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South Shore Insider: Plymouth packaging Co. looks to expand
Patriot Ledger October 15, 2011
Cheer Pack North America, a year-old consumer packaging company, has already outgrown its Plymouth plant, and President Steve Gosling said he's looking farther inland for its upcoming expansion...
The power of pouched packaging
Food & Beverage Packaging October 10, 2011
The latest and greatest products seem to be unveiling in bags and pouches, everything from baby food to beverages and even sauces. But what goes into packaging these pouches? Read on for a look into materials and systems that make pouches and bags “flexible royalty.”
The Freedonia Group has released a study announcing the growth of flexible packaging, which has an annual growth rate of 6.3% and is projected to grow from $2.055 billion in 2008 to $2.515 billion in 2013...
Cheer Pack Pouches on Exhibit at PLMA’s Private Label Tradeshow
Plymouth, MA, October 3, 2011 - Cheer Pack North America, a focused solution provider for brand owners looking at production capabilities for their spouted flexible packaging requirements, will display flexible spouted pouches at PLMA’s 2011 Private Label Tradeshow.
PLMA’s Private Label Tradeshow will be held November 13-15 at the Rosemont Convention Center in Chicago, IL. Supermarkets, super centers, drug chains, mass merchandisers, discounters, convenience stores, importers, exporters, wholesalers and the military exchanges come to the PLMA show to find new products, suppliers and packaging solutions. Product categories range from fresh, frozen and refrigerated foods, beverages, snacks and shelf-stable groceries to household and kitchen, paper and plastics, health and beauty aids and general merchandise...
Plant Expansions
Dairy Foods September 27, 2011
Cheer Pack North America expanded its manufacturing presence in the New England region by moving into a 30,000-square-foot facility in Plymouth, Mass. The facility in the Plymouth Industrial Park features office and manufacturing space. CPNA has expansion plans to convert films and manufacture pouches, as well as injection molding in the very near future. Cheer Pack North America’s business and staff are growing rapidly and further expansion in New England and the West Coast are already underway.
Cheer Pack joint venture expanding
Plastics News September 20, 2011
Cheer Pack North America LLC, the spouted-pouch joint venture of U.S., Italian and Japanese owners, has grown considerably since its launch in the summer of 2010.
The company started with 109,000 square feet of space at blow molder and thermoformer CDF Corp.’s pail and container factory in Plymouth. CPNA recently added 30,000 square feet of manufacturing space, and is scouting its second and third U.S. sites for regional production of its signature Cheer Pack line of spouted, side-gusseted, multilayer laminate pouches...
Cheer Pack North America expands
Food & Beverage Packaging September 2011
Cheer Pack North America has expanded its manufacturing presence in the New England region by moving into a 30,000 square foot facility in Plymouth, MA.
The facility in the Plymouth Industrial Park features office and manufacturing space. CPNA has expansion plans to convert films and manufacture pouches, as well as injection molding in the very near future. Cheer Pack North America’s business and staff are growing rapidly and further expansion in New England and the West Coast are already underway.
Plymouth manufacturer is adding 25 jobs
Patriot Ledger September 14, 2011
A Plymouth-based distributor of resealable drink pouches plans to add as many as 25 jobs at its plant in town as it shifts pouch manufacturing there from overseas locations.
Cheer Pack North America has added 35 employees since its incorporation last year and plans to add 25 more within the next eight months, according to Amanda Verash-Morris, a spokeswoman for Plymouth-based CDF Corp., one of Cheer Pack’s parent companies...
Cheer Pack North America Announces Expansion
Plymouth, MA, August 25, 2011 – Cheer Pack North America, a focused solution provider for brand owners looking at production capabilities for their spouted flexible packaging requirements, has expanded its manufacturing presence in the New England region by moving into a 30,000 square foot facility in Plymouth, MA...
Earth's Best baby food purees launch in pouches
Food & Beverage Packaging July 14, 2011
Smith Design, the New Jersey/California based brand design firm, has created the package design for Hain Celestial’s new Earth’s Best Baby Food Purees. The purees come in resealable pouches and hit shelves in July.
Smith Design worked closely with The Hain Celestial Group to extend their top selling baby food brand into the new pouch format. Pouches are one of several new formats and categories for Earth's Best, whose base line of baby foods come in classic, glass jars. The Purees feature 9 flavors combinations encompassing all 3 baby feeding stages...
Cheer Pack Pouches and Filler on Exhibit at PLMA’s Private Label Tradeshow
Plymouth, MA, October 25, 2010 - Cheer Pack North America, an all-in-one solution for brand owners looking at production capabilities for their flexible packaging requirements, will display flexible spouted pouches and have live Gualapack pilot filler demonstrations at PLMA’s 2010 Private Label Tradeshow...
Cheer Pack Speaks at Aseptipak 2010
Plymouth, MA, October 25, 2010 - Cheer Pack North America, an all-in-one solution for brand owners looking at production capabilities for their flexible packaging requirements, will be presenting “Aseptic Filling of Spouted Flexible Pouches and Sterilization Application for E-Beam Technology” at Aseptipak 2010 the Global Forum on Aseptic Processing, Filling and Packaging...
Pouches
Packaging Digest October 2010
Recent additions to the co.’s line of flexible products include the Cheer Pack® ...
Pouches, bag-in-boxes, pails, liners
Packaging World September 2010
CDF’s Cheer Pack is a flexible spouted single-serve retail pouch serving the food and beverage and cosmetic industries...
Cheer Pack pouches at Pack Expo International 2010
Plymouth, MA, August 11, 2010 - CDF Corporation, a leading manufacturer of liners for drums, pails, intermediate bulk containers and flexible packaging, will display flexible packaging solutions, have live interactive bag in box and pouch filling equipment demonstrations and distribute single-serve pouch samples at Pack Expo International 2010...
