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PACKAGING
FUNCTIONAL
PACKAGING
by John Unrein
THE BIGGEST TREND AND
CHALLENGE facing the
packaging industry is finding the
balance between sustainability,
convenience, and safety. Inline
Plastics is the first PET food
packaging manufacturer in the
United States to provide product
with post-consumer content
recycled at the molecular
level - known as advanced
recycling. By using patented
reborn material and combining
it with its patented Safe-T-Fresh
tear-strip technology, Inline can
give consumers the convenient,
sustainable and safe packaging
they are looking for.
Carrie Cline, senior brand
manager, Inline Plastics, agrees
that there's a lot of talk nowadays
about smart packaging. Smart
packaging, Cline said, is a large
category of packaging that
uses technology to provide
functionality that goes beyond
just storing the product. One
aspect of " smart packaging "
in relation to the fresh foods
industry are containers that
utilize new technologies to
extend the shelf life.
" Our R&D team recognized
that various types of produce
require different oxygen levels
for peak freshness. That led our
Innovation Center to incorporate
specially designed vents into
certain product lines, " Cline said.
" Applications requiring vents
allow for optimized air flow to
create a unique atmospheric
property prolonging freshness
and extending the shelf life.
For those foods, we offer our
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specially designed containers
with this smart, venting
technology. Other products need
an air-tight container, and our
award-winning leak resistant
seals are the best option for those
applications. "
Effective packaging gives
retailers, processors and
consumers what they want.
Incorporating post-consumer
material in our production
process, allows Inline's R&D
teams to creatively design and
develop new, more convenient
packaging options.
" We offer consumers singleserve
and portable solutions,
while our customers receive
highly merchandisable packages
that promote their products at
shelf, " Cline said.
Tamper evident
Among the latest developments
in tamper evident packaging
design comes good natured
Products Inc.'s patent-pending
innovation GoodGuard, a
novel design optimized for
compostable and biobased
materials and only available from
good natured.
GoodGuard dual-sided tamper
evident containers will be
available in both commercially
compostable PLA and curbside
recyclable Bio-PET, both of which
use renewable, plant-based
materials. good natured is the
first to deliver an industry-leading
and exclusive assortment of
tamper evident food packaging in
the United States and Canada.
The patent-pending design
includes an intuitive feature
with no tear-away strips or small
pieces that can escape waste/
recycling streams to accumulate
in land and marine environments.
" Our technical team loves a
good challenge and developed
an innovative new packaging
design and processing technique
that takes into account the
technical specifications of PLA to
deliver a strong, safe packaging
solution that's made from plants,
not petroleum, " shared Michel
Labonte, good natured's chief
technology officer.
Expansion trail
In the past year, Anchor
Packaging, a leader in innovative
packaging solutions that protect
food and reduce waste, has hired
Subbu Subramanian as chief
supermarketperimeter.com
information officer, in addition
to adding to its award-winning
lineup of packaging options
supported by its ever-growing
production capabilities.
Based in St Louis, Anchor
Packaging LLC is one of North
America's largest thermoformers
and best-known for awardwinning
products designed to
preserve the taste and quality
of fresh and freshly-prepared
food. Anchor Packaging products
include Crisp Food Technologies,
Safe Pinch Tamper-Evident
containers, and many other
innovative and affordable
packages for restaurants and
retail foodservice. Anchor's
unique stock product line
includes over 450 rigid containers
and foodservice cling film.
Crisp Food Technologies
Novacart continues
to expand its product
line, including new
options for the graband-go
market.
NOVACART, GOOD NATURED, JOHN UNREIN
http://www.supermarketperimeter.com
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