Bottling, Canning & Cartoning
Americas: Crown’s JV in Brazil offers 550ml beverage cans
Crown Embalagens Metálicas da Amazônia S.A. (Crown Brazil) is offering a 550ml beverage can that drink brands can use to leverage this culture of...
Americas: Two brewing companies partner after contest
Craft Brew Alliance (CBA), an independent craft brewing company, has signed a Letter of Intent to form a partnership with Appalachian Mountain Brewery (AMB)...
Europe: Elopak launches renewable PE beverage cartons
Elopak has launched beverage cartons featuring certified renewable polyethylene (PE) with renewable coating in Europe.
The company uses second generation renewable PE, made of European-sourced...
Asia Pacific: Tetra Pak Thailand named Top Green Company in Asia
Tetra Pak Thailand has won at the Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability Awards 2014 (ACES) under the Sustainability category organized by sustainability advocate MORS...
Americas: Owens-Illinois, Constellation Brands form JV in Mexico
Owens-Illinois (O-I) has completed the formation of a 50-50 joint venture (JV) with Constellation Brands (STZ) to own and operate a glass container production...
Europe: Tetra Pak launches green benchmarking service
Tetra Pak has launched a new Environmental Benchmarking Service to help food and beverage companies assess the environmental performance of their production operations, and...
Europe: Investor buys reprocessor of recyclable materials
Pan-European investor Aurelius has acquired ECO Plastics, a reprocessor of recyclable materials.
Aurelius will supply both its specialised operational improvement capabilities and financial support to...
Americas: Sonoco Alloyd wins packaging award from WPO
Sonoco Alloyd has received a WorldStar 2015 Packaging Award for its Whirlpool Water EveryDrop water filter package by the World Packaging Organization (WPO).
This new...
Europe: Guala Closures Group introduces liners for wine
Guala Closures Group introduces a new range of liners with different levels of oxygen permeability rates for the wine industry, developed through a partnership...
Europe: Smurfit Kappa opens Bag-in-Box plant in Spain
Smurfit Kappa has opened its Bag-in-Box plant in Ibi, Spain, meeting a growing demand in the Mediterranean region.
The facility, which has seen an investment...