date:Jun 23, 2015
Different packaging options can make an enormous difference to the bottom line, both through manufacturing costs and influencing a customers point-of-sale decision. Klckner Pentaplast, a Gordonsville, Va.-based manufacturer of forming films, worked with Package InSight, LLC, Clemson, S.C., to examine the effects of different substrates on cheese, specifically a rigid thermoformed package and a flexible cheese 4-sided pouch. The study was conducted in CUshop at Clemson University, Clemson, S.C.