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Premier Tech Chronos E-55 net weigh scale

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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

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.

K-Tron Process Group 2410 powder receiver

Pet Food Ingredients

Controversy threatens GRAS process for petfood ingredients

A single thread of controversy entangled nearly every committee discussion during the annual Association of American Feed Control Officials meeting in August 2011. That thread was the impending change in the way the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine will oversee the safety of ingredients in petfoods and other animal feeds from now on—and how that change could severely inhibit the industry’s ability to demonstrate the acceptability of its ingredients to state regulators.

A thread of controversy centers on the impending change in the way the Food and Drug Administrationâ€™s Center for Veterinary Medicine will oversee the safety of ingredients in petfoods and other animal feeds from now on.

Pet Food Product Database

Dupont Surlyn packaging resins

Pet Food Product Database

DuPont Appeel lidding sealant resins

Pet Food Product Database

Packaging LLC No. 2 recyclable pouch

Pet Food Product Database

Kason Corp. Vibroscreen Flo-Thru low profile screener

Kason Corporation

Pet Food Product Database

Anduro Manufacturing Durofab double-fold bottom BOPP bag

Pet Food Product Database

Tapco Inc. grade 5 Norway countersunk head elevator bolt

Pet Food Product Database

FleetwoodGoldcoWyard low-level bulk depalletizer

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.

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