BackBackThousands of professionals in special ingredients will convene in Las Vegas, October 4 through 6, to attend Supply Side West. Attendees will learn about wide range of products, including dietary supplements, functional food and beverages, personal care, and sports nutrition. In advance of this show, Nick Strickland, business director, agricultural & industrial packaging for Fres-co […]
Yeast has been around for thousands of years. While it is known primarily as the oldest food processing component, people in agriculture have also used it for another part of food products. So what is the best way to package this vital ingredient to maintain its viability? There is a strong case that flexible packaging […]
Newborn cattle (i.e., calves) have special nutritional needs. That may not seem so obvious to laypeople outside the cattle industry. After all, since humans thrive on cows’ milk, and calves get the same from their mothers, it may stand to reason that calves are also easily fed. But in truth, the primary source of food […]
The bond between horses and their owners appear to be much stronger than with other pets. This occurs as a result of the unique physical communication that occurs between a horse and its rider, a communion of sorts that is totally unlike playing with a dog or cat. One important way that owners show love […]
What is your immediate reaction to the image on this page? If you are like most people, you probably view mold so offensively that you forgot it’s a living organism — a plant that multiplies through its prolific spores, which travel far and wide before they take root on a host. But it’s not merely […]
Last month’s Pack Expo event in Chicago, Illinois was a huge success for the Fres-co team, as two impressive machines – the G14 and the FSU800 – were both on display for the thousands of attendees who crisscrossed the grounds of the sprawling McCormick Place convention center. Over the course of the four days in […]
From November 2-5, Fres-co will be exhibiting at the 2014 Pack Expo in Chicago, IL in booth S-4156. With so many great exhibits likely to fill the floor throughout the week, seeing everything the show has to offer will be a difficult task. However, if there’s one booth you make it a point to visit […]
Rigid waste…or flexible value? That is the question that many in the packaging industry are faced with as we transition into a new era of flexible packaging. The benefits of choosing flexible packaging over more traditional rigid packagire myriad – simply put, the level of innovation that is made possible by flexible packaging is hard […]
How the Termalock™ Industrial Sealer Enhances Flexible Barrier Packaging Flexible barrier packaging is quickly becoming a rising star in the packaging industry, protecting foods and other specialty products from oxygen, moisture, light and odors while also extending shelf life. At Fres-co, the flexible packaging solutions that we develop for our customers yield numerous benefits, and […]
The increasing sales of single-serve coffee brewing machines, coupled with Americans opting for quick-and-easy single-cups, present a new challenge to both coffee growers and roasters. The single-serve cups that are at the heart of this ever-growing format require the transport of increasingly higher volumes of ground coffee. This is where Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBCs), […]
