Packaging & Packing Materials, Containers

Tetra Pak to offer 'Smart Package' digital printing on its carton packages

16-Jan-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Tetra Pak has partnered with Koenig & Bauer to offer full-colour digital printing on its carton packages, to meet demand for digital on-pack printing.

Digimarc and HP to provide every printed object with a unique identity

15-Jan-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Digimarc and HP have partnered to provide a Serialized Global Trade Item Number (SGTIN) for individual packaging items, meaning two otherwise identical units of the same product are uniquely identifiable, making it possible to track and trace for brand...

Amcor develops PET jar for cold-fill dairy products

14-Jan-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Amcor has partnered with Danone to develop a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) jar for cold-fill dairy products.

New Mill Capital hosts fluid milk jug plant auction in Florida

07-Jan-2019 By Beth Newhart

Machinery from a high volume fluid milk jug plant in southern Florida is up for auction this week, including milk silos, homogenizers and processors. Auctioneers New Mill Capital will oversee the online sale, open to all global customers.

IVL to take advantage of PET packaging with oxygen barriers

02-Jan-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Indorama Ventures Limited (IVL) has a busy start to the New Year as it announces three acquisitions.

Duravant expands end-of-line packaging portfolio

02-Jan-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Duravant equipment and automation provider to the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors, has acquired Wulftec International to expand its integration and automation portfolio.

Technology

Zappar: Top Augmented Reality predictions for 2019

20-Dec-2018 By Jenny Eagle

Augmented Reality (AR) content is growing fast thanks to the launch of Apple’s ARKit, Google’s ARCore, Snap’s Lens Studio and ZapWorks.

New evidence suggests any kind of light can spoil dairy products

19-Dec-2018 By Beth Newhart

Light protection services and certification company Noluma has released new research that tackles the effects of light exposure on milk and other dairy products. Vitamin A, vitamin D and riboflavin levels in milk all begin to deplete after just two hours.

Nestlé to create Institute of Packaging Sciences to tackle global waste problem

06-Dec-2018 By Jenny Eagle

Nestlé says it is going to address the growing packaging waste problem by creating a Nestlé Institute of Packaging Sciences, in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Final tests of watermarks on plastics bottles to be carried out in 2019

06-Dec-2018 By Jenny Eagle

Filigrade says it is carrying out final tests of watermarks on plastic bottles in Q1, 2019 and has partnered with a French company, which will build the first watermark bottle processing machine.

Petcore Europe & PRE launch ‘Design for Recycling Guidelines’ for PET trays

04-Dec-2018 By Jenny Eagle

Petcore Europe & Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) have launched ‘Design for Recycling Guidelines’ for PET thermoformed trays.

Mondi Kalenobel launches paper ice cream cone sleeve with clear plastic window

26-Nov-2018 By Jenny Eagle

Mondi Kalenobel has partnered with sugar-cone maker Oexmann & Co. in Germany to launch a paper ice cream cone sleeve with clear plastic window.

Plasticor changes color when food is not fit for consumption

25-Nov-2018 By Jenny Eagle

Scientists at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, have designed and produced biodegradable plastic packaging called Plasticor, that shows if food inside is fit for consumption.

Asahi Kasei launches prototype for invisible metal mesh for printed electronics on packaging

22-Nov-2018 By Jenny Eagle

Asahi Kasei has launched a prototype for an Invisible Metal Mesh (IMA) for packaging, using its in-house Seamless Roller Mold (SRM) machine.

AIPIA World Congress 2018

‘Big data when not controlled is a new way of doing the wrong thing faster’

19-Nov-2018 By Jenny Eagle

AIPIA (Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association) opened its 2018 Amsterdam World Congress (November 19-20) touching on the challenges and hurdles for smart packaging this week.

Product Innovations

Survey Report: State of the Global Dairy Industry 2016

In June 2016, DairyReporter.com conducted its inaugural ‘state of the industry’ poll. The key objective of the survey was to gauge views about the current...