Packaging
SOMIC Packaging names new technical operations manager
SOMIC Packaging has tapped a management professional with more than three decades of experience as its new technical operations manager. Dave Billi... continue reading »
Foundation contributes more than $800,000 to industry programs in 2024
The PMMI Foundation, the charitable arm of PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, contributed more than $800,000 in support ... continue reading »
Innovation lab applications open, due by Feb. 12
Applications are now open for projects aimed at accelerating the development of sustainable packaging and labeling options and expanding U.S. export m... continue reading »
Newman’s Own brand launches first packaged salad kits
Fresh Del Monte Produce, through its vegetable division, Mann Packing, introduces the first packaged salad kits from the philanthropic Newman’s Own ... continue reading »
Mexican grower-exporter plans expansion, new vegetable lines
Mexican fresh vegetable grower-exporter SL Produce, which launched a new packaged vegetable brand in October, is planning to add product lines and ent... continue reading »
Pricey pineapple designed to power sustainability, not promote waste
A $400 pineapple may not seem, at first glance, a paragon of processing sustainability. But Fresh Del Monte’s chief sustainability officer says the ... continue reading »
Initiative driving innovative paths to sustainability
As regulations aimed at increasing the sustainability of packaging are passed in the U.S., Canada and the EU, the impetus to find workable, cost-effec... continue reading »
Solution aims to reduce reliance on polystyrene in fresh produce packaging
A new modified atmosphere/modified humidity packaging technology is helping produce packers move away from ice-filled polystyrene and waxed carton box... continue reading »
Specialty crop growers to get $2 billion boost from USDA
U.S. specialty crop growers will receive help in overcoming recent challenges through a new federal program aimed at maintaining a strong domestic sup... continue reading »
Report forecasts growth in packaging machinery shipments beginning in 2025
A new report from PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies forecasts growth in U.S. packaging machinery shipments in 2025 after... continue reading »
