Packaging & Packing Materials, Containers

Largest European investment to date

Danone doubles Dutch baby milk production capacity

04-Dec-2015 By Lynda Searby

Danone-Nutricia has invested €240m in a new production plant in the Netherlands on the back of double-digit sales growth of infant formula products such as Aptamil and Nutrilon.

Kerry Foods’ Yollies ‘yoghurt on a stick’ wins UK Packaging Award

04-Dec-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Kerry Foods and Amcor is celebrating after its Yollies ‘yoghurt on a stick’ designed for children’s lunchboxes, wins Highly Commended in Best Packaging of a New Product at the UK Packaging Awards.

LiquiGlide hires US litigator to protect its IP as ‘slippery coating’ grows globally

04-Dec-2015 By Jenny Eagle

LiquiGlide, which is the first company to create permanently wet slippery surfaces to allow viscous liquids to move easily has hired a US commercial litigator to protect its intellectual property (IP).

Boosting cheese sales: Food pairings and placements in store can tempt consumers towards specialty products

04-Dec-2015 By Hal Conick

Specialty cheese sales are growing in the US, but is the market’s potential being capped by a lack of retail connectivity?

Circular Economy: Part II – Serious concerns over long-term plans for investment

03-Dec-2015 By Jenny Eagle

EuropaBio said it has ‘high hopes’ for the European Commission’s Circular Economy strategy, but serious, ongoing concerns about the long-term framework conditions in place to attract business investment.

Reaction from ACE, EuropaBio, European Bioplastics, CEPI, EUROPEN

Circular Economy: Part I – What does the future hold now?

03-Dec-2015 By Jenny Eagle

The European Commission has adopted a revised Circular Economy Package to help European businesses and consumers - "closing the loop" of product lifecycles through greater recycling and re-use.

Peak Rock acquires Berner Food & Beverage

03-Dec-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Peak Rock private equity firm has acquired Berner Food & Beverage, which manufactures private label cheese dips, salsa con queso, alfredo sauce, aerosol cheese products and coffee and latte-based beverages.

Crediton Dairy launches single serve Moo Milk range

02-Dec-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Crediton Dairy has expanded its 1litre Moo Milk range by launching 330ml single serve handheld packs in four flavours; strawberry, chocolate, banana and chocolate fudge (70p per pack).

Colbert Packaging installs Mark Andy label press at its Flexographic Facility

01-Dec-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Colbert Packaging has installed a Mark Andy Performance Series P5 for pressure-sensitive roll label applications at its flexographic printing facility, in Illinois, US.

Pixie Dust to ‘magically’ sterilize stand-up pouches and bag-in-box

26-Nov-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Performance Packaging has launched an alternative aseptic process to sterilize flexible packaging and its contents, avoiding hot-filling, retort processing, peroxide or peracetic baths and sprays, irradiation, pulsed light or electron-beam irradiation.

Arla Foods’ tactile lacquer packaging for cheese scoops award

25-Nov-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Wipak Walsrode has won an innovation award for its tactile lacquer packaging, used to package cheese products for Arla Foods.

Quality control of probiotics is lacking, study suggests

20-Nov-2015 By Louisa Richards

A new study by scientists at the University of California has found that contents of many bifidobacterial probiotic products differ from the ingredients listed.

UNI Packaging invests in 2nd HP Indigo 20000 digital press following demand for personalization and regional promotions

19-Nov-2015 By Jenny Eagle

UNI Packaging has further increased its capacity by investing in a second HP Indigo 20000 digital press providing a 30-inch (750mm) wide-web technology for flexible packaging and sleeves.

US Greek yogurt market to reach $4bn by 2019: Technavio

17-Nov-2015 By Hal Conick

The Greek yogurt revolution will continue its stateside ascent, according to Technavio. The market is slated to grow 5% each year before reaching $4bn in 2019.

Coveris launches first industrial injection compression IML system for spreads

17-Nov-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Coveris has launched the first industrial injection compression IML system for spreads with Unilever and Plastisud, saving up to 20% wall thickness weight.

Positive Trends in 2015 for Active & Intelligent Packaging

16-Nov-2015 By Jenny Eagle

As the Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association (AIPIA) heads towards it annual Congress, this year in Jaarbeurs, Utrecht (18-19 November), we ask AIPIA’s managing director Eef de Ferrante what has been happening in the sector in 2015.

