Bosch has announced it will sell its packaging machinery business (PA), more specifically the pharmaceuticals and food units of its Packaging Technology division to focus on its core business.
Ball Corporation will cease production at its beverage packaging plant in Cuiabá, Brazil: transferring production to its 13 other plants in South America.
Made from 100% ‘forest-based renewable raw materials’, the SIGnature Pack first launched in July 2017 and will make its North American debut with non-dairy creamer brand Nutpods this fall.
North Carolina-based Clear Water Manufacturing has launched a machine that can filter, fill and cap more than 300 bottles of water per one-hour cycle on-site at any location, including campuses, hotels, stadiums or in retail spaces.
Production of Coca-Cola in the UK has been affected by a shortage of carbon dioxide with ‘temporary pauses on some production lines’. However, the company says has been no disruption to supply to date.
Premium UK spring water brand Harrogate has debuted a sustainable custom ‘Bag-in-Box’ packaging, in partnership with DS Smith, for growing online water sales.
Natural source water brand Highland Spring is trialing a 100% rPET bottle in the UK, and will use the trial to gain insight into consumer perception of recycled plastics.
Single use plastics are under global scrutiny, and brands are moving towards more sustainable formats. However, brands will need to work closely with coding and marking experts to ensure packaging remains robust and fit for use, according to Videojet...
The AIPIA (Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association) kicked off its first American Summit June 4, announcing it is expanding in Asia after launching its first Chinese language website.
Malibu has changed the way it approaches its marketing over the last few years working on ‘an influencer market approach’ where it works with people to promote the brand on social media.
Tri-Seal, part of Tekni-Plex has been granted a patent for its Sniff Seal technology, which can be used for a variety of product categories including dairy, confectionery, bakery and beverages.
Cranswick; WPO & Axion Polymers get vocal about plastic recycling
Cranswick fresh food producers has partnered with Waitrose, Iceland and Surfers Against Sewage, to drive debate and influence change of the single use of plastic.
'Visual codes such as UPC (Universal Product Codes) and QR (Quick Response) have been around for decades. They are ‘artifacts’ of a time when machines required visual symbologies'.
'Malibu consumers are young, social, digital natives and brands need to be able to speak to them in the right place, at the right time', according to Caitriona Murphy, global brand manager, The Absolut Company.
The European Commission has proposed rules to cut use of single use plastics including a ban on cutlery, straws and drink stirrers and reduced use of food containers and drinks cups.
Chilean dairy brand Soprole has launched a new probiotic product for children, packaged in a 80 ml Tetra Pak container – the first time such packaging has been used in Chile.
The European Federation of Bottled Waters (EFBW) has set targets to use an average of at least 25% rPET in plastic bottles, and collect 90% of all PET bottles, by 2025.
Single use, disposable plastic straws are under fire as consumers become more conscious about their impact on the environment. Tetra Pak, therefore, has pledged to launch a paper straw by the end of the year - but how easy is this to do?
FinalStaw – a collapsible, resusable straw – set out to raise $12,000 on Kickstarter. Within seven days it had gained $550,000 from more than 11,000 backers. Co-founder Emma Cohen says this proves that people do care about the planet and want to see change....
After being among the first craft breweries to can its beer nearly 20 years ago, Oskar Blues of Colorado has introduced its latest packaging innovation of 24-can variety packs using collated shrink packaging engineered by The Dow Chemical Company. And...
Britvic, Danone, Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo are among more than 40 businesses that have pledged to reduce plastic packaging waste in the UK by 2025.
Pernod Ricard USA is collaborating with start-up Loliware – a company that has created compostable and edible drinking straws – in an effort to ‘reimagine the cocktail consumption experience’.
Processing Technologies International (PTi) has opened a 15,000-sq-ft Technology Development Center (TDC), with two demonstration sheet extrusion systems, for process trials on production-scale systems.
The UK government has announced plans to end sales of plastic straws, drink stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds, encouraging other Commonwealth countries to take similar steps to cut down on plastic waste.
A bottle made from flax fibres could provide a lightweight, biodegradable alternative to traditional glass wine spirit and beer bottles: according to the French company that will put the first flax-based bottle on the market this year.
Nestlé has announced a vision for none of its packaging to end up in landfill or as litter, highlighting the potential for PET to be a reusable resource. But it acknowledges the size of the challenge for bottled water when, across the industry, only half...
Tetra Pak has launched a suite of new packaging material effects, known as Tetra Pak Artistry, which the company said will help food and beverage producers revitalize the look and feel of their products.
Ecolean showcased its latest packaging at Anuga FoodTec this month including alcoholic mojito drinks, tea whitener, which can be heated in the microwave, and ready-to-drink tomato soup packaging.
The bottled water industry has cautioned against drawing conclusions from a non-peer reviewed study that found microplastic particles in bottled water: sayings the findings are ‘weak’ and ‘alarmist’.
