Steeped Bags packaging is made using renewable and compostable materials. 

Adaptability is the sweet spot for succeeding in today’s changing confectionery industry. The convergence of several consumer trends, such as single-serve portions and on-the-go packaging, is driving the demand for more flexible form/fill/seal (FFS) technology.

It’s estimated that 18,000 single-serve coffee pods are discarded every minute. In fact, lined up, the pods that are thrown away each year could circle the Earth more than 10 times. 

We profiled Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing (T.H.E.M) in our June issue, specifically on how its stick packs are bringing single-serve options to the coffee market. But as you know, coffee is hardly the only thing that stick packs can help package.  

One of the biggest areas where Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing (T.H.E.M.) is seeing growth in single-serve packaging of liquids is in coffee.

When major coffee manufacturers introduced single-serve coffee pods a few years ago, they probably weren’t bargaining for national news coverage and contentious debates.