HAVI, Downers Grove, Ill., introduced new SIX500 rigid trays and bowls, what are said to be the first and only oven-to-table containers designed to withstand 525°F for up to 6 minutes.

Anchor Packaging LLC, St. Louis, Mo., announced a partnership with The Jordan Co., a New York-based private equity firm.

Fabri-Kal, Kalamazoo, Mich., added new 12- and 16-ounce sizes to its SideKicks containers line.

Fresh food container demand in the United States is projected to increase 3.7% per year to $1.1 billion in 2022, according to “Food Containers in the US, 11th Edition,” a new study from The Freedonia Group, Cleveland, Ohio.

Berlin Packaging, Chicago, opened a new facility in Lockport, Ill., for Freund Container & Supply, a Lisle, Ill.-based division focused on convenience quantities of packaging and industrial supplies.

The global dual-ovenable trays and containers market is estimated to be valued at $1,554.5 million in 2018.

CHEP, Livonia, Mich., opened the doors to its newest container service center, situated in Redlands, Calif.

To help understand which attributes make containers easier or harder to dispense, PTI tracked the force needed to dispense, along with the amount dispensed per millimeter of indentation, for a variety of 20- to 25-ounce containers in different product categories.

RPC Sæplast, Canada, introduced a spill-resistant version of its 660L PE container, ideal for the handling of products suspended in liquid or semi-fluid matter.