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GREEN PACK AGING transparent. “It really fits in the premium foods and beverages. The special challenge category,” says Shawn Askinosie, the com- for this packaging is the need to convey a pany’s founder and chocolate maker. Revere premium impression to consumers. Group (www.rgroup.com), Seattle, supplies Packaging with the “crunchy granola Askinosie’s NatureFlex bags. look” is fine for some brands, but compaPaperboard also is greening up, with nies at the high end “cannot sacrifice their special attention to packaging for premium brand to go environmental,” says David items such as gourmet, organic and 4/13/2007 11:56 AM Page 1 Lunati, director of marketing, Monadchemical processing 4_07.qxd luxury Sanitary Hygienic Dust-Free The best solution for moving bulk materials in packaging is with PIAB Vacuum Conveying. nock Paper Mills Inc. (www.mpm.com), Bennington, N.H. “You don’t want to go out there with dirty-looking board.” Materials that deliver, both environmentally and vis-à-vis branding, are becoming available for these high-end companies. Envi by Monadnock PC80 folding boxboard recently launched. In addition to offering brightness, smoothness, thickness and other qualities required for high-end printing and converting, Envi contains 80 percent post-consumer waste. Both the virgin and recycled fiber in this material are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification bodies, which is an assurance that the fiber was responsibly sourced. The material is geared to secondary packaging applications for gourmet foods as well as products in non-food, luxury categories. Earth-friendly, business-savvy In addition to many green packaging materials that are commercially available or in development, services that help food companies address how they choose and use resources are becoming available. Pretzel-maker Snyder’s of Hanover used the Packaging Systems Optimization (PSO) service of Georgia-Pacific LLC (www.gp.com), Atlanta, to reduce waste, lower costs and improve sustainability across the packaging supply chain. The PSO service evaluates a company’s entire packaging system to identify areas where processes can be improved. Results can be used to optimize nine areas of the supply chain, including package design, SKU consolidation, materials handling and distribution. Georgia-Pacific’s PSO Calculator is an online Yeah, they’re green: Applesauce cups from Metabolix are natural plastics made from sugar cane, switchgrass and corn sugar. Whether you're feeding material to a form, fill, seal machine or a volumetric feeder or feeding material to a mixer or a blender, PIAB's C-Series vacuum conveying systems make it all happen. Sanitary - 3-A & USDA accepted. Hygienic - quick-change filters prevent cross-contamination of ingredients. Dust-Free - vacuum technology by compressed air prevents product blow-by or leakage. For more information, call (800) 321-7422/(781) 337-7309 or e-mail us at info@piab.com www.piab.com 60 • FOOD PROCESSING SEPTEMBER 2007 WWW.FOODPROCESSING.COM http://www.mpm.com http://www.rgroup.com http://www.gp.com http://www.piab.com http://www.piab.com http://www.foodprocessing.com

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Food Processing - September 2007

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