Pet Food Packaging: Page 44

Pet Food Product Database

Weatherchem Corporation 110 millimeter Flapper Closure

Pet Food Product Database

Premier Tech Chronos GE55 DSR Manual Bagger weighing system

Premier Tech Systems

Bosch expands vertical form-fill-seal packaging test facility

Bosch Packaging Technology, a supplier of processing and packaging technology solutions, completed expansion of its vertical form-fill-seal test facility in New Richmond, Wisconsin, USA. The US$850,000 vertical expansion, which started in May 2012 and was completed in December, helps Bosch accommodate two full VFFS packaging lines that include secondary packaging, such as case erecting, loading and closing.

Packaging trends: An adaptable approach

Convenience continues to be a driver behind consumer purchases. Pet parents want to feed their animal companions nutritious food at a high value and in an efficient, handy way. They want their pet’s food and treats fresh, fast, in single-serving sizes and easy to stow and go.

Petfood consumers want their petâ€™s food and treats fresh, fast, in single-serving sizes and easy to stow and go.

Five packaging companies to form one business

Five packaging companies in North America and Europe announced their intent to combine and operate as one global company, under the name Exopack Holdings Sarl, a Luxembourg-based company. The combined business will have 63 plants and 8,650 employees.

Pet Food Product Database

National Bulk Equipment Inc. 5-station bulk bag unloader system

National Bulk Equipment Inc

Pet Food Product Database

Lift'n Buddy Model LNB-350 two-wheel hand truck

Pet Food Product Database

WeighPack Systems Inc. SpinDexer container filler machine

WeighPack Systems Inc

Kendall Packaging Corp. to expand packaging facility

Kendall Packaging Corp. will break ground on a 56,000-square-foot expansion to its Jefferson, Wisconsin, USA,packaging facility on April 26. The expansion will double the packaging plant’s production and storage capacity, and it is expected to be completed in late summer 2013.

Market Trends and Reports

Partner in Pet Food: Innovating to the top of the market

Hungary-based Partner in Pet Food (PPF) has made some significant changes as a company since its last Petfood Industry profile in 2008 (seewww.petfoodindustry.com/3977.html), beginning operations as an independent company in January 2009 with a separate management and a new strategy. Growth was accelerated and internal processes were improved to provide customers with better products and service, according to the company, and PPF is now the second largest private label petfood producer in Europe.

Steel packaging sustainability campaign to be launched

Packaging sustainability is viewed as a high priority for 65 percent of decision makers at Fortune 500 consumer product companies, according to an independent research study commissioned by the Steel Market Development Institute. As a result, the Institute is launching a national education campaign about steel packaging.

Hill’s Pet Nutrition integrates new petfood packaging closure technology

Petfood manufacturer Hill’s Pet Nutrition has partnered with Velcro Industries to integrate its Press-Lok closure technology into its Science Diet petfood packaging. The Press-Lok closure, designed to be more consumer friendly, has an alignment that allows the hooks to engage without precise lineup.

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