The very first meeting of the newly founded International Chefs' Circle (ICC) took place on 26-27 September 2007 at Packforum, Sealed Air's world-class permanent customer care center located near Paris. The meeting gathered all founding members with the aim of defining the operating rules and cope of the ICC, as well as the framework of its first annual International Culinary Schools contest.
Packforum, the Sealed Air Cryovac European customer care center, continues to build momentum in the world of food packaging by bringing industry experts together to discuss latest trends and share future insights.
The last event which took place on 27-28 June 2007 focused on smoked and processed meats. The event attracted 46 participants representing 34 different companies from all over Europe and Mexico. High level guest speakers presented and discussed global, regional and local developments in the smoked and processed meat marketplace, and exploring, hands on, the latest innovations in packaging solutions.
The latter embraced not only packaging materials and equipment but also areas such as design, branding and consumer communication.
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Gate Gourmet today announced that it has reached an agreement to
acquire deSter Holding BV of Amsterdam, the world’s leading supplier of
airline passenger contact and comfort items, such as cutlery, chinaware
and amenity kits. deSter also owns Supplair, the leading provider of
alternative airline meal solutions assembled off-airport.
The goal of every innovation is to create and deliver value to the customer and/or passenger that is clearly greater than the available alternatives. The difference must be compelling both to the air, cruise or rail line company and the passengers.
But how do you start to develop new value for the customer and passenger?
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The "Best of" Packforum Award took place on 21 September 2006 during the third Retail Press Day. The contest invites international chief editors of retail publications to vote for the best
packaging amongst 20 innovative European retail packs. Editors are asked to
evaluate each pack, giving a score between 1 and 10 for each of the following
criteria: convenience, presentation, innovation, merchandising and
environmental impact.
Scanvaegt announced a special packing, weighing and filling solution regardless of the the food being wet, dry or frozen. The multihead weighers, ScanCombinator 5400™ series, available with 10, 14 or 18 heads have a solid construction and a 3-year guarantee on the load cells which are made of stainless steel.
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Fredrik von Oelreich has been appointed chairman of the board of Rexcell Tissue & Airlaid AB and President of Duni Europe. As of September 1, the European activities of Duni will be integrated into Table Top Europe headed by Frederik Oelreich. The new Group structure implies that Duni will be organized in three separate legal units and independent Business areas: Duni Europe, Duni Americas and deSter.
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PITTSBURGH--The H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) is marking the occasion of its famous Ketchup brand's 130th birthday by allowing consumers to celebrate their own occasions with a special bottle of red - Ketchup that is. By visiting www.myheinz.com, consumers can pen their own witty, sentimental or celebratory message on the iconic ketchup bottles for the ultimate unique party favor or personalized gift.