Tetra Pak: Top Six Millennial Needs

‘Millennials are coveted by major brands and represent a significant and disruptive force for the F&B industry’

13-Nov-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Tetra Pak has characterized six underlying needs of Millennials who are the largest and most influential generation of consumers, and explains how to target them through product formulation and packaging to attract their attention.

Dairy alternatives market to reach $19.5bn by 2020

13-Nov-2015 By Hal Conick

Global consumption of dairy alternatives is set to rise rapidly driven by Asian-Pacific, according to a recent report.

Danone targets zero-net carbon emission with new climate plan

13-Nov-2015 By Hal Conick

Danone has created a new climate plan that it says will target zero-net carbon emissions.

Elopak first packaging company to join RE100 campaign

12-Nov-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Elopak is the first major packaging company and the first Norwegian company to join the RE100 campaign, in partnership with The Climate Group, to engage, support and showcase influential companies committed to using 100% renewable power.

ACE UK joins OPRL as a co-owner with BRC

10-Nov-2015 By Jenny Eagle

The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) UK, which represents Tetra Pak, Elopak, and SIG Combibloc, has announced it will become a joint owner of OPRL, which runs the UK’s on-pack recycling label scheme.

Tetra Pak 2015 Sustainability Report

Tetra Pak to launch ad-on-pack advertising to promote UHT milk in North Africa

09-Nov-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Tetra Pak will be reaching out to consumers through ad-on-pack and digital advertising and holding events for doctors and nutritionists, to promote the benefits of UHT milk in Morocco later this year.

Tetra Pak to improve supply chain transparency across 3,000 partners worldwide

04-Nov-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Tetra Pak has informed all of its key suppliers they will be expected to file ethical performance reports on the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (Sedex), to improve supply chain transparency.

Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream back on shelves after listeria scare

03-Nov-2015 By Hal Conick

After a late April inspection from the FDA took Columbus-based Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream off the shelves, the company confirmed that they are now back in stores across the country.

Gulfood Manufacturing 2015, Dubai

Napco expands into extrusion coating, rotogravure printing and aluminium lidding

30-Oct-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Napco, which works with Nestle, Mars and Kwality ice cream, has expanded its corrugated, paper and plastic packaging manufacturing capabilities to include extrusion coating, rotogravure printing and aluminium lidding.

Uflex taps into aseptic packaging demand

28-Oct-2015 By Joseph James Whitworth

Uflex is expanding an Indian plant to move into aseptic packaging with the facility expected to be operational by April 2017.

Pack Expo 2015

Photochromic packaging ink, which is only visible in sunlight, to revolutionize intelligent packaging industry

16-Oct-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Printpack has developed a photochromic ink which claims to revolutionize the packaging industry in the intelligent, interactive market segment.

Emmi launches futuristic ready to (h)eat metal packaging for cheese fondue

15-Oct-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Together with Ardagh Group, the University of Twente and consultancy DéDutch, European dairy producer Emmi has launched a microwaveable All In One Fondü, with metal bowl and ready-to-eat cheese fondue.

Coveris partners with Arla and Valio on IML barrier thermoformed packages

14-Oct-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Coveris has partnered with Arla and Valio on its In-mould labelling (IML) for thermoforming.

RPC Superfos wins two Scanstar awards

13-Oct-2015 By Jenny Eagle

RPC Superfos has won two Scanstar awards in the annual Nordic packaging competition, for its EasySnacking pot on-the-go and bespoke panna cotta with fruit sauce, developed for Finnish dairy producer Valio.

Pack Expo 2015

Consumer trends changing the world of packaging

13-Oct-2015 By Hal Conick

Consumer trends are actively changing how food items are packaged, according to a report released at this year’s Pack Expo Las Vegas and Pharma Expo 2015.

Technology to produce lightweight dairy, juice & water containers

Breakthrough for first commercial all-electric reciprocating blow molding machine

05-Oct-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Velocity Equipment Solutions is realigning its business model ahead of its first commercialisation of its all-electric reciprocating blow molding technology.

