Cama Group & Clevertech to Highlight Secondary Packaging Solutions, Success Stories at PetFood Forum 2023

Petfood and pet product manufacturers can realize multiple benefits – including improved efficiency and production – with Cama & Clevertech’s team approach to product handling, secondary packaging, and palletizing solutions. The companies will also be promoting the Petfood Competence Network (PCN). Learn more at Petfood Forum 2023, Booths 1738 & 1740. For petfood and pet…

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Matrix and Brenton Bring Efficient Pet Care Packaging to booths 2818 and 2816 at the Petfood Forum, May 2-3 in Kansas City

What are you waiting for? See how Matrix and Brenton bring flexible packaging solutions to your next pet care application. Whether you are packaging human food, petfood, treats, supplements, toys, and more – Matrix Packaging Machinery and Brenton, both ProMach brands, have you covered! Matrix will be demonstrating its Pacraft TT-8D-N pre-made pouch filler/sealer and the Elete vertical form fill seal machine, which are ideally…

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Palletizing Solutions Optimize End of Line Petfood Operations

Robotic Automation Seamlessly Integrates Existing End of Line Equipment By Brian Guzek, Regional Sales Manager at Brenton Engineering Petfood manufacturers, like other food manufacturers, are looking to gain efficiencies in their end-of-line operations. One way to achieve that is through automation. Adding a robotic solution brings many benefits to petfood manufacturers, including the ability to…

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Equipment Suppliers Solve Petfood Industry Challenges

Petfood Manufacturers Count on Flexibility, Sustainability and Easy-to-operate Machines By Billy Goodman, Managing Director, Cama North America and Wim Kruikemeijer, Global Key Account Manager, Cama Group We’ve witnessed a massive surge in demand for petfood and, as a result, our packaging technology. Petfood was already a significant market in 2019, and beginning in 2020 the…

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Troy Snader Leads Discussion on Green Packaging Initiatives at Petfood Forum 2022

Troy Snader, Senior Vice President of Business Development for ProMach’s Secondary Packaging Group, will present a Tech Talk on the state of green initiatives for petfood packaging at 10:45 a.m. May 4, at Petfood Forum, at the Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, Missouri. While there are numerous green or holistic choices when it comes…

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Petfood Forum 2018: Packaged Facts to Present on Trust and Transparency Trends

Trust is everything, especially in a pet product market that caters to pet parents who increasingly consider their furry, feathered, finned, and scaled animal companions as part of their families. This is why at Petfood Forum 2018—April 23-25 at the Kansas City Convention Center—there is an overarching focus on pet food transparency and building trust…

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Fit for Consumption

More Consumers Seek Quality Assurance in Petfood Production By Kimberly Durkot, Field Marketing Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific More than half of households worldwide are home to at least one domesticated animal according to market research by GfK. So it will come as no surprise that the global pet food and treats market is positively…

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Reap the Benefits of Shelf-ready Packaging

How to Choose the Right Case Packer By Billy Goodman, managing director of Cama North America Retail-ready packaging, also known as shelf-ready packaging, has been around just a mere 18 years or so and its popularity is growing rapidly. In 2021, this market was valued at $62.9 billion and is projected to grow across the…

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eNewsletter Archive

eNewsletter Archive Monthly eNewsletters January 2023 February 2023 March 2023 April 2023 May 2023 June 2023 July 2023 August 2023 August 2023 – Second September 2023 October 2023 November 2023 December 2023 January 2024 February 2024 March 2024 April 2024 Topic eNewsletters Automation – February 2023 Snack Food – March 2023 Flexible Packaging/Bags/Pouches – May…

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Compatible Solutions for Green Pet Food Packaging

Collaboration and Compatible Machinery Pave the Way for Sustainable Packaging By Troy Snader, Sr. Vice President of Business Development, ProMach’s Secondary Packaging Group Walk through any pet store and you will see just how popular organic dog and cat food has become. According to petkeen.com, a staggering $22.8 billion was spent on organic pet food…

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Schubert Expands North American Pet Food Business

With the increasing demand for automation and flexibility in pet food packaging, Schubert North America, a subsidiary of the German Schubert Group, is successfully expanding its pet food customer base in Canada and the U.S. Shubert is a market leader in top loading packaging machines, specializing in versatile and flexible packaging machinery that enables manufacturers…

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A Guide To Pet Food Labelling

By Brindha, Contributing Writer Many people adore pets, and give more importance to them by treating them more or like an extended family member. With the rising craze for pets in every home, the pet food industry is experiencing vast growth by producing unique pet foods and supplying it to the pet owners or retailers…

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ProAmpac Launches QUADFLEX Recyclable Flat Bottom Pouch Technology

ProAmpac, the leader in flexible packaging and material science, announces its latest addition to the ProActive Sustainability® platform, QUADFLEX® Recyclable. The format utilizes ProAmpac’s R-2000 recyclable laminated mono polyethylene product providing the marketplace a sustainable alternative to multi-material laminates. QUADFELX Recyclable is available in either a side gusseted with flat or pinched bottom stand up…

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Purina to Introduce World-First Recyclable Retort Pouch for Wet Pet Food

Purina has launched a first-of-its-kind recyclable flexible plastic packaging for wet pet food, beginning this month. The innovation will be the first introduced under the Felix brand in the Netherlands as part of a year-long pilot. This new pouch reportedly aims to simplify plastic structures in order to make them recyclable without compromising on the…

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