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Shoppers in The Netherlands and Germany can purchase Rondeel eggs in compostable, injection-molded cartons made of a foamed starch/fiber material from PaperFoam bv., Barneveld, The Netherlands. The carton is lightweight and renewable, and has other commercial packaging applications. 

Fitch Ratings says that it expects the outlook for U.S. packaged food companies to remain stable in 2012, despite operating challenges. 

A new report on the U.S. organic food market indicates that the market in the United States is seeing much faster growth versus the conventional food market and shows no signs of slowing down.

A critical aspect on any production line, the package handling function may require one conveyor section, multiple lanes or hundreds of integrated material handling accumulators, elevators, lowerators, robotics, controllers and more. We asked several manufacturers what’s new in package handling equipment and systems to make your manufacturing operation more productive.

For years, packaging innovations have taken a backseat to new product development and plant enhancements.

PMMI sees a 12% jump from the previous year, thanks to food, beverage and pharmaceutical end user market segments.

Since 1974, Grecian Delight Foods has prided itself on a variety of Greek and ethnic foods. Find out how this Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based company is expanding beyond its roots.

The battle for front-of-pack real estate continues as an Institute of Medicine committee recommends a simple label system that’s consistent.

Family-owned Grecian Delight Foods recently opened a second production facility, devoted to producing frozen flatbreads. Take a tour of the state-of-the-art, 130,000-sq.-ft. facility.

Tucked between the Carroll Center for the Blind and the Perkins School for the Blind, National Braille Press president Brian MacDonald knew that the Newtonville, Mass., Whole Foods would serve as an ideal venue for applying clear Braille labels to bakery items.