Packaging & Packing Materials, Containers

Dairy snack launches get ready for back-to-school season

21-Aug-2019 By Beth Newhart

Every August, parents return to lunch packing for a new school year and the US dairy industry gets involved in the process with a few timely snack launches.

Sidel expands in India opening a third office near New Delhi

31-Jul-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Sidel has opened an office in the DLF Cyber City, Gurugram, India, near New Delhi.

SIG to construct €180m second production plant in China

30-Jul-2019 By Jenny Eagle

SIG will construct an €180m second production plant in Suzhou, China, to meet a growing demand for aseptic carton packaging in Asia-Pacific.

Sidel acquires Cognac Moules Emballages Plastiques

23-Jul-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Sidel has acquired Cognac Moules Emballages Plastiques (COMEP), a French producer and designer of molds for PET bottles.

Petcore Europe launches PET Monomer Recycling group

23-Jul-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Petcore Europe, which represents the whole PET value chain, has launched a Special Industry Group (SIG) called ‘PET Monomer Recycling’ to enhance the circularity of PET.

SIG partners with Plug and Play to find start-ups in the F&B industry

23-Jul-2019 By Jenny Eagle

SIG has partnered with start-up accelerator Plug and Play (P&P) to scout and select upcoming start-ups in the food and beverage industry.

Consumers are more ‘flexitarian’ than ever, but they distrust traditional dairy

23-Jul-2019 By Beth Newhart

A majority of US consumers have some level of distrust in dairy and meat companies even if they don’t purchase meat and dairy, according to new research from the Hartman Group, and non-dairy alternatives continue to grow among young shoppers.

AIPIA Summit China

The time is ripe for active & intelligent firms to take advantage of China’s boom in e-commerce & smartphones

22-Jul-2019 By Jenny Eagle

AIPIA (Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association) kicked off its AIPIA China Summit in Shanghai last week (July 18-19) setting out the advantages of active and intelligent packaging technologies for many sectors of Chinese manufacturing....

Candia launches organic milk in SIG aluminum-free carton

19-Jul-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Candia, part of French dairy cooperative Sodiaal, is launching an organic milk in SIG’s aluminum-free carton pack, SIGNATURE PACK 100.

Tetra Pak & BillerudKorsnäs expand into paper straw market

18-Jul-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Tetra Pak has started field testing paper straws for beverage products in Europe and will share its developments to support collaboration on alternatives to single use plastic straws.

Bosch sells its packaging technology business to focus on IoT

16-Jul-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Bosch has agreed to sell its packaging machinery business in Waiblingen, Germany, to a newly incorporated entity managed by CVC Capital Partners (CVC), at the end of the year for an undisclosed amount.

SIG & Unilever to launch aseptic cartons with ASI-certified aluminium foil

09-Jul-2019 By Jenny Eagle

SIG is launching aseptic cartons with ASI-certified aluminium foil available to consumers for the first time in partnership with B-Better, a start-up brand from Unilever’s Future Platform.

German processing & packaging machinery sales see lower growth rate in 2019

05-Jul-2019 By Jenny Eagle

The production of food processing and packaging machinery in Germany rose by 8% in 2018, the highest in a decade, according to VDMA (Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association).

Coexpan & Emsur to produce sustainable packaging at Innotech innovation centre

04-Jul-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Coexpan and Emsur will open Innotech innovation and development centre in Madrid in July 2019.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö achieves OK compost label for its grease resistant packaging

04-Jul-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Ahlstrom-Munksjö has received the OK compost Home and OK compost Industrial certifications from TÜV Austria for its Coralpack grease resistant wrapping papers.