Packaging & Packing Materials, Containers

Country View Dairy to increase its yogurt production through new co-packing project

29-Mar-2016 By Douglas Yu

Iowa-based Country View Dairy is in talks to co-pack for another yogurt manufacturer in the near future to increase its own yogurt production, according to the company’s director of marketing and sales, Bob Howard.

Nampak expansion creates 20 jobs

16-Mar-2016 By Jim Cornall

Nampak Plastics Europe, a UK producer of plastic packaging, has announced plans to open a new plastic bottle manufacturing plant in Stirling, Scotland.

Clondalkin Kirchberg breakthrough in ultra-thin shrink sleeves

16-Mar-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Clondalkin Flexible Packaging, Kirchberg, has reached a breakthrough in thinner sleeves after a two year R&D investment.

Sakatama packages beverages in combiblocXSlim carton packs

15-Mar-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Sarana Karya Utama, (Sakatama) in Indonesia, has installed a CFA1224-36 high-speed filling machine from SIG Combibloc for beverages.

BASF and Avantium to produce FDCA and PEF to improve food packaging films and plastic bottles

15-Mar-2016 By Jenny Eagle

BASF and Avantium have signed a letter of intent to establish a joint venture (JV) for the production and marketing of furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and polyethylenefuranoate (PEF).

Kiefel to acquire Mould & Matic

10-Mar-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Kiefel, part of the Brückner Group, will acquire Mould & Matic Solutions, part of Haidlmair Group.

Coveris’s Imagenet acquires Rivendell Europe

07-Mar-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Imagenet, the graphics services division of Coveris, has acquired Rivendell Europe for an undisclosed sum.

Graphic Packaging to invest $20m in US folding carton plant

02-Mar-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Graphic Packaging International will invest $20m to expand its manufacturing facility in the City of Staunton, Virginia, US, creating 43 jobs.

Scholle IPN launches first pre-made spouted pouch for aseptically-processed products

29-Feb-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Scholle IPN, which makes bag-in-box, pouches and filling equipment, claims it has launched the world's first pre-made, sterilized spouted pouch system for aseptically-processed products.

Dow and Nordmeccanica to launch several packaging technologies in 2016

29-Feb-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Dow Chemical Company has partnered with Nordmeccanica to bring several technologies to market in 2016, for faster commercialization of adhesive systems.

EU Dibbiopack Project on bioplastics draws to a close

24-Feb-2016 By Jenny Eagle

A four-year European project to look at the development of multifunctional bioplastics (bio-based, compostable and biodegradable) for packaging has come to an end.

Cheese and Dairy Products Show coming up

23-Feb-2016 By Jim Cornall

The biennial Cheese and Dairy Products Show will be held at the Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles in Paris, France, from February 28 to March 2.

Printpack plant equipment to be sold in auction

23-Feb-2016 By Jenny Eagle

New Mill Capital Holdings and Tiger Capital Group, have acquired Printpack's flexible packaging, printing and tamper-evident label manufacturing facility in Fredericksburg, Virginia, US.

‘Pact will face competitive constraint from other manufacturers’

ACCC will not oppose Pact’s acquisition of Power Plastics

22-Feb-2016 By Jenny Eagle

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will not oppose the proposed acquisition of Power Plastics by a subsidiary of Pact Group Holdings.

The Barton Group files a patent on its Stand Up SqueezyStraw Pouch

22-Feb-2016 By Jenny Eagle

The Barton Group of New York has partnered with Multivac to create a Stand Up SqueezyStraw Pouch.

Nestlé to join AIPIA Advisory Board

17-Feb-2016 By Jenny Eagle

The Active and Intelligent Packaging Industry Association (AIPIA) and its new president Dick de Koning of PACKZ, has made changes to its Advisory Board.

And the winner is… First European Plastics Innovation Awards

15-Feb-2016 By Jenny Eagle

The European Plastics Industry represented by EuPC and PlasticsEurope, and the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), have announced the winners of the first edition of the European Plastics Innovation Awards 2016.

