Minimizing capital cost is a common strategy for purchasing packaging line equipment. But, operating costs can offset that strategy. This article details the full picture of purchasing packaging line equipment.
Tulip, one of Denmark’s leading producers of processed food for the domestic and export market, produces around 90 tons of sausages each day. A large proportion of these – about 60 tons a day – is packaged under a modified atmosphere of carbon dioxide and nitrogen to keep the product fresh and improve its shelf life. This case study shows how the company improved its efficiency by installing a Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) system.
Bye-bye manual testing: Replaced by new on-line gas analyzer. This case study examines how a meat processing company made the switch from manually and randomly testing of its packages five times each day to an on-line headspace analyzer for its Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) products.
In 2004, Mariscos Linamar, a Spanish seafood company, began to investigate the innovative idea of packaging a proportion of its product in a modified atmosphere, with the aim to extend the product shelf life and improve its appearance. Years of research followed. After extensive research and trials, the optimal gas mixture, comprising oxygen and carbon dioxide blended in a ratio that depends on the product and the format of the package, had been decided upon as well as the best packaging approach. This case study illustrates the process the company used to implement Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) with thermosealed trays.
Hellenic Quality Foods (HQF) is a leading food company in Greece, packaged its products on trays with stretch film until early 2014. This case study shows how the company made the move to Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) to improve its products shelf and extend its customer reach.
Omnibar, a small Montana-based company that produces a unique, high-nutrition food bar, was seeking new markets for the high-grade, grass-fed cattle reared on the family ranch in Montana’s Blackfoot River Valley. This case study examines how the company overcame the packaging challenges associated with its unique product.
This white paper presents some ideas for selecting the right inline high shear mixer for your process based on the company’s collective experience as a mixing equipment provider to the process industries for over 170 years.
Quantifying waste and its environmental impact and how individuals, corporations and industries need to take individual responsibility to use this information in order to change the way they consume or operate.
A look at why performance evaluation of heat exchangers is not quite such a simplistic matter.
Producers, logistics companies, storage providers, retailers, restaurateurs, corporates, governments and consumers all have a role to play in reducing food waste.
This Q&A with Heikki Pirilä, a 30-year veteran of starch processing, discusses all phases of starch processing from design, management, supervision, procurement, maintenance, and future trends.
A cornerstone of long-term maintenance is optimizing life cycle costs of investments during decision-making. This article discusses how predictability of costs and profitability can be enhanced.
The V28 series of inspection systems is METTLER TOLEDO's solution for manufacturers who require both label printing and inspection to take place in the same system. Available in both in-line and stand-alone configurations, the V28 series is particularly ideal for manufacturers performing small batch runs of products.
Umbra Packaging manufactures bag filling and sealing machinery for all sorts of dry products in the food, pharmaceutical, chemical, and agricultural industries.
The METTLER TOLEDO V27 series of inspection systems are designed to ensure the proper formation of rigid plastic containers.
The PERMATRAN-W® Model 3/61 is the most recent addition in permeation test systems for measuring water vapor transmission rates of barrier films and packages...
Chelsea Milling Co., maker of Jiffy Mix baking mixes, is moving ahead with plans to spend $35 million as part of an expansion that includes the addition of a new mixing tower, according to an article in The Ann Arbor News.
