Jacksonville, Florida-based Beaver Street Fisheries will return to the Seafood Expo North America Show March 12-14 in Boston with new product innovations and package designs. In addition to its recently launched Seafood Festival Steamer Pot all-in-one bag seafood boil, it will be unveiling new packaging for its shrimp, scallops and shellfish lines, as well as recent skin pack […]
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Posted inPackaging News, West
PAC Machinery Showcases Sustainable Packaging At ProMat Expo
PAC Machinery will showcase its automatic bagging machines, including new options in sustainable packaging, at the 2023 ProMat Expo, to be held March 20-23 at McCormick Place in Chicago. PAC will be at exhibit N8321, showcasing the Rollbag R785, R1285, R3200 Fulfillment Automatic Bagger and the Rollbag R3200XL, along with sustainable bag options including a curbside recyclable paper mailer, options from the Recylene line of […]
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Good Natured Introduces Plant-Based Packaging In Hawaii
Good Natured Products Inc., “d.b.a good natured,” has announced its distribution through Sustainable Island Products, a distributor of compostable packaging products in Hawaii. According to the company, plant-based, BPI-certified compostable products from good natured are up to 99 percent plant-based and comply with single use packaging regulations that started going into effect across many counties in Hawaii […]
Posted inPackaging News, Southwest
Fox Packaging EVP Craig Fox Dies At 62
McAllen, Texas-based Fox Packaging shared in a recent press release about the death of EVP Craig Fox on Feb. 1. He had been fighting brain cancer. Fox worked alongside his family to pioneer packaging solutions for the fresh produce industry. He served the produce industry for more than four decades. After graduating from Texas Christian […]
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ePac To Donate Portion Of Coffee Sales To Project Waterfall
Austin, Texas-based ePac Flexible Packaging has announced a partnership with Project Waterfall, a charity in the coffee sector. It will donate 2 percent of its global coffee product sales in 2023. The proceeds will be used to help coffee-growing communities across the world with clean water, sanitation and education. “[The company’s] mission has been, from […]
Posted inPackaging News, Northeast
Handy Seafood Releases New Packaging Design For Product Line
Salisbury, Maryland-based Handy Seafood has revamped the packaging for its retail line of frozen grocery products. According to the company, the updated designs and colors illustrate the “flavorful, nutritious and wholesome ingredients that Handy has become renowned for in its products.” In an effort to reduce single-use plastics, Handy has lessened its environmental impact by removing shrink-wrap from the exterior of all […]
Posted inPackaging News, Northeast
Bell & Evans Improves Packaging Quality With Niverplast
Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania-based Bell & Evans has partnered with Niverplast, a food packaging equipment company, to establish and create a new packaging line. When building its new 411,500-square-foot harvesting facility, Bell & Evans searched to find a partner with experience in automatic bag-in-box solutions. Bell & Evans faced two challenges: first, the need to reduce its labor associated […]
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BAR-U-EAT Offers BPI Certified Compostable Bar Wrappers
Steamboat Springs, Colorado-based BAR-U-EAT has released its new Biodegradable Products Institute “BPI” Certified Compostable Packaging for its individual bars. With this release, it has become the first bar company in the world to offer packaging that carries the certification for the entire package – a move that ensures that its packaging will break down in commercial […]