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Pack Expo Las Vegas 2011 sets attendance records

PMMI, owner and producer of Pack Expo, reported that Pack Expo 2011 broke event records, with more than 26,000 attendees, 1,559 exhibitors and nearly 630,000 net square feet. The Expo, which took place in September 26-28, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, reported a 14.8% jump in visitor attendance with 26,084 attendees, compared to the previous show's attendance.

Brand Insights

Pet Food Manufacturer Thinks Outside the Box with EDL’s Double Tight Wrap Machine

EDL, as Massman Company

EDL Double Tight Wrap shrink wrapping machines use two perpendicular bands of LDPE film to tightly unitize and totally enclose a product or collation.

Pet Food Manufacturer Thinks Outside the Box with EDL’s Double Tight Wrap Machine

Blackwood's new petfood packaging appeals to women dog owners

Blackwood Pet Food recently worked with consultancy Ideas that Kick to update its petfood packaging so that it would be easier to for dog owners to find the right food for their dog. The new dog food packaging is aimed at the dog "mom," with key product information, like protein, fat and fiber content, as well as the recipe and cooking process on the front of the package.

Blackwood's redesigned dog food packages have key product information, like the recipe and cooking process, right on the front.

Petfood container concept wins Project 2020 packaging design contest

At Pack Expo 2011 in Las Vegas, an innovative petfood container concept submitted by Directions Marketing was named the grand prize winner in Project 2020: The Consumer Experience. Project 2020 challenges the design community to imagine how packaging will drive consumer purchasing decisions in a decade.

Directions Marketing's Tri-tainer concept addresses the challenges of portabilty and recyclability in petfood packaging.

Exopack invests US$13 million in new petfood packaging equipment

Petfood packaging manufacturer Exopack invested US$13 million in new manufacturing equipment and technologies for its Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA and Tomah, Wisconsin, USA, manufacturing facilities to expand current product offerings. At the Spartanburg facility, a Starlinger woven poly propylene converting cell will be installed to expand production of Rave composite bags.

Blackwood launches new petfood packaging, recipes

Blackwood Pet Foods LLC launched a new packaging system for its complete line of dog food as well as four new petfood recipes. "Our new packaging was designed to provide the consumer with a great shopping experience, easy access to key product information and a representation of the true quality of our recipe," said Doug Sapp, vice president of marketing.

Pet Food Packaging

Ten innovative petfood packaging products for 2011

The latest petfood packaging materials, machinery and equipment from iPhone apps to baggers, bio-resins and biodegradable paper.

Packaging innovation can be as simple as a new opening or closure for packaging and as advanced as a new way to process sensitive packaging materials, paper and resin.

Petfood packaging conference scheduled for December

The Packaging Group Inc. announced that the conferences and courses of its Pet Food Pac-2011 will take place on December 6 and 7, in Monroe Township, New Jersey, USA. Two courses will be held on December 6, covering shelf life extension and humanization of petfood packaging.

Market Trends and Reports

Clean labels provide transparency for pet owners

As consumers have made it clear that they trust what they understand and perceive to be fresh, "real" ingredients, and as they demand the right to know what is in the foods they eat, should it come as a surprise that those same consumers are now insisting on the same right for the foods they feed their pets? The focus on a clear brand message and using language consumers clearly understand is growing and not going away, according to Lynn Dornblaser of Mintel.

A clean label utilizes simple packaging that conveys clearly the benefits of the product and lists easy to understand ingredientsâ€”this often means ones that consumers eat themselves.

Pet Food Ingredients

Bringing a new petfood concept to market

Where do new product ideas come from in the petfood industry? Do they only come from marketing or sales? In my experience, some of the fastest growing new products or brands have come from single entrepreneurs as well as large multifunctional groups.

Once a product idea is conceived and planned, often it becomes a balancing act of activities and reactions.

Pet Food Packaging

Microscan AutoVISION machine vision line

Plastic packaging manufacturer relocates to larger Indiana,USA, facility

Plastic petfood packaging company Fibertech Inc. announced it completed a move from Huntington, Indiana, USA, after 20 years at that location, to a larger facility in Elberfeld, Indiana, USA. The 95,000-square-foot facility sits on 15 acres located at 11744 Blue Bell Road.

Fibertech completed relocation to this 95,000-square-foot facility in Elberfeld, Indiana.

Petfood packaging manufacturer invests in new extrusion plant in Germany

Petfood packaging manufacturer Nordenia International is investing nearly €3 million (US$4.35 million) to construct a new factory building for extrusion at its Osterburken, Germany, site. The building, expected to be completed in mid-July, will be the site of the company's new three-layer coextruding facility.

Nordenia's new building will house its extrusion operations at the Osterburken, Germany, site.

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