Tetra Pak cartons hold the lowest appeal among all packaging formats for UK wine consumers, and face a tough fight to win significant market share from the likes of glass and PET.
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) says it is adopting the British Retail Consortium's (BRC's) on-pack recycling label to provide consumers with information on what packaging materials local authorities collect for recycling.
Avery Dennison has launched its first range of wash-off labels for glass and PET bottles, designed to wash off at temperatures lower than the industry average and assist recycling.
Brand owners may want to consider circular shaped graphics for beverage packaging, as a new report suggests consumers are subconsciously drawn to less angular designs.
Novelis revealed they are working on a beverage can made of 100% recycled aluminium in their Q1 results conference call and described it as the “ultimate sustainable package.”
The majority of Japanese consumers believe that the opening diameters of screw-top aluminium bottles are too small, a study has found, while also determining that 33mm is the optimum size for 'drinking ease'.
Increasing disposable consumer income especially in Asia will drive the growth of aseptic packaging in the next five years, according to a market analysis.
Ball Packaging Europe says the recent fire at its beverage can production facility in North Wales was caused by a machine that applied a coating to can rims, as the plant resumes full production.
Chinese soft drinks manufacturer Wahaha has signed a deal with the UK’s Nottingham University to collaborate on research and development covering areas including bioenergy, food technology and electric motors.
Zero Waste Scotland says it will continue to invest in firms that cut product and packaging waste, as it encourages SME’s in the country to apply for grants from its newly announced ₤100,000 fund.
Beverage packaging giant APPE says work on a new Polish PET facility is on schedule and that commercial production is set to begin in December, ahead of full operation from January 2013.
The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) has warned the growing rate of full body sleeve labels on PET Bottles has grown from a novelty to a hindrance for recyclers.
Belgian printing company Verstraete claims there is a lot of interest from potential customers as it prepares to roll out its novel super-transparent label across Europe and North America.
Coca-Cola Amatil has opened a new manufacturing facility in New Zealand at the cost of NZ$35m, which includes two beverage bottle production lines and a new aluminium can line.
Despite media reports that a growing number of North American craft brewers are reaching for cans, glass packaging giant O-I insists this isn’t a major trend, nor is it at the expense of glass bottles.
Coca-Cola Enterprises has told BeverageDaily.com that a fire at Ball Packaging Europe's beverage can facility in Wrexham will not affect end consumers, since the firm was not a current UK supplier.
The Coca-Cola Company has developed and tested a ‘first of its kind’ beverage process water recovery system that it says could save up to 100bn litres per year if adopted across its bottling network.
Ball Packaging Europe has suffered a fire at a UK beverage can production facility, and insists it is still evaluating the damage with a view to restoring the massive plant to full production as soon as possible.
A Canadian inventor tells BeverageDaily.com that he believes his patented ‘next generation’ swivelling beverage can tab could be a runaway success, as he confirms talks with major beverage companies.
Ardagh has announced it will acquire Anchor Glass Container Corporation for US$880m (€721m) which will raise their share of the US glass industry to almost a quarter of the market.
A new stand-up beverage pouch range developed by Smurfit Kappa represents a 'natural evolution' in wine packaging, offering a lighter, cheaper alternative to glass, the company claims.
Petcore and EuPR have said that European post-sorting polyethylene terephthalate (PET) collection reached 1.59 million tonnes last year, an increase of 9.4% on 2010.
A new Finnish study suggests that xylans and mannans, plant cell wall polysaccharides derived from agricultural and forestry sidestreams, could replace starch as a base material for biodegradable packaging.
APPE has refuted reports that parent company La Seda de Barcelona (LSB) has shelved plans to grow the plastics packaging business after failing to raise sufficient share capital.
SIG Combibloc has highlighted the strong growth potential of RTD coffee drinks in Brazil as it launches 250ml cartons there for the first time, with demand led by a 'dynamic, young consumer group' who consume beverages 'on the go'.
Cermex has launched a new continuous lane divider called DiviArm and said it has taken a 'strategic decision' to build up its complete range of machines to target sectors such as the beverage industry.
Ball Packaging has managed to break into the Italian market with its new 330ml 'sleek can', with Italian beverage company San Benedetto adopting the packaging across RTD tea, Tonica and Lemon Schweppes lines.
Britvic revealed today that it suspects there may be a 'design issue' with a new packaging cap design that led to a massive Fruit Shoot beverage recall last Tuesday, and predicts the crisis could now cost it between £15m and £25m.
A hoax video claiming that the Coca-Cola Company planned to launch a 'Coca-Cola Bag' worldwide has duped the world media, leading the company to rush out a statement yesterday clarifying it was not the author of the media that went viral on...
Guala Closures said it has reached an agreement to take over a South African closure manufacturer as part of a strategy to boost its presence in the fast-growing sub-Saharan African market.
Sidel has told BeverageDaily.com that its new High Speed Combi Predis FMa filling system was designed meet the high volumes demanded by the single-serve PET beverage market in countries like China.
Photonic BioSystems has developed an oxygen detection dye that can be incorporated inside sealed packages in the manufacturing stage to maintain quality control for the food and beverage sector.