DISPATCHES FROM IDFA INTERNATIONAL DAIRY SHOW

Q&A: HP Hood on dairy innovation and the role of aseptic processing and packaging

21-Sep-2015 By Hal Conick

Innovation is the driving force behind growth in the dairy industry, Jeffrey Andrews, senior director of contract manufacturing at HP Hood, told a crowd gathered at the 2015 International Dairy Show in Chicago.

DISPATCHES FROM IDFA INTERNATIONAL DAIRY SHOW

Collaborative robot reaches out to dairy industry

15-Sep-2015 By Hal Conick

Universal Robots has reached out to dairy manufacturers at this year’s International Dairy Show in Chicago with its line of collaborative robots.

SIG Combibloc & Nestlé Mexico expand ‘Coffee Mate’ range

‘Beverage portions sizes are decreasing due to consumer concerns about sugar and calorie intake’

31-Aug-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Beverage portion sizes are decreasing due to consumer concerns about sugar and calorie intake and plant-based alternatives to dairy products are finding a ready market with consumers, according to SIG Combibloc.

Prolamina Corporation and Ampac Holdings merged

19-Aug-2015 By Joseph James Whitworth

Wellspring Capital Management has officially announced the creation of a flexible packaging company through the merger of Prolamina Corporation and Ampac Holdings.

Muller Quaker Dairy combines yogurt and the 'delicious decadence' of dessert

17-Aug-2015 By Hal Conick

PepsiCo's US yogurt venture Muller Quaker Dairy has launched a new range that combines the "goodness of yogurt" with "delicious decadence" of dessert.

‘Small format packs expected to grow more than 50% until 2020’

SIG Combibloc launches smallest carton for first time in Indonesia

06-Aug-2015 By Jenny Eagle

SIG Combibloc has launched its smallest carton pack 80ml into Indonesia for the first time.

Developing markets show more concern for environmentally sound packs than developed ones: Tetra Pak

29-Jul-2015 By Rachel Arthur

Consumers demonstrate growing interest in environmentally sound packaging, with shoppers in developing countries wishing to secure a cleaner environment for their children, according to Tetra Pak.

Coveris Rigid signs deal for first UK lightweight closure caps with Arla Foods

22-Jul-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Coveris Rigid has developed and put into production what it claims to be the lightest 38mm tamper evident cap for the dairy and beverage market, signing a deal with Arla Foods to use the cap on its flavoured milk.

Nestlé to open Digital Innovation Office in Silicon Valley in 2016

Nestlé: ‘Technology is fundamentally changing the way consumers buy our products and engage with our brands’

09-Jul-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Nestlé is setting up a digital innovation team with staff drawn from the company’s marketing and technology groups, moving into an office in Silicon Valley co-located with swissnex, in 2016.

Kellogg US files international patent for food cup packaging assembly

07-Jul-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Kellogg has filed an international patent in the US for a food cup packaging assembly that makes it easier to stack and store food products.

Greiner Packaging expands in Turkey

25-Jun-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Greiner Packaging has acquired a 51% majority in Teknik Plastik and Teknik IML from the Özata Group, in Turkey.

Ecolean expands in Asia

02-Jun-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Ecolean has opened a regional headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, following increased production capacity in China.

Coveris expands into Australasia with acquisition

29-May-2015 By Joseph James Whitworth

Coveris Holdings has acquired Elldex Packaging Solutions to expand into Australasia.

Clondalkin Kirchberg develops PE foil for butter

11-May-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Clondalkin Kirchberg, the Switzerland based subsidiary of Clondalkin Group, has developed an aluminum free butterfoil for the dairy sector.

IMA acquires OYSTAR

11-May-2015 By Jenny Eagle

Industria Macchine Automatiche (IMA Group) has acquired OYSTAR Group from private equity firm ODEWALD.

Valio continues use of 100% renewable Tetra Pak carton following trial

30-Apr-2015 By Mark ASTLEY

Finnish dairy Valio will continue use of Tetra Pak's 100% renewable carton, but not with the lactose-free milk it was trialled with.

Dispatches from Hispack 2015

Dairy, meat and bakery SMEs come face-to-face with technology providers to develop alternative packaging for future success

27-Apr-2015 By Jenny Eagle

European Project, TRADEIT, hosted a Food Packaging Brokerage event during Hispack 2015 and BTA, (Barcelona Tecnologias de la Alimentacion), food technology fair, in Barcelona last week (April 23-24).