Bottling, Canning & Cartoning
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: Cartons found as good as glass bottles, study
An environmental lifecycle assessment (LCA) has confirmed that single-use beverage cartons compare favorably with reusable glass bottles – and outperform single-use PET bottles –...
Europe: Instant dried soup maker uses Ishida technology
Swiss manufacturer HACO AG has installed an Ishida linear multihead weigher and IX-GA X-ray inspection system for packaging instant dried soups.
The 12-head linear weigher...
Americas: JBT Corp releases flexible pouch filler
JBT Corporation releases a solution for filling flexible pouches commonly used in the infant nutrition and sports drinks categories.
The JBT AsepFlex Linear Pouch Filler...
Europe: Tetra Pak releases cube packages
Tetra Pak's new Tetra Classic Aseptic 65ml Cube package for packaging dairy, juice and liquid food is designed to allow every six packages to...
Asia Pacific: SIG makes inroads into India with local customer
SIG has clinched its first deal in India with Kandhari Beverage, where the latter will offer its mango drink brand Maaza Refresh in combiblocXSlim...
Americas: Tetra Pak to offer full color digital printed cartons
Tetra Pak is to become the first company in the food and beverage carton industry to offer full-color digital printing on its carton packages,...
Europe: Bosch opens new packaging, testing center
Bosch Packaging Technology opens its first technical research, development and testing center for filling and sealing liquid and viscous products in Koenigsbrunn, Germany.
The 450...
Europe: Smurfit Kappa buys France’s Papcart
Smurfit Kappa Group has bought Papcart, a specialist in offset printing and conversion of cardboard and corrugated board consumer packaging.
This enables Smurfit Kappa to...
Europe: Krones releases stretch blow-molding machine
Krones releases its Contiform 3 Speed with two mold halves that are held together with an upgraded mold carrier locking mechanism in a stretch...