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Grupo Nutresa, the largest food con- glomerate in Colombia and one of the seven largest in Latin America, is proud to introduce Cordillera Chocolates, its business-to-business brand. The company has been in the market for 98 years now, consolidating its chocolate expertise mainly in the confectionery and chocolate drinks industries. It was only in 2012 that the company decided to explore the B2B market internationally, con- solidating a value proposition for the industry in markets like the United States, Europe and Latin America. Since then, it has grown substantially, developing global accounts in the bakery, ice cream and snacks industries, Cordillera: Reliable Partners in Chocolate An interview with Chris Appelbaum, President, Lone Peak Labeling Systems OSD: Tell our readers about Lone Peak. CA: Lone Peak has been in business 28 years. Throughout that time, our primary focus has been to provide labeling solu- tions for grocery stores, food producers and manufactur- ers. Always striving to stay on the leading edge of tech- nology with our printing systems, our years of experi- ence have led to development of our complete solution, the Labeler. The Labeler provides the most dependable, user friendly and cost-effective label and tag printing system An interview with Joe Miglia, General Manager, Novacart. OSD: What kind of products does Novacart have to offer? JM: Novacart manufactures bakeable packaging. Novacart's bakeable packaging is by definition packag- ing that you can bake right in with no need to unmold and repackage and is ready for sale. We produce over 300 styles of paper baking molds and cups to handle any baking need. OSD: What does bakeable packaging mean? Founded in 1945, Principe is a third-generation, family- owned Italian company, with more than 70 years of tradi- tion, experience and unique know-how. The company, famous for its innate ability to always move forward and constantly innovate while maintaining sacred respect for tradition, has quite an interesting history. After losing everything in WWII, the Dukcevich family was forced to flee its native home of Croatia and take refuge in Trieste, a multi-cultural port city in northeastern Italy. This area, in the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, is locat- ed on the Austro-Hungarian border and is enveloped by the Alps. Noticing the unique culture and eating habits An interview with Bob Levi, Chief Executive Officer, Raymundo's Food Group, LLC. OSD: What does Raymundo's Food Group offer? BL: Raymundo's Food Group is a manu- facturer of ethnically inspired, refrigerated desserts, snacks and dairy products. Our portfolio of Raymundo's branded gelatins, flans, puddings, crème parfaits and other ready-to-eat products has strong connectivity to the growing Hispanic population with crossover appeal into the general market. Our Greek yogurts, drinkable yogurts and other specialty and ethnic dairy products Continued on Page 41 An interview with Ali Lotfi, President and co-Owner, Lacerta Group, Inc. OSD: Tell our readers about Lacerta. AL: We are a family-owned business, started over 25 years ago. We manufacture packaging for a variety of industries, with a focus on food. We have two facilities: one in Massachusetts with design, mold-making and thermoforming capabilities, and one in Mexico with thermoforming and injection molding capabilities. OSD: What would you say makes your business unique? Continued on Page 41 Continued on Page 36 Labeler from Lone Peak Novacart – The Bakeable Packaging Experts Raymundo's Food Group Redefines Identity Principe Delivers True Italian Tradition Innovative Packaging from Lacerta Continued on Page 41 Continued on Page 36 Continued on Page 36 Oser Communications Group New Orleans Tuesday, June 12, 2018 AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH IDDBA BOOTH #4508 BOOTH #5732 BOOTH #5240 BOOTH #3901 BOOTH #1555 BOOTH #5142