The Yorkshire-based company, which is also celebrating 130 years in business, has revamped its branding, emphasizing its longevity in the confectionery industry.
Global food tech company Bühler wants to expand its sustainability impact, and is calling for industry cooperation to deal with the threats posed by climate change.
‘A closer look at refrigerated shelves or confectionery departments of supermarkets shows paper-based packaging has the potential to stand out from competing products,’ according to Bosch.
The 48-year-old Spanish confectioner, known for its flavorful gummy candies, doubles down on the American market with new products created alongside the key teen demographic.
Raw Halo vegan chocolate made from ethically sourced, plant-based ingredients, is rebranding with a new look, recyclable, plastic-free packaging, and additional flavors.
Original Beans, the Dutch Eco-friendly chocolate maker, has a launched a series of new wrapper designs printed on fine, sustainable paper, created by Californian artist Kimberly Varella.
Innovia Films has been awarded a ‘very good’ rating and received the ‘Made for recycling’ logo from German recycling and consulting firm Interseroh for its high barrier BOPP Propafilm Strata SL.
The sustainable chocolate maker spent three years developing a solution for its truffles, as part of its commitment to packaging its full portfolio in recyclable or compostable material by 2020.
Paccor has acquired a majority stake in EDV Packaging Solutions, which specializes in food protection packaging against oxygen migration for a longer shelf life.
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....
How can reformulation be implemented technologically? Answers will be provided at Europe’s largest sweets and snack fare when it reconvenes in Cologne in February.
Nestlé has unveiled a new chocolate recipe that replaces refined sugar with cocoa pulp as it begins to explore the possibilities of side-stream utilisation to reduce food waste.
The main motivation for consumers to reduce their sugar intake is its negative effects on their health, Thomas Schmidt, marketing director at BENEO, told ConfectioneryNews.
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.
The chocolate supplier’s 60k-square-foot, green-certified facility – located in the northern town of Lokeren – should open in the third quarter of 2021.
A technical breakthrough this week in confectionery packaging will see Nestlé’s ‘YES!’ snack bar range wrapped in recyclable paper for the first time. ConfectioneryNews visited its confectionery R&D centre in York to talk to the team involved in the...
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).
Known throughout the industry as ‘The Sweet Consultant’, Andy Baxendale has 24 years’ experience in the confectionery business and a Master of Science (MSc) in Advanced Food Manufacture.
Researchers explored how consumers judge chocolate without any packaging compared to six styles of wrappers – and the latter won by a hair, according to the study published in Heliyon.
From consumer digital engagement to reverse writing on packaging which appears left to right on selfies, Christopher Houghton, brand innovation and packaging, Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) highlights the five areas to ensure ‘Context is King’.
Pack-Smart president and CEO Derek Dlugosh-Ostap spoke at the recent AIPIA Summit Americas offering insights for brand owners and manufacturers on how to manage packaging with personalized data using disruptive technologies.
Rovema North America, (part of Rovema), which designs and supplies packaging machinery for the food industry, has received a 2019 Supplier Excellence Award for Innovation from the Hershey Company.
New York Label & Box Company provides packaging to companies in the Cosmetic, Health, Food, Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Vitamin and Nutraceutical industries.
End-to-end traceability in the food supply chain can do more than safeguard against potential disasters, particularly at the processing stage. Geoff Furniss, Head of BBC Technologies at TOMRA, explains how.
Innovia Films has launched the first of its new range of transparent high barrier packaging films, Propafilm Strata SL for cereal bars, biscuits, snacks, dried fruit, nuts, tea and coffee.
Vegan chocolate manufacturer Conscious Chocolate, has launched a range of fully compostable and recyclable packaging, following demand from customers, available across the UK.
Wholesale confectionery company Pecan Deluxe, who provide inclusions, toppings and decorations to the industry, has announced completion of a seven-year project with Dawsongroup Temperature Control Solutions (DGTCS) to bring custom-built production facilities...
Big Bear brands include Fox’s Glacier, Poppets, XXX Mints and Just Brazils, and are widely stocked across supermarkets, discounters and independent retailers
MetsäBoard has upgraded its entire folding boxboard portfolio with further improvements to five products which will be available for samples and trials from May.
Peppersmith mint and chewing gum has redesigned its packaging relaunching a plastic-free version across all its products, for a fresh contemporary look.
Smart packaging and connected packaging is on the radar of senior executives and is attracting significant investment across the value chain, according to Deloitte.
Cosmo Films has introduced a cast polypropylene (CPP) film for packaging applications requiring high moisture & oxygen barrier and high hot tack properties.
HERMA has opened a €20m Labeling Machinery plant at its HQ in Filderstadt, Germany, installing an IIoT-enabled (Industrial Internet of Things) HERMA 500 Label Applicator.
Since refreshing the bubble gum brand in 2014, The Topps Company has heard from longtime fans clamoring for the classic red, white and blue package – and the comic strips that came along with it.
GEA has launched a vertical form-fill-seal packaging (VFFS) bagger that reduces breakage of fragile candies, available for the UK confectionery and bakery sectors.
Tony’s Chocolonely, ‘crazy about chocolate, serious about people’, brings its mission to the UK to make ‘100% slave free the norm’ in chocolate – and starts with a hard-hitting launch in London’s Soho.
