Americas: Amcor buys flexible business for US$45M
Amcor has bought Deluxe Packages, a privately owned flexible packaging business for US$45 million.
The acquired business will form part of Amcor's newly-formed Flexibles...
Americas: Campbell Soup Company supports mandatory GMO labeling
Campbell Soup Company has expressed support for the enactment of federal legislation to establish a mandatory labeling standard for foods derived from genetically modified...
Europe: Amcor holds wine-ageing symposium at ProWein
Amcor will hold a symposium on March 15, 2016, alongside the ProWein exhibition in Düsseldorf. Moderated by wine expert and journalist Jamie Goode, a...
World: 5 key trends to watch in the 2016 packaging market, says Canadean
2016 is set to be the year of experimentation with packaging, pushing innovation and technology to create more personalised and differentiated products, says Canadean.
Becoming...
Americas: Team wins competition for cold boxes for rental
A team of MIT and Harvard University students won the first-ever MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize for smart, modular, refrigerated shipping boxes that...
Europe: PET ‘glass’ for novel drinking experience
M&H Plastics has created the Quaffer glass to allow bars to mix various drinks in equal measure with one floating on the top of...
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...
Americas: Klear Can as green solution for single use coffee pods
Milacron Holdings Corp has confirmed the sale of the first Milacron Klear Can production system.
After qualitative testing with consumers in Asia conducted by...
Europe: New closures for 5-gallon containers
Bericap has developed a liner-less one-piece closure fitted with a specific seal (Valvelock Trumpet).
It was tested successfully on new polyethylene terephthalate (PET) necks...
Asia: FOA releases labeling scheme for mountain products
FAO's Mountain Partnership and Slow Food have launched a voluntary product label for mountain goods that is meant to improve market access for small...