Author Archives: Brian Butler

Brian L. Butler of Fres-co System USA, Inc. is a Business Development Manager in processed foods, with primary responsibilities in the retort and aseptic shelf stable markets. He holds a Master of Science degree in food science from Clemson University, as well as a Bachelor of Science from Michigan State University in packaging science. He also has several patents for a variety of storage media. Brian is just one of Fres-co’s highly experienced packaging professionals who consult with our customers and helps provide “flexible thinking” to their unique packaging challenges. Contact us at contact@fresco.com or call at 215.721.4600 to learn more about Fres-co’s wide range of flexible packaging solutions for liquid food and beverages, as well as for coffee, agricultural and industrial products, and more.

Ditching Rigid: Seven Reasons to Switch to Flexible Beverage Packaging

| February 13, 2019

If you’re a producer looking for flexible beverage packaging, be strategic before making the switch. Here is a list of seven considerations to make before ditching rigid packaging. As discussed in most packaging publications and in another Fres-co blog, high-barrier flexible packaging is on the rise for the food service industry, growing at an estimated […]

Ideas to Address Generational Differences in Your Flexible Packaging

| June 5, 2018

We packagers, like others involved in marketing, are obligated (if we’re being strategic) to address the needs of the three distinct generations in the U.S. vying for our marketing dollars: Baby Boomers (the post-War group born between 1946 and 1964); Generation X (born in the early 1960s to the early 1980s and overlap with Boomers […]

Eight Quick Reasons Why Flexible Packaging Is Replacing the #10 Can

| February 2, 2017

High-barrier flexible packaging is on the rise for the food service industry. According to a study released by ReportsnReports in May 2016, the worldwide flexible packaging market is expected to reach $125.66 billion by 2021, growing at an estimated annual rate of 5.11 percent between 2016 and 2021. Additionally, retort pouches in particular are expected […]