Silgan Container Corporation - Leader in Food Packaging Industry

Packaging Success Stories and Consumer Research Findings Now Available at www.silgancontainers.com Woodland Hills, CA – May 26, 2006 - Silgan Containers, the leader in the food can packaging industry, is pleased to announce the restage of its website at www.silgancontainers.com . The new website offers insights into consumer preferences and includes a wealth of information about the food packaging industry. Updated research and even video feeds will be added on a regular basis, making the site a dynamic and interactive source for the industry. Silgan’s new site includes several independent research studies, measuring and analyzing consumer preferences for metal cans and competing food packages. White paper content examines IRI grocery scanner data along with qualitative consumer research, providing customers with the tools they need to make critical packaging decisions. The food packaging industry has become all about providing convenience and functionality to consumers. Silgan uses Smart Innovation™ to create consumer-driven packaging improvements, providing solutions that are easy to execute using existing food processing infrastructures and that grow our customers’ sales, profit and market share. To learn more, visit www.silgancontainers.com today. About Silgan Containers: Silgan Containers, a subsidiary of Silgan Holdings, is the largest manufacturer of metal food containers in North America, with a unit volume market share in the United States in 2005 of approximately half of the market and net sales of $1.886 billion. Our leadership is driven by high levels of quality, service and technological support, low cost producer position, strong long-term customer relationships and our proximity to customers through our widespread geographic presence.
Category: Food Packaging Industry

Food manufacture – Packaging machinery

Health & Safety Executive / Commission Food Packaging machinery - in all manufacturing industries Injury rate comparisons Packaging machines are used in most manufacturing industries although the majority are in the food/drink industries and, to a lesser extent, the pharmaceutical industries. Because of their widespread nature it is not possible to pinpoint an injury rate for any particular type of machine. However an analysis of machinery accidents investigated by HSE in the food/drink industries has established the following machines require particular attention: Conveyors
Category: Food Packaging Machine

APMA :: Australian Packaging Machinery Association

Alliances The Australian Packaging Machinery Association is a member of the Confederation of Packaging Machinery Associations. This network of national bodies represents global packaging machinery companies and allied user groups. Membership of the world body reflects the Associations commitment to co-operate with other major nations in the industry worldwide. Through the world body our Association has access to; a worldwide database for statistics, currently under review by the World Trade Organisation, education programs, training materials and enquiry services. In its own right the Association actively pursues ties with overseas businesses and organizations involved in the industry, as a means of developing international marketing opportunities for its Members.
Category: Food Packaging Machinery

Snack food bagger | Machine | Packaging World

Snack food bagger Published in Packaging World Magazine, February 2002 , p. 26 Ishida Apex baggers from Heat and Control (Hayward, CA) interface the compact continuous-motion Apex-100 with an Ishida multihead weigher, producing bags with tight seals at speeds to 150 bags/min. Features include programmable adjustment of jaw seal pressure, programmable stripping adjustment device that clears product from the film to assure a clean seal, and the programmable “D” motion of the sealing jaws that ensures that the product is kept out of the end seal area. For use with bag widths up to 9”. CLICK TO ENLARGE Supplier MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE Heat and Control, Inc. Hayward, CA 510-259-0500 Profile | www.heatandcontrol.com Newsletters
Category: Packaging For Snack Food