Printpack to expand manufacturing operations despite closing Virginia factory last year

15-Feb-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Printpack, a US flexible packaging converter, will invest $25.7m to expand its manufacturing operation in Newport News, Virginia, despite closing its Fredericksburg plant last June.

M. Holland Company to acquire Able International and Tril Export

10-Feb-2016 By Jenny Eagle

M. Holland Company, a distributor of thermoplastic resins, will acquire Able International Corp. and Tril Export Corp., both headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with the transactions expected to close in April.

Silgan Holdings Q4 2015 results

Silgan Holdings to begin metal food can commercial production in 2016

10-Feb-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Silgan Holdings metal food can plant in Iowa, US, will start commercial production in the first half of 2016.

Tetra Pak launches its Tetra Rex Bio-based gable top in the US

10-Feb-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Tetra Pak’s gable top, which was first introduced in Europe as Tetra Rex Bio-based last year, has been launched in the US and expects to deliver more than 100 million of the renewable packages globally in 2016.

More demand for ice cream with functional use, natural ingredients

08-Feb-2016 By Hal Conick

The demand for healthier, more natural food has extended into the ice cream sector, according to a recent report from Technavio.

IMA & Triballat relaunch Vrai yogurt cup

04-Feb-2016 By Jenny Eagle

IMA Dairy & Food USA (formerly OYSTAR USA) has partnered with Triballat-Noyal dairy company in France, to develop a 125g cup for its organic yogurt brand Vrai.

Sappi North America launches heavyweight LusterCote packaging line

04-Feb-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Sappi North America has expanded its LusterCote Packaging Line with heavyweight products available in 70lb, 80lb and 95lb for food packaging and labeling.

Tetra Pak’s plant-based package to hit 100m mark in 2016

04-Feb-2016 By Jim Cornall

Tetra Pak has announced that the company expects to deliver more than 100m packs of its Tetra Rex Bio-based to customers during 2016.

UNI Packaging to increase UK market share with £1.5m investment

02-Feb-2016 By Jenny Eagle

UNI Packaging has invested £1.5m ($1.4m) in its St. Helens, Lancashire manufacturing site, including a Titan SR9-DT Dual Turret Slitter, to increase its UK market share in the short run, flexible market.

Petcore Europe to host workshop on tracers in plastic packaging material

02-Feb-2016 By Jenny Eagle

The European polyethylene terephthalate (PET) industry association, Petcore Europe, is hosting a workshop on tracers in plastic packaging material at the VLEVA Conference Centre, in Brussels, Belgium, on February 24.

Chobani exec: Connectivity online allows for better innovation

01-Feb-2016 By Hal Conick

Connectivity is essential to innovation of new products in the modern age, according to Chobani Inc.’s chief customer officer Beau Mainous.

Special edition: Microbiome metrics & advances

Probiotic firms must refresh ‘mumsy’ marketing

27-Jan-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Probiotic players must engage the so-called millennial generation if they are to avoid being jostled out of the health yoghurt aisle, says Euromonitor International.

New look for Finland’s Jacky brand

27-Jan-2016 By Jim Cornall

Orkla Foods Finland has rebranded its Jacky dairy brand to expand its appeal across all age groups.

REPORTS FROM IDFA DAIRY FORUM 2016

Dairy food safety is ‘industry must,’ starts with execs

26-Jan-2016 By Hal Conick

Food safety must be carried equally across every dairy organization, but a recent forum of dairy executives said it needs to start at the executive level.

German researchers claim plasticisers in food packaging causes weight gain

26-Jan-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the Integrated Research and Treatment Centre (IFB) at the University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany, claim plasticisers (phthalates) can cause weight gain.

REPORTS FROM IDFA FORUM 2016

Emerging markets essential to global growth in dairy

25-Jan-2016 By Hal Conick

Dairy companies that want to capitalize on a growing global market will need to tap into emerging markets across the world, according to a presentation from McKinsey & Company at the 2016 IDFA Dairy Forum.

