New Vacuum Packaging Solutions
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You probably have heard of vacuum packaging. Even if you’re not familiar with the term, this packaging technique is found in almost every type of product. There are clothes sealed in bags, canned foods, canned tennis balls, packaged dry foods like cereals, nuts, coffee, and meats and so on. To prolonging the shelf life of packaged foods and reduce the overall volume of the package, air is removed prior to the sealing process.
Since 1992, Gasung Pak has been manufacturing numerous different vacuum packaging machines. In 1997, the company successfully introduced a nozzle-type vacuum gas filling packaging machine into the local market, and in 2006, as a result of careful R & D, they designed a jumbo-size plastic sealing machine. Then just the next year, a new type of electric powered vacuum sealer took the market by surprise. Continuing development resulted in a high speed and accurate temperature controlled impulse sealer in 2008, and a new type of vacuum sealer that can control solenoid in 2009.>Each of their nozzle-type vacuum gas filling packaging machines is powered by an electrical motor to avoid jamming or. These machines use a digital controller giving their customers more accurate performance, the possibility of fine-tuning, and as much information as possible.
Source: Korea IT Times (press release)
2011 Pack Expo Las Vegas Sets New Records
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Charles Yuska, PMMI president/CEO, notes the show serves more than 40 vertical markets, including food, beverage, confectionery, pharmaceutical and baking and snack.
New additions this year were a Pharmaceutical Pavilion and The Consumer Retail Experience, an interactive feature created by Clemson University and sponsored by Kodak. There also were break areas sponsored by the Snack Food Assn. and the National Confectioners Assn.
The first Leadership Lecture featured Colin Powell, retired general and former secretary of state, speaking on the art of leadership. His address was titled "Diplomacy: Persuasion, Trust and Values." Other technical and educational sessions included an update of the Food Safety Modernization Act. Speakers were David Acheson, the FDA's former food safety head and now with consulting firm, Leavitt Partners; Leon Bruner, the Grocery Manufacturers' Assn.'s vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs; and Greg Flickinger, director of manufacturing for Snyder's-Lance Inc.
Source: Food Processing