Aramark, food and facilities management, says it will significantly reduce its single-use disposable plastics by 2022 starting with straws, cups and soup containers.
The 42 Degrees Company, which acquired the patent for self-heating coffee cans last year, has redeveloped the ingredients and packaging of the product launching it to suppliers and convenience stores soon.
Bruichladdich Distillery Co. has installed two Linx CSL30 laser coders from Linx Printing Technologies to reduce downtime on its whisky and gin bottle lines.
Marvolio’s Nostrums has launched a trio of small batch liqueurs combining premium spirits with fine ingredients to create complex and stimulating flavors.
France-based company Saverglass has started production at its first North American factory, in Jalisco, Mexico. The $120m facility has created 400 jobs producing high end and premium glass bottles.
Taghleef Industries (Ti) has reached an agreement to acquire Biofilm, a Bi-oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) films manufacturer for flexible packaging, labels and industrial applications.
Plastic makes up 45% of packaging material and will grow to 55% in the next decade, hitting $45.5bn, according to the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies (PMMI).
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded GEA a letter of no objection (LONO) for its ABF 1.2 technology, with integrated blowing, filling, capping and aseptic rotary blowing machine.
Ardagh Group discussed the environment and sustainability in its Q2 2018 financial results conference call recently, claiming it is working on improving and increasing the use of recycled materials in its Glass Packaging business in North America.
SIG has partnered with South Korea’s Seoul Dairy Cooperative (SDC) to launch ‘Achimae’ Soymilk (Morning Soymilk) in its Heat&Go microwaveable aseptic carton.
Ardagh Group has released its Q2 financial results ending June 30, 2018, claiming the US glass market is ‘being adversely impacted by a substantial rise in glass containers being imported from China and Mexico’.
BillerudKorsnäs and Uppsala University in Sweden are one step closer to making paper batteries, with pure cellulose from algae, for applications including smart packaging.
Vegware has led a campaign to increase the number of UK garden waste composting facilities, which can process certified compostable hot and cold cups and lids.
Indorama Ventures PCL (IVL), a global chemical producer, has entered into an agreement to acquire Sorepla Industrie, a plastics recycling facility in France.
Pretium Packaging has acquired Cox Container, which manufactures high-density polyethylene (HDPE) containers for food, beverage, dairy and industrial applications.
Kiefel says it will group all its packaging activities; in Freilassing (Germany) Mould & Matic (Austria) and Bosch-Sprang (the Netherlands) into one Kiefel Packaging Division.
Crown Holdings has scooped five awards at the 2018 International Metal Decorators Association (IMDA) Excellence in Quality Competition, including the event’s top prize, the Grand Award.
Petcore Europe, a Brussels-based organization representing the PET value chain in Europe, welcomed 15 members in 2018, taking its total to 50 individual company members and five European associations.
Amcor’s MaXQ digital system, EVRYTHNG and ScanTrust Internet of Things (IoT), Smartglyph and MagicAdd are just some of the technologies identified by PreScouter research, which has led to readily available smart packaging in 2018.
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.