Bottling, Canning & Cartoning
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: Bottled tea wins design award
Honest Tea’s Summer Refreshers Watermelon Lemonade recently received the silver award in the Liquid Refreshment category of the Global Packaging Design Awards.
The pink liquid,...
Americas: Anheuser-Busch expands US facility with US$170M
Anheuser-Busch will embark on a US$170 million expansion project at its Metal Container Corporation (MCC) facility in Jacksonville, US.
As part of the company’s plan...
World: Klöckner Pentaplast introduces PET multi-pack system for yoghurt at show
Klöckner Pentaplast will introduce its newly developed polyethylene terephthalate (PET)-based technology for yogurt packaging clikPET at Propak Africa 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa this...
Americas: Carton bottle with bio-based plastic debuts in the US
Tetra Pak introduces a new version of its Tetra Top package, more than 80% of which comes from plant-based materials, in the US with...
Europe: University installs KHS system
The Technical University in Berlin is supplementing its laboratory facilities with the latest kegging technology from KHS.
The new Innokeg AF1C1 for the semi-automatic processing...
Americas: SIG carton packs to don FSC logo
With a global network of cardboard suppliers who are certified according to the criteria of the ForestStewardship Council (FSC), from August 2016, 100% SIG...
Europe: Dairy market increases sales for Serac
Serac, a French manufacturer of packaging machines, has broken the €100 million ($136.6 million) barrier.
Providing packaging machines for dairy products, detergents and edible oils,...
Europe: Institute finds EFSA’s BPA safe level high
After having examined the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA's) new health assessment of bisphenol A (BPA), the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark,...
Americas: Ardagh releases three glass jars for food packaging
Ardagh Group, Glass – North America, has introduced three new glass food jars for craft food producers on its BOB site.
The new food containers...