Thinking Outside the Box
Edison Award winner Aseptia to expand its production
Aseptia, the food technology firm that manufactures under the Wright Foods banner, is continuing its growth spurt - but this time, it's changing tactics. Aseptia, whose technologies help preserve foods you may eat every day, such as some Dole Food-branded pineapple and soup products, can't build fast enough to meet the needs of global food manufacturers, says Chief Technology Officer Michael Druga. That's why, instead of just manufacturing the food at its Raleigh facilities, it's prepping to leverage its technology inside the brand manufacturers themselves. A dozen conversations have begun with global brand partners, and the technology could be at outside food manufacturing facilities by the end of the year, he says. More
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Sensoring the Supermarket
Get the inside scoop with Edison Award winner SCiO
Want to know which cantaloupe is sweeter, whether that chicken is fresh, or what's in that bagel? Just whip out a new pocket-sized molecular sensor, aim it at the item and instantly see its quality, ripeness and nutritional value. Quickly analyze the molecular levels of foods, plants, medicines, and more, with results sent straight to your smart phone for review. SCiO puts molecular scanning at your fingertips. More
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Shelf Preservation
Food tastes better and lasts longer thanks to Edison Award winner Hiperbaric
A novel food safety and preservation enhancement process called High Pressure Processing can also produce significant improvements in meat tenderisation, recent research has shown. More
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The Main Squeeze
Edison Award winner SqueezyStraw is innovation you can grasp
SqueezyStraw™ includes both a liquid-containing pouch and a straw, all in one piece. Simple, easy, and low-cost, it can accommodate all liquids - chilled, frozen or ambient. Opens easily with a simple tear notch. The technology can produce virtually any single-serve package using conventional horizontal form-fill-seal packaging machinery. Use SqueezyStraw™ single-serve dispensing pouch for individual portions of liquid products, single serve, grab-and-go beverage packs in a wide range of sizes. It can even be produced in a 3.4 ounce size that is within the current TSA maximum for carry-on liquid containers for air travelers. More
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A Stand Up Buy
How Edison Award winner DOW is leading the packaging pack
PacXpert™ Packaging Technology is an innovative technology that enables the transition from larger traditional rigid containers to flexible packaging offering sustainability benefits and convenience. The distinctive flexible stand-up pouch is durable, lightweight, and cost effective. While flexible, the cube-shaped package is shelf stable and can stand equally well upright or on its side. More
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Get Inspired
With new drink possibilities from Edison Award Winner Pepsi Spire 2.0
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Check out all the photos from the 2015 Edison Awards Meet the Innovators Forum & Awards Gala Here
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COLLECTIVE DISRUPTION
How Corporations and Startups Can
Co-create Transformative New Businesses
Michael Docherty's new book "Collective Disruption" was published in March of 2015. In the book, Mike reveals how the smartest large companies are learning to partner with startups for disruptive new business creation. "Collective Disruption" provides established companies with a practical framework for plugging into the startup ecosystem to fuel and incubate new businesses as entrepreneurial ventures. Learn how Johnson & Johnson, Cisco, Jarden, P&G and others are already succeeding with these approaches.
It's time to challenge the paradigm that it's always the startups that disrupt large established companies. Through the Collective Disruptionsm model, we'll show you how to engage and leverage the startup ecosystem to create new market-disrupting businesses. More
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