New non-dairy Flora spread introduced

25-Jan-2016 By Jim Cornall

Flora, Unilever UK’s spreads brand, has announced a $17.8m (£12.5m) brand repositioning campaign, ‘Powered by Plants,’ and a new dairy-free variant, ‘Flora Freedom.’

Linde Canada launches MAP gases for packaged prepared foods

21-Jan-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Linde Canada is launching its MAPAX line of modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) gases for packaged prepared foods and customized mixtures for food processors.

Multisorb receives GFSI FSSC 22000 certification

‘Color is one of the most important factors that influence consumer’s buying decisions’

20-Jan-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Multisorb Technologies, which makes sorbent products, such as desiccants, moisture regulators and oxygen absorbers to extend shelf life has received a (Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) FSSC 22000 certification for its Oxygen Absorber product line.

EFSA evaluates rPET chain extender substances to increase molecular weight

19-Jan-2016 By Jenny Eagle

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has carried out a study on two chain extender substances in rPET following a request from the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, in the Netherlands, on behalf of Plastics Technologies and Products (PTP), in...

SIG Combibloc to supply Costa Rica’s biggest dairy company

14-Jan-2016 By Jim Cornall

Dos Pinos, Central America and the Caribbean’s largest dairy company, has become SIG Combibloc’s first customer in Costa Rica.

TINE to use environmentally-friendly milk cartons

13-Jan-2016 By Jim Cornall

Norwegian company TINE will be utilizing 100% renewable milk cartons from February 1, after good results from tests since fall 2015.

Goss International expands into South Korea

12-Jan-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Goss International has appointed Alles International as its agent for South Korea to get a foothold in the market.

BillerudKorsnäs partners with EcoXpac to make paper bottle

12-Jan-2016 By Jenny Eagle

BillerudKorsnäs has acquired a 10% stake in Danish packaging company EcoXpac, to make a bottle made entirely out of paper.

Innovation Center for US Dairy looks to industry for sustainability guide review

11-Jan-2016 By Hal Conick

The Innovation Center for US Dairy is seeking comment from the dairy industry on its Stewardship and Sustainability Guide for US Dairy.

Top three packaging F&B manufacturer concerns; Convenience, Design and Recyclability

11-Jan-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Convenience and ease of use of packaging continues to lead the field of criteria for manufacturers in France, according to the Observatoire de l’Emballage (Packaging Observatory).

After Chobani launch, Savory yogurt may be next category shift: Mintel analyst

08-Jan-2016 By Hal Conick

Chobani’s newest sweet and spicy line, including pineapple chipotle and mango sriracha, may be a sign of what’s next in the yogurt market, a Mintel analyst said.

Arabian Can Industry joins Empac

05-Jan-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Arabian Can Industry has joined Empac, European Metal Packaging association as its second international associate member.

Mondi terminates Walki acquisition after European Commission concerns

16-Dec-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Mondi Group has terminated its application to acquire Walki after being unable to find a ‘workable solution’ with the European Commission over competition concerns in the market segment.

Top F&B picks - WorldStar Awards 2016

PepsiCo Drinkfinity pods; Tetra Evero Aseptic & Coca Cola Contour PET glass gain world class recognition

16-Dec-2015 By Jenny Eagle

From an E-Z SnackPak by Ampac, Drinkfinity pods by PepsiCo US, Coca Cola’s Contour PET glass and Cadbury Glow by Mondelēz International – We round up the best F&B entries at the WPO (World Packaging Organisation) WorldStar Awards 2016.

Mixed feelings from PRE, APEAL, EuPC, BPF

Debate rages on over revised Circular Economy Package

11-Dec-2015 By Jenny Eagle

The debate surrounding the revised Circular Economy Package rages on as some associations are not happy with the decisions announced while others welcome the changes.