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As part of the UFP Industries family, we now have unparalleled access to cutting-edge technology and a vast array of products. This partnership is all about unlocking new horizons for our clients and partners: • With UFP Industries, we're equipped with the latest and greatest in packaging technology, enabling us to push the boundaries of innovation. • Our expanded network means seamless access to global resources and expertise, ensuring we can meet your packaging needs on a larger scale. • Ficus Pax now offers an even broader range of packaging solutions, each designed to cater to specific requirements with precision. • Together with UFP Industries, we're committed to sustainability, striving to reduce our environmental footprint and create eco-friendly packaging solutions. This partnership signifies a commitment to progress, innovation, and serving you better. Stay tuned as we leverage these enhanced capabilities to shape the future of packaging. #UFPindustries #cuttingedgetechnology #partnershipannouncement #innovationboundaries #globalresources #packagingexpertise #precisionpackaging #sustainabilitycommitment #reducingfootprint #ecofriendlysolutions #packaginginnovation #globalnetwork #enhancedcapabilities #servingyoubetter #packagingsolutions #environmentalconsciousness #sustainablepackaging #globalpartnership #packagingnetwork #FicusPax

Will reusable packaging outweigh the single-use and soon become consumer-love, and yet, pro-environmental options? For the first time, residents in Germany were surveyed, revealing their knowledge, emotions, attitude, etc. and their REUSE habit and behavior for takeaways. Both systems, i.e.: with ownership (such as BYOP) and without ownership (e.g.: lending services provided by Recup, Vytal, regood), were incorporated for further comparison. Reasons for the unwillingness to adopt reusable packaging are partially explained in our Summary Report - the collaborative work of SRH, HWR, Mehrwegverband Deutschland e.V. and mehrweg.einfach.machen. - that you can find below. Please feel free to share it to your channels and contact us for any questions you might have. Let’s wait for our final paper for more details! Henning Kreis Mehrwegverband Deutschland e.V. #mehrweg.einfach.machen.

🎙️ Enotech Shortcast Alert! 🚀Join us today as we delve into the maiden collaborative venture between Enotech and TREAVES! 🧊♻️🤫 From 2017-2019, in partnership with the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, we embarked on pioneering research focusing on the energetic optimization of dry ice cleaning and noise reduction in blasting processes.  🔙 Christian, who was then a part of the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences and now an engineer at TREAVES, alongside Dennis, reflects on the initial project, reminiscing about its challenges. ➡️ How does one achieve passive intervention in dry ice blasting? What possibilities lie within silencers? Does it echo methods used in the arms industry? And what's the correlation with an old sea freight container? A diverse range of silencers tailored to specific applications was developed.  🏆👉🏼 Following multiple test series, both agree that while the initial project didn't entirely meet its primary goal in retrospect, the infrastructure established paved the way for continued collaboration—a significant win. #EnotechShortcast #CollaborativeResearch #TREAVESPartnership #InnovationJourney #DryIceTechnology #ResearchInsights

Successful edition of Food Tech Event 2024 🦾 Last week, we were at the Food Tech Event in the Brabanthallen, together with our partner Stäubli. We shared our knowledge and expertise in production automation, robotics, quality control, hygienic design, and mechanical engineering. The food industry is increasingly recognizing the need for new technologies to meet growing challenges. This was strongly emphasized during the engaging conversations we were fortunate to have. But that wasn’t all; these points also stood out to us, and we would like to share them with you: → Questions about maintaining profitability and labor shortages often come up, along with a clear need for professional solutions. The energy issue also increasingly demands attention. → Many companies are willing to innovate but do not know where to start. With our approach, we assist companies in this by setting clear steps and manageable goals. → Inspecting and ensuring quality is a current topic among food producers. Sensor technology and the measurement and use of data play an important role in this. → Many companies recognize that diversity in product, process, and consumer demands poses significant challenges in the automation of processes. Our see, think, act approach fits in well here and makes automation manageable. Couldn't make it last week and see yourself in any of these issues? No worries, we are working on these challenges and technological solutions every day in our Development Lab in Arnhem. Curious about the possibilities we offer? We would like to invite you to visit our lab. Contact us to make an appointment, and we’d be happy to share more information with you! #foodautomation #visionai #ai #foodindustry

For anyone in the retail, environmental, supply chain or packaging industries. This is sooo important and it will be a great session

Having difficulties with handling of #OrganicMaterials in the lab? Check out our latest video featuring the Managing Director of ESSLAB and learn how the ePrep® ONE workstation stepped in to enhance consistency and performance across the #laboratory. Dealing with organic materials has never been easier, from crafting reference materials to direct #SamplePreparation. Take a look: https://ow.ly/QJ0q50QH27G #LabInnovation #LaboratoryStandards

Over the years, I’ve learnt that in agriculture we value science. We value the role research and technology play in our industry, and the productivity gains they’ve given the whole industry. You will often see science and technology used in advertising, or as a party of a company’s value statement. We agree. Science and rigorous data are important to us at AgInnovate too. That’s one of the reasons we run (and attend) so many training days, research days, or field walks. We love hearing, and talking about, the science. It’s why we run our extension micro-courses, to train the scientists to be able to communicate science better. Keep it up agriculture – keep asking the questions and looking for ways to improve! We’ll be there the whole step of the way. #aginnovate #peopleinag #valuingscience #lovewhatwedo #sciencecommunication

#onthisday in #tech #history -- October 7, 1952 🗓️ Barcode Technology Patented 📃 American inventors Norman Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver are granted US Patent 2,612,994 for “Classifying Apparatus and Method,” described as “article classification through the medium of identifying patterns.” Of course, today we better know these “identifying patterns” as barcodes. Woodland and Silver eventually sold their patent for only $15,000 but were later inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame. Barcodes were first used commercially in 1966 and it rapidly developed that eventually by 1970, there was a requirement to have some sort of industry standard set. A company called Logicon Inc. created the Universal Grocery Products Identification Code or UGPIC for short in order to implement the barcode throughout the retail industry. Monarch Marking, based in the United States of America, was the first company to produce barcode equipment using UGPIC for retail trade use. British company, Plessey Telecommunications followed suit, creating their equipment later in the same year. The UGPIC was transformed into UPC, or Universal Product Code symbol set, which is still used in the United States of America. The first piece of equipment using UPC was installed in a Marsh’s supermarket in Ohio and the first product checked out using a barcode was a packet of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Chewing Gum on June 26, 1974. From Marcel Brown thisdayintechhistory.com #barcode #scanning #upc #usa #patent #invention

Exciting news! Not only is The Spoon running a full day of food tech programming at CES, we are also going to have a half day of ag tech programming at North America's biggest technology and innovation conference this January. It is the first time ever there will be an ag tech track at Consumer Technology Association's big show. One panel I am really excited about is New Voices in Tech-Powered Farms. The session will be focused exclusively on innovative farmers who are utilizing technology in new and interesting ways to overcome challenges and create innovative business models. It's a session comprised exclusively of technology adopters (no vendors), telling us their story. If you know of someone who is utilizing technology in new and interesting way on the farm, please let me know in comments or drop me a DM! #CES #agtech #Foodtech

Another #TechTuesday is here: Insecticide resistance has steadily increased over recent years, however, an IU researcher has developed a yeast RNAi insecticide that can be used to kill Drosophila Suzukii which overcomes resistance and environmental concerns. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/g_9Rzb-X #insecticide #technology #innovation #invention #techtransfer #commercialization