Printed Electronics, shelf life and smartphone applications are among the latest active and intelligent packaging developments trends with future potential, according to the Active and Intelligent Packaging Industry Association (AIPIA).
Aseptic processing and packaging is a ‘strong and growing series of technologies’, despite being much more complex than canning or traditional terminal sterilization, according to a leading expert.
Tetra Pak is hoping to support “strong growth” in demand for aseptic processing and packaging solutions in the Indian sub-continent and South Asia through the opening of a new €120m ($156m) facility in Chakan, India.
Nampak plans to invest in expansion in its African heartland, according to outgoing chief executive Andrew Marshall, reporting on the packaging firm's interim results.
Export expansion has boosted Manjushree Technopack's full year figures, as the Bangalore-based plastic packaging manufacturer adds to capacity with two newly built factories.
Coors Light will launch in a new can this summer that it claims has a smoother pour due to the the use of a double-vented wide mouth, while the package also includes innovations such as a frost brew liner, cold-activated mountains and two-stage cold indicators.
Tetra Pak has heralded the launch of its latest development - a high density polyethylene (HDPE) carton cap made from sugar cane – as “another important step” towards its goal of a 100% renewable packaging solution.
Novelis has completed a £1.7m (US$2.5m) upgrade at an aluminium can recycling plant which will serve as a launch production site for the evercan aluminium beverage can body sheet.
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Orangina-Schweppes France will package juice drink P'tit Oasis in a new 200ml aseptic package made by Ecolean, and claims the carton, with its air-filled handle and attached straw, will appeal to a target group of children and teenagers.
Ahlstrom is to increase the prices on its beverage materials to compensate for the continued high level of raw materials as well as utilities-related inflation.
Expera Speciality Solutions is to acquire the specialty paper business of Wausau Paper Corp and the Thilmany Division of Packaging Dynamics Corporation.
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) tells BeverageDaily.com it opposes a successful state bill allowing sales of malt beverages in pouches on recycling grounds, as Diageo eyes frozen alcoholic RTD success in another...
ColorMatrix has launched an oxygen scavenging solution for PET packaging claiming it offers enhanced container clarity to help customers achieve aesthetic and recyclability goals.
SIG was the main revenue highlight for Reynolds Group Holdings as it reported a decrease of $20m to $3.3.bn for the three month period ending 31 March this year.
After tough losses in the second quarter, Marfrig Alimentos SA, the second largest food processing firm in Brazil, has announced it plans to offload and close plants to alleviate its debt.
Organic growth and acquisition has led to Mocon creating four global business units: US-based Permeation; Industrial Analysers and Microbial Detection; and Package Testing, based in Denmark.
Beverage carton recycling has continued to increase in the UK, with half of all local authorities in the country now making kerbside collections, the Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the Environment (ACE) UK has revealed.
Red Bull will sell a limited edition camouflage-colored can from Memorial Day to Labour Day through military channels and retailers immediately surrounding bases.
Bacardi USA has partnered with the Coca-Cola Company and university researchers to created a robotic bartending system called Makr Shakr, and says it can help ‘bring spirits into the digital age’.
Breast Cancer UK has claimed there is a “wealth of peer reviewed, scientific evidence that raises serious concerns” over the safety of exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) but the UK agency responsible has reaffirmed its stance that the chemical does not pose...
Packaging firm Mondi overcame weak European demand to post first quarter strong profit figures, boosted by recent acquisitions, and strong performances in South Africa and its Packaging Paper division.
A large UK butchery firm in Lewisham, London, has been fined for safety failings after an employee sliced his forearm because his safety gloves offered insufficient protection.
Novelis has developed aluminium sheet with 90% recycled content enabling beverage can manufacturers the ability to have a product made of 70% recycled material.
Seasonal demand improvements are expected in North America and Brazil for paper and packaging but the supply chain in Industrial Packaging remains tight, according to International Paper.
Sun Capital Partners is planning to merger five of their flexible and rigid packaging portfolio businesses to create a company with operations in more than 70 countries.
A report by market research outfit Frost & Sullivan indicates antimicrobial food coating technologies and products are surging, thanks in large part due to concerns over increasing food safety, quality and shelf life.
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Sidel tells BeverageDaily.com that its new low output aseptic blow-fill-cap machine lends opportunities for beverage producers to test the market with PET on a smaller scale, and naturally suits ‘more niche brands’.
The situation in Europe is not improving but is not dramatically worse either and acquisitions in the region remain a possibility, according to Silgan.
No single solution for recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) full body sleeve labels will suit everybody and make the issue easily solvable, according to Eastman Chemical Company.
RPC is capturing increasing numbers of food manufacturers that are switching to plastic packaging from other materials - and not just for lightweighting - the company claimed at its press conference last week.
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) representative has laid out the approximately $296 million in its FY 2014 budget request tied to the Food Safety Modernization Act.
AB InBev claims that a new bowtie-shaped Budweiser can riffing on its logo, a permanent addition to its US packaging portfolio from May 6, is wholly unique and ‘very appealing to young adults’.
The horse meat scandal is set to cost European contract manufacturers tens of millions of euros as brand owners pass costs and losses up the supply chain.
Tetra Pak has reported net sales of €11.16bn ($14.6bn) for 2012 – a 4.2% year-on-year increase – despite what the Switzerland-based firm described as a “tough year.”
The global functional additives and barrier coatings market for plastic packaging is projected to reach almost $3.7bn by 2018, according to a report from SmithersPira.
PepsiCo tells BeverageDaily.com that it seeks partnerships with ‘relevant and attainable designers’ who keep the focus on the Diet Pepsi brand rather than overshadow it.
