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equipment & packaging

LATEST INNOVATION
With more and more consumers snacking and turning to on-the-go
convenience packaging, the importance of having tamper-evident and
tamper-resistant packs to put product in has never been greater. And
packaging suppliers are there to meet the need with new and innovative containers.
Shelton, Connecticut-based Inline Plastics Corp. launched its
PagodaWare in September 2017. Representing a new generation of
pagoda-shaped packages, PagodaWare offers a unique 360-degree
view of the products it contains.
Just five months after the line's rollout, says Cindy Blish, Inline's
associate brand and communications manager, Inline expanded
PagodaWare, adding three smaller size options.
Even more recently, in August, Inline expanded its SnackWare line,
adding a wrap container and 2- and 4-compartment options in a variety
of sizes, Blish says. Both PagodaWare and SnackWare are part of Inline's
Safe-T-Fresh family of products featuring the Safe-T-Guard patented
tear strip.
The expansion of the SnackWare line was driven in large part by
Inline's close reading of current consumer trends, Blish says.
"One recent study shows that 91 percent of consumers snack several
times a day," she says. "This need for convenience is matched by a need
for food safety."

Tamper-evident
packaging
The expansion of the SnackWare line, Blish says, offers solutions for
consumers looking to grab healthy, "right-sized" snacks that they can
take anywhere, knowing that the food will remain safe and secure until
they pull Inline's well-known and recognized tamper-evident tear strip.
Another hot food industry trend - convenience - has also driven
stronger demand for tamper-evident packaging, says Lynn Dyer, president of the Falls Church, Virginia-based Foodservice Packaging Institute.
"Consumers have a variety of options to get their prepared foods
and beverages, and for the time-crunched consumer, grab and go
options are a favorite," Dyer says. " Retail and foodservice outlets have
responded with more of these items, showcasing them in hot and
cold display cases. Tamper-evident packages provide an assurance to
consumers that those items have not been adulterated."

Award-winning design
In recent years, packaging manufacturers have been raising the bar on
tamper-evident and tamper-resistant product, Dyer says. Take the 2017
Foodservice Package of the Year for Innovation Award winner.
"Pan Pacific Manufacturing created Seal-2-Go tamper-evident carryout
bags that are sealed by the foodservice operator once filled and then
easily opened by the customer," Dyer says. "Foodservice packaging is
there to support today's food and beverage trends, and given the exponential growth of delivery, this innovation was rightly awarded."

Inline's tamper-evident packaging innovations will continue with the
opening of the company's Innovation Center, an R&D facility in Milford,
Connecticut. The high-tech facility includes a technical library, an
upgraded quality lab and thermoforming machines to design, develop
and test new products before mass production. Following a year-long
renovation and repurposing of an existing Inline facility, the Innovation
Center opened its doors in March.
"The Inline Plastics Innovation Center was strategically designed to
both increase the creativity of our R&D teams in developing new and
innovative products, as well as improve the efficiency of getting those

Pan Pacific's Seal-2-Go tamper-evident carryout bags protect foods from
being tampered with or stolen during delivery.
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PAN PACIFIC MANUFACTURING, INLINE PLASTICS CORP.

With Seal-2-Go, foodservice purveyors and their customers don't have
to worry about food being tampered with or stolen during delivery.
The patent-pending technology features a permanent closure adhesive strip, built-in vent passages, a wide opening top that allows for easy
loading, a perforated line for opening the package once delivered and
custom printing.

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