processing and packaging
Potato breeder names industry veteran Derbidge new president
HZPC Americas Corp. has named a potato industry veteran as its new president. Aron Derbidge, who succeeds Jeff Scramlin, will begin leading operations... more »
$250M redevelopment of Growers Ice Co. campus on track to open in 2026
The $250 million redevelopment of Growers Ice Co.’s 28-acre campus in Salinas, California, into a 400,000-square-foot facility with dedicated space ... more »
CJ Biomaterials Inc. and NatureWorks join forces on sustainable materials solutions
CJ Biomaterials Inc., a division of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang and leading producer of polyhydroxyalkanoate, and NatureWorks, an advanced materi... more »
Cascade Organic Flour launches 50 lb. bag
Cascade Organic Flour introduces a new 50 lb. bag designed for retail and wholesale distributors, commercial and wholesale bakeries, and schools and o... more »
Second keynote at OPS 2022 to address ocean plastic
Every year, more than eight million tons of plastic waste escapes into the world’s oceans, the equivalent of setting five garbage bags full of trash... more »
Why Lipman Family Farms invests in organics and sustainable packaging
New green initiatives at Lipman Family Farms have grown to fruition. Lipman started getting into organics about 10 years ago. It doubled down five ... more »
Driving packaging sustainability in the time of COVID-19
The coronavirus may still be consumers’ top concern, but the pandemic hasn’t erased concern over environmental issues and demand for sustainabilit... more »
Paper-based, compostable packaging trend underway in Europe
The packaging industry is facing rapid change, and nowhere was this more evident than at Fruit Logistica 2020 in February, where sustainable packaging... more »