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Packaging: necessary or not?

Packaging is often under fire in public debate. It is seen as unnecessary and harmful to the environment. Wageningen researchers place clear reservations on that view. According to them, the picture is too black-and-whit..

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Research into the transport of partially chilled carcasses

30 June 2015

In September 2014 Vakblad Voedingsindustrie and FoodInBusiness reported on research into the transport of partially chilled carcasses in the light of a possible amendment to EU legislation. It’s high time for an update. ...

QIS Manufacturing Intelligence Software

30 June 2015

QIS provides for management of raw materials quality, real-time operations and process monitoring, product quality assurance, document control, product release, customer reporting and certification, environmental records...

Refrigeration systems in the production process

30 June 2015

Refrigeration is an essential aspect of quality management in the entire food chain, and the system should suit the production process. In most companies, however, that process evolves and changes over the years, and leg...

Sustainability made easy

30 June 2015

Nekovri is the leading organisation in The Netherlands in the area of temperature-controlled logistics. “As a self-respecting industry association, Nekovri must be bold enough to look beyond the horizon,” states the orga...

Innovative weighing machine for the food industry

12 May 2015

Over the years, ACB Solutions has developed and launched various innovative products for a number of different sectors. Its most recent product development is a weighing machine for the food sector: the PM 2015. For a ma...

Industrial Basic Scales

12 May 2015

Mettler Toledo has presented its new range of Industrial Basic Scales: a portfolio of robust scales with precise and reliable weighing technology for use in wet and dry environments. This range offers an affordable optio...

Ultrasonic sealing

12 May 2015

Kaas-Pack processes various types of cheese into grated cheese, cheese slices or cubes. In 2014 the company invested in a GEA SmartPacker vertical packaging machine. They were seeking – and found – a machine which seals ...

New location for Hutten en Zonen

12 May 2015

Hutten en Zonen intends to become the most modern and most sustainable beef slaughterhouse and meat processing company in Europe. The company opened its new production facility in the Dutch town of Heeten in early March ...

Diepop and Precia Molen

12 May 2015

Cold storage and handling company Diepop, based in the Dutch city of Waalwijk, processes ten million boxes of potato products and snacks each year. To safeguard the company’s quality at such high speed, a fully bespoke w...

Packaging: Enticing or misleading?

12 May 2015

The label on a packaged food product is the perfect place for manufacturers to communicate with their consumers. Ideally, a manufacturer wants to use that space to entice the consumer: buy me! However, food producers are...

Branding by banding

12 May 2015

The new labelling law came into force in mid-December 2014, leading many food processing companies to seek alternative ways to provide all the required information on their packaging. One suitable option is the band labe...

Which packaging film do you need for meat?

12 May 2015

Packaging of meat has several functions: it contains the product, protects the meat against deteriorative effects, prevents the meat from becoming contaminated or dehydrated, extends the shelf life, provides space for la...

What’s the most optimal choice?

12 May 2015

The demand for sustainable packaging will grow considerably in the years ahead. The government, the packaging industry and the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG) have agreed to reuse more packaging materials...

Trends in packaging

12 May 2015

Small packaging machines and small packaging volumes are the key trends of today. Extending the shelf life has been a hot topic for years, which is why fresh products are increasingly packaged in skin film or micro-perfo...

Solaris e-Solarmark lasers

14 April 2015

At the recent Empack event in Den Bosch, De Koningh Coding & Labeling presented the third-generation e-Solarmark lasers by Solaris, which can code moving projects at high speed. The mirrors are mounted on a new digit...