Americas: Amcor designs PET beer bottles
Amcor has designed New Age’s Salzburg craft beer PET bottles with a crown metal cap, replicating the standard glass bottle.
The PET containers are...
Europe: drinktec 2017 to focus on water, energy management
In 2017, drinktec exhibition will be highlighting the theme of water and energy management with 1,600 exhibitors from all over the world presenting sustainable...
Asia Pacific: Crown Holdings creates limited edition beer can
Crown Holdings has partnered with Guinness to develop limited edition packaging for its Foreign Extra Stout brand that commemorates the company’s nearly 150 year...
Americas: Brazilian company uses Green Plastic packaging
O Boticário's Cuide-se Bem haircare line has a new look with plant-based plastic packaging.
Green Plastic, as it is known, is made of sugarcane ethanol...
Americas: PepsiCo joins The Recycling Partnership
PepsiCo joins The Recycling Partnership to address the continued shortfall in US recycling rates.
Currently, still less than half of recyclables in U.S. homes...
Asia Pacific: Chinaplas on smart manufacturing, lightweight trends
Reducing resource consumption and packaging-waste at the source is not exactly a new idea, and lightweighting has been gathering momentum in recent years, according...
Europe: Amcor’s paperless cheese packaging wins award
Amcor has won a Silver prize at the 2020 Packaging Innovation Awards, sponsored by Dow, for its Matrix range, a paper-based, paraffin-free and recyclable...
Europe: Researcher makes durable plastics from plants, clay
A new more sustainable material developed by reinforcing commercial bioplastic using additives from plants such as nanocellulose and oregano extracts can solve the most...
Europe: Consortium gets €7.7M on packaging research
The European Union (EU) has awarded the international NanoPack consortium €7.7 million (US$8.82 million) to develop and demonstrate a solution for extending food shelf...
Asia Pacific: Suntory in Singapore launches global walk program
Suntory Beverage & Food Asia Pte Ltd (SBFA) launches the 'One Suntory Walk', a global initiative to drive employee health management in conjunction with...