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The cracker market, like many other snack segments, is in an evolutionary state. If you ask Craig Lieberman, president and founder of Denver-based 34 Degrees, changes in the category span “from the types and styles of crackers to the location and placement of crackers in the store.”

The chips segment has grown quite lively over the past year, with new product areas emerging and others, like apple chips, seeing considerable growth and maturation. Snack producers are also starting to grow beyond potatoes, offering sweet potato, beet and parsnip chips.

Hinds-Bock has released a new Ultra-Hygienic version of their P-128 transfer pump

Bosch Packaging Technology and BillerudKorsnäs have developed the world’s first Sealed Paper Packaging.

VAC-U-MAX was an exhibitor at the 32ndt Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, held June 20-23 at the Wisconsin Convention Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

PAC Machinery has unveiled a Magnum Horizontal Fulfillment Auto Bagger with dual-side label printer, designed for mail order fulfillment.

When it comes to sweet goods like doughnuts, Danishes, sweet rolls, muffins and coffee cake, the market is in a state of flux. As Walter Postelwait, president of Pak Group LLC/Bellarise Baking Ingredients, Pasadena, CA, puts it: “The total segment appears to be growing slowly, but has hot pockets of activity.”

The bars category continues show good to strong levels of growth, with sufficiently diversified product offerings to appeal to nearly every type of shopper. Few product categories so seamlessly fit into today’s on-the-go lifestyle suited to on-demand snacking.

A-B-C Packaging Machine Corp.'s Model 19 packer is designed for snack manufacturers interested in automating their hand-packing lines.

Bunting Magnetics Co.’s NUHI Cartridge Magnet has been completely redesigned to address manufacturers' processing challenges.