnesses 30% Increase
A rise in coffee exports from Brazil to the Arab region led to sales of USD122 million, as shipping volume increased during the first half of 2017. According to the Brazilian Coffee Exporter Council (Cecaf�), revenue gained from coffee exports from Brazil to the Arab region witnessed a 29.7% increase at USD112 million during the first seven months of the year, in comparison to 2016. A total of 653,200 bags of coffee were exported to Arab counties between January and July 2017, while 645,100 were exported during the same period last year, indicating a 1.2% increase in export volume to Arab countries. Lebanon remained the top buyer of Brazilian coffee in the Arab world with a recorded USD29.9 million spent on coffee imports during the same period. It was followed by Jordan at USD14.6
Competitions part of Dubai International Coffee Championships
The Dubai International Coffee & Tea Festival (DICTF), the Middle East's only exhibition dedicated to coffee and tea, is raising the stakes this year by featuring the new and exciting Dubai International Coffee Championships with winners getting a chance to take home part of the prize pool of USD25,000, the largest in
TOMRA Provides a Global Presence & Excellent Customer Service
food HQ conducted an interview with Steven Hiel, regional sales manager at TOMRA Sorting Food. TOMRA Sorting offers the widest range of food sorting and peeling equipment available in the food industry today. TOMRA supplies optical sorting solutions for a multitude of food applications, for fresh and processed food, from farm to fork! As the global specialist in sensor-based sorting, TOMRA’s sorting technology continues to dynamically drive the development of increasingly better and newer sensors to further enhance our customer’s process. TOMRA’s sensor technology provides the highest efficiency, precision and speed. Not even the smallest particle sizes fall through the detection grid, even though it works much faster than traditional sorting technologies.
Origin Green Committed to Sustainability
foodHQ conducted an interview with Michael Hussey, Manager of Middle East Region at Bord Bia, Irish Food Board. Origin Green is Ireland’s food and drink sustainability program, uniting government, the private sector and food producers through Bord Bia, the Irish Food Board. Origin Green enables Ireland’s food industry
Zero-Emission Technologies Provide Avenues to Refrigeration Vehicles
The commercial refrigeration equipment market was estimated to exceed USD31 billion in 2015. Increasing demand for packaged food and beverages with high growth in hospitality industry has led to significant industry growth. Furthermore, increasing trend towards consumer dining out and ongoing expansion of retail chains across the globe including Europe and Asia Pacific is contributing to the overall industry growth. Recently, the food industry has started formulating the seafood exports, globally owing to the reduction in overall meat consumption in the Europe and North America owing to environmental and sustainability impacts. It offers manufacturers with immense opportunities for growth by developing efficient and advanced refrigeration equipment to handle extra seafood.
It's A Chocolate Commitment
In the recent years our Company is seeing an increasing demand for refrigerated cabinet specific made for Chocolate products especially in the Middle East Area. The Maitres Chocolatier recognize the essential importance of having a proper refrigerated cabinet to preserve chocolate in the best way. For this reason
A-Tec Spiral Freezer Provide Additional Hygiene & Space Benefits
GEA has announced two new options for its trusted A-Tec spiral freezer for the North American market that provide significant hygiene and practical benefits to its food processing customers while maintaining all the essential and unique performance features of the range. By locating the fan electrical motor outside the
Oshakits.Com Introduces New Premium Food Safety Spill Kits
OSHAKits.com, a well-known developer of customizable Food Safety Spill Kits, announced the availability of its new Premium Food Safety Spill Kit featuring PURELL� Foodservice Surface Sanitizer. "Norovirus can quickly spread through a restaurant, and this is why national restaurant and retail food chains are choosing to implement biohazard cleanup kits system-wide for spills involving vomit, blood, feces and other potentially infectious body fluids," said Owen Griffin, vice president of business development for OSHAKits.com. "We saw the need to develop a complete kit that features products designed to quickly and effectively kill E. coli, norovirus and other potentially hazardous bacteria and viruses that can cause foodborne illnesses." A ready-to-use food contact safe and OSHA-compliant
IMA Benhil: First Multipack 2000 Goes To Butter Producer Agral
Agral S.A., one of the largest butter producers in Europe, is the first company to have IMA Benhil's newly developed wrapping machine "Multipack 2000" installed. This will enable the butter producer to achieve considerable productivity growth in its manufacturing processes. "As a very compact and flexible wrapping
tna Expands China Operations & Strengthens Local Customer Support
tna is pleased to announce the opening of TNA Solutions (Shanghai) Co. Ltd to provide local food manufacturers with on-the-ground support services. Located in the Minhang district of Shanghai, the office will be managed by Sean Xu, who recently joined tna as general manager - China, and will host both sales and technical service staff. The new office follows the opening of tna's first Chinese manufacturing site in Qingdao in 2011 and demonstrates the company's long-term commitment to the region and the local food industry. "China is one of the major economic players in the world and we're delighted to be opening another site here as we continue to expand our global footprint," comments Alf Taylor, CEO at tna. "Our installation base in the country is well-established, ranging from baggers,
Aviko Snowvalley Teams Up with Tomra Sorting Food
SnowValley Agricultural Group and Aviko Group, invested by the joint venture between the two leading potato product brands, have decided to once again team up with their long-term processing partner TOMRA Sorting Food, for the development of a new state-of-the-art French fry processing facility. Both SnowValley and
Integrated Bakery Helps Rich Products Ltd. With New Production Facility
Rich Products Ltd. contracted Integrated Bakery for the development and realization of their new European production facility in Andover, United Kingdom. Integrated Bakery supplies integral advice and engineering services with regard to both production equipment and supporting technical installations, and architectural
Automation
Industrial Automation can be defined as the use of computer aided control devices to operate different industrial processes by replacing human involvement. Industrial automation helps to operate multiple processes in controlled manner. It helps for mass production by reducing time and increasing production quality. Industrial Automation consists of different levels such as sensor level, automation control level automation, supervision level and enterprise level.
Intimacy serves Best
Consumers seek products and brands they have developed an emotional connection to. A recent study discovered that international brands are in the lead. The report by MBLM agency examined the brands that have the strongest bond with consumers in the country. International firms Kraft and Nestle came in the lead. Local and regional brands also had an impressive presence in the market and the study conducted, showed that consumers are willing to pay 20 percent more for products from region brands Americana and Almarai.
Poultry & Eggs
Sure as eggs is eggs, eggs never fail the food industry, and by the looks of it, they’re here to stay. Nothing can brighten your day better than Sunnyside up eggs. You can go with boiled, scrambled or fancy it up a bit with Omelets & Frittatas the point is eggs just tie breakfast together. You can never go wrong with a