Bottling, Canning & Cartoning
Americas: Ball to close US facilities in 2018
Ball Corporation will cease production at its Birmingham, Alabama, Chatsworth, California, and Longview, Texas, beverage packaging plants in 2018.
Existing customers will be supplied...
Europe: Krones, Erema partner on PET recycling lines
Krones and Erema Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen will together incorporate the technical expertise of both companies into the planning and design of PET...
Europe: RPC company designs butter tub
The line extension for Lurpak Spreadables is using RPC Superfos’s CombiPac tub.
Ideal for butter, yellow fats and dairy products, the CombiPac tub offers a...
Europe: Wine technology galore at SIMEI@drinktec
For the first time, SIMEI@drinktec—the international exhibition for winery and bottling machinery—will take place as part of drinktec.
There will be more than 200...
Americas: Crown meets goal of energy reduction
One year into its five-year strategy to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, Crown Holdings says it has surpassed one of its stated...
Americas: Saxco designs tequila bottles for US consumers
Saxco International has created packing for tequila drinks for Savage and Cooke, and the Ramirez family.
Besides designing the bottles, Saxco sourced and supplied a...
Europe: RPC opens foam modeling studio
RPC has built a purpose-built foam modelling studio that will enable its designers to rapidly make mock-ups of packs in order to test and...
Americas: PepsiCo advances on to 100% sustainable palm oil
A Pepsico report disclosed that 89% of the palm oil it expects to use during 2017 has been traced to the mill level, up...
Europe: Crown honors three facilities for sustainability achievements
Crown Holdings honored three of its facilities for outstanding sustainability achievements from 2015 to 2016.
First introduced in 2012, the biennial Chairman’s Sustainability Awards...
Europe: Refresco buys producer of beverages for US$1.25B
Refresco, an independent bottler of beverages for retailers and brands in Europe and the US, has acquired the bottling activities of Cott for US$1.25...