Supplier News
Food & Beverage Packaging August 2010
CDF Corp., a leading manufacturer of drum, pail and intermediate bulk container liners and flexible packaging, has expanded its manufacturing presence with the purchase of a 109,000-square foot facility in Plymouth, Mass. The company also announced that it has entered into a partnership with the Guala Group and Hosokawa Yoko Co. to create Cheer Pack North America to develop and support spouted packaging technology in North America.
Next Best Thing
Dairy Foods August 2010
These days, it’s all about the next best thing, whether it’s quieter, faster, cleaner, more efficient or just plain better. That’s why many equipment manufacturers are developing machinery that offers more flexible options.
Dairy Field Reports interviewed a few suppliers about their flexible packaging lines; here are their answers...
Cheer Pack pouches selected to exhibit at Nestle
Plymouth, MA, August 31, 2010- CDF Corporation, a leading manufacturer of liners for drums, pails, intermediate bulk containers and flexible packaging, will display flexible packaging solutions at TOPS Exhibition & Innovation Fair at Nestle PTC...
Exec: Newly formed Cheer Pack primed for growth next year
Plastics News July 2010
Plastic drum and pail manufacturer CDF Corp. of Plymouth recently entered into a partnership with packaging suppliers Guala Closures SpA of Alessandria, Italy, and Hosokawa Yoko Co. Ltd. of Tokyo, to create Cheer Pack North America LLC...
Global Pouch Forum puts innovation in the limelight
Flexible Packaging July 2010
At the 2010 Global Pouch Forum, held May 11-13 in Clearwater Beach, Fla., Ampac president and chief executive officer John Baumann emphasized a key point that is sometimes lost amid the daily battles in flexible packaging...
Pouch format is baby food 2.0
Packaging World July 2010
Two of the key brands in this innovative company’s portfolio come in this pouch format. The Cheer Pack pouches and the equipment for filling and capping them come from Cheer Pack North America, a strategic partnership established in 2008 and consisting of Japan’s Hosokawa Yoko, Italy’s Gualapack, and the USA’s CDF Corp. The pouches being marketed by The Nest Collective are made at a Hosokawa Yoko plant in China. The machinery filling and capping these pouches comes from Gualapack in Italy...
Kids: Food 'tastes better' in cartoon-themed packs
Packaging World June 2010
Talk about the power of suggestion! Here’s evidence that package graphics really do make a difference in sales. Yale researchers have determined that children perceive that food tastes better when it comes out of packages that bear cartoon figures...
Cheer Pack features easy flow and tamper evidence
Dairy Foods January 2010
CDF’s Cheer Pack is a flexible spouted pouch featuring a convenient, easy-flow straw and a reclosable, large tamper-evident, screw-on cap designed for squeezable liquids, gels, pastes and purees.
CDF’s Cheer Pack is a flexible spouted pouch featuring a convenient, easy-flow straw and a reclosable, large tamper-evident, screw-on cap designed for squeezable liquids, gels, pastes and purees. The Cheer Pack is available in a variety of sizes, styles and film choices, offers high-impact strength and excellent printability and is environmentally friendly. Additionally, its combination of barrier properties allow for easy cooling and heating.
Three cheers for a reclosable pouch
Food Engineering January 2010
Every container company is playing the green card these days, so it isn’t surprising that a new Canadian copacker would choose to call itself the Eco-Container Corp. While the sustainability of its multi-layer polyethylene and foil pouches is open to debate, Eco-Container’s partnership with Cheer Pack North America is attracting attention from other copackers...
Baby product market in need of nurturing
The Grocer's Top Products Survey 2009, Baby Products
While price rises and interest in premium brands is driving value across baby care, many sub-sectors are losing volume...
New fruit puree snack in squeezable pouch
Packaging Digest August 2009 - Dole Squish'ems! Featured On Cover
Designed with on-the-go children in mind, Dole Squish'ems! are packed in standup pouches with resealable safety caps. The pouches are designed for easy one-handed product delivery, which can encourage independent eating by young children...
Good stuff to snack on, and it travels well
The Boston Globe August 2009
If your tot is not quite ready for table food, the juggling of jars or frozen cubes can be a hassle when you travel. Plum Organics Tots MishMash is a fruit puree snack full of good stuff - organic ingredients, banana, peach, strawberry, no preservatives, no additives - that comes in resealable pouches...
Squeeze and eat!
Better Nutrition Magazine 2009
Squeeze and eat! Revolution Foods MASHUPS are squeezable fruit that are perfect for lunch boxes, snacks, and picnics. This 100 percent organic fruit purée — with no sugar added — can be eaten right out of the package...
Dole snack pack provides squeezable pouch, safer cap
Shelf Impact April 2009
Kids are drawn to food packaging that provides fun in addition to containing the product.
One product introduction that provides a notable recent example is Squish'ems!, a vitamin-enriched fruit snack from Dole Packaged Foods Canada. The flexible, squeezable stand-up pouch with a built-in straw encourages kids to make on-the-go consumption nutritious and fun...
Squeezable pouch is perfect for Squish’ems!
Packaging World April 2009
New Squish’ems! applesauce-based fruit snack is packaged in a flexible, squeezable stand-up pouch with a built-in straw and kid-friendly, resealable cap that makes on-the-go consumption nutritious and fun...
Fit to be tried
Flexible Packaging July 2008
Creatively engineered fitments and closures are adding value to flexible packaging, addressing requirements such as spill control, convenience and food safety.
Among the innovations are fitments and closures that are compatible with food processing technologies such as aseptic filling, retorting and hot filling. Indeed, many of the new fitments and closures are specifically designed for foods and beverages...