Food Packaging

Acquisition expands the company's wine and olive oil offerin

Berlin Packaging, the world's largest Hybrid Packaging Supplier®, announced today the acquisition of Panvetri, a family-owned supplier of glass and metal packaging for the wine and olive oil industries.

• Mondi and Thimonnier launch a new recyclable mono-material berlingot sachet for liquid soap refills
• The innovative new packaging reduces plastic usage by more than 75% compared to rigid plastic bottles
• The solution is designed to replace the current industry standard of non-recyclable plastic

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has joined forces with French machine supplier Thimonnier to develop a recyclable packaging that reduces plastic waste.

Experienced applications engineer joins company pioneering sustainable packaging in F&B sector.

IMA DAIRY & FOOD USA – whose equipment solutions comprise the long-established brands Gasti, Hamba, Hassia, Fillshape, Corazza, Erca and Intecma – has hired materials science engineering specialist Robert Lindsey as its newest Project Manager. In this role, Mr. Lindsey will oversee a variety of the company’s ongoing projects to improve sophisticated packaging processes in the dairy and food sectors.

In many European countries, resealable flow packs have been a preferred packaging concept for sliced meat, sausage and cheese products for many years. In Germany as well, the relevance of flow packs is steadily growing in many fields of application. This includes the packaging of salad, baked goods, cereal, snacks, sausages, frozen fish and shellfish – and most recently, even ground meat. Consumers respond positively to the material-efficient and lightweight bags, which is why many manufacturers and packers are considering this packaging concept more and more as an alternative.