Packaging & Packing Materials, Containers

Packaging

Raw Halo vegan chocolate rebrands into plastic-free packaging and NPD

19-Aug-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Raw Halo vegan chocolate made from ethically sourced, plant-based ingredients, is rebranding with a new look, recyclable, plastic-free packaging, and additional flavors.

Innovia Films receives ‘Made for recycling’ logo for its Strata BOPP film

01-Aug-2019 By Jenny Eagle

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.

Paccor acquires majority stake in EDV Packaging Solutions

24-Jul-2019 By Jenny Eagle

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 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....

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.

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).

Post-Brexit UK customs declarations to increase by 500% to over 250 million

28-Jun-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Pasta Italia is preparing itself for Brexit by gaining an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status from UK HM Revenue & Customs.

AIPIA Summit

Social media is changing the way brands think about packaging

27-Jun-2019 By Jenny Eagle

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’.

AIPIA Summit

Pack-Smart can build campaigns for personalized & serialized products

26-Jun-2019 By Jenny Eagle

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.

Hershey congratulates Rovema for its Doy-type Standup Pouches for confectionery

26-Jun-2019 By Jenny Eagle

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.

AIPIA Summit

New York Label & Box Co. expands to become ‘a vehicle for smart packaging’

25-Jun-2019 By Jenny Eagle

New York Label & Box Company provides packaging to companies in the Cosmetic, Health, Food, Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Vitamin and Nutraceutical industries.

Zappar wins Augmented World Expo award

05-Jun-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Zappar is celebrating after winning an Auggie Award at the AWE (Augmented World Expo) for its 7-Eleven Always on AR campaign.

Innovia Films launches transparent high barrier packaging films

22-May-2019 By Jenny Eagle

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.

Packaging

Conscious Chocolate turns to compostable recyclable packaging following demand

22-May-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Vegan chocolate manufacturer Conscious Chocolate, has launched a range of fully compostable and recyclable packaging, following demand from customers, available across the UK.

MetsäBoard upgrades its folding boxboard portfolio

26-Apr-2019 By Jenny Eagle

MetsäBoard has upgraded its entire folding boxboard portfolio with further improvements to five products which will be available for samples and trials from May.

MORE creates digital platform for European Plastics Converting Industry

25-Apr-2019 By Jenny Eagle

MOnitoring Recyclates for Europe (MORE) has launched a digital platform for the Plastics Converting Industry in Europe.

Peppersmith launches redesigned plastic-free chewing gum packaging

25-Apr-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Peppersmith mint and chewing gum has redesigned its packaging relaunching a plastic-free version across all its products, for a fresh contemporary look.

AIPIA Summit Americas

Smart packaging to grow 11% annually reaching $39.7bn by 2020

23-Apr-2019 By Jenny Eagle

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 expands into CPP film for packaging biscuits, snacks, chocolate and ice cream

12-Apr-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Cosmo Films has introduced a cast polypropylene (CPP) film for packaging applications requiring high moisture & oxygen barrier and high hot tack properties.

HERMA opens Labeling Machinery plant to meet IIOT demand

10-Apr-2019 By Jenny Eagle

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.

Nestlé launches sugar-free Easter Egg in Brazil

08-Apr-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Nestlé has launched a sugar-free milk chocolate Easter Egg in 100% recyclable packaging in Brazil.

Diageo, Unilever, Coca-Cola & Nestlé launch Africa Plastics Recycling Alliance

26-Mar-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Diageo, Unilever, The Coca Cola Company, and Nestlé have launched the Africa Plastics Recycling Alliance at the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Rwanda.

Toyo Ink Group to expand in Africa

25-Mar-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Toyo Ink Group has announced plans to open a sales subsidiary in Casablanca, Morocco, to expand across the African continent.

UK chocolatier partners with Guittard Chocolate on Monet Easter Egg

18-Mar-2019 By Jenny Eagle

UK chocolatier Paul A Young has partnered with Guittard Chocolate to create an Easter Egg collection inspired by the impressionist artist Monet.

Dow opens entries for its 2019 Packaging Innovation Awards

15-Mar-2019 By Jenny Eagle

From a Flat Wine Bottle, to Mix On Command (MOC) Shaker Bag, PaperBoat Thandai Retortable Profile Pouch and KitKat Celebreak box; Dow is on the hunt for this year’s breakthrough designs for its Packaging Innovation Awards 2019.

Fudge Kitchen in NPD launch following £100k rebrand

14-Mar-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Fudge Kitchen has completed a £100k rebrand of its UK stores with plans to expand in Germany and Canada.

FFP launches first UK resealable pack that can be collected and recycled

06-Mar-2019 By Jenny Eagle

FFP claims to have launched the first resealable pack in the UK that can be collected and recycled through the existing waste collection system, made from an all polyester tray, lidding film and resealable label.

Kezzler milestone as 6 billion products to carry serialization codes in 2019

26-Feb-2019 By Jenny Eagle

From Mondelēz’s Toblerone to Cadbury’s Milk Tray, Kezzler is celebrating a milestone as 6 billion products will carry its serialization codes in 2019.

GEA to debut next-generation thermoforming packaging machine

25-Feb-2019 By Jenny Eagle

GEA will debut PowerPak PLUS, its next-generation thermoforming packaging machine for meat, bread, biscuits, baguettes, ciabatta, croissants and pita at IFFA, Frankfurt, Germany (May 4-9).

PACCOR reaches ‘challenging milestone’ to produce 250,000 tons of rPET

22-Feb-2019 By Jenny Eagle

PACCOR says it has passed a ‘challenging milestone’ of producing 250,000 tons of 100% recycled PET (rPET).

Walki to produce its first products with circular polymers this year

15-Feb-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Walki Group will produce its first products with circular polymers, which will be delivered to customers this year, as part of a major step towards a zero-waste future.

Givaudan, Nestlé and Bühler join Future Food Initiative

05-Feb-2019 By Jenny Eagle

The Swiss federal institutes of technology ETH Zürich and EPFL (Ecole polytechnique féderale de Lausanne) have launched Future Food – A Swiss Research Initiative (“Future Food Initiative”) with Givaudan, Nestlé and Bühler.

Whitakers Chocolates’ launches colored carton wafer packaging

31-Jan-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Qualvis has partnered with Whitakers Chocolates to create a range of colored carton packaging for its wafers and newly-lauched honeycomb bites.

Ardagh upgrades its 3D Studio for metal packaging artwork for cans, Easy Peel & Easy Open lids

30-Jan-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Ardagh has updated its 3D Studio with enhanced capabilities adding improved technologies, a greater packaging portfolio and improved user experience.

Treofan to close Italian plant

28-Jan-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Treofan, which makes BOPP film for chocolate and biscuits, among others, is closing its Italian plant in Battipaglia.

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...

Easter

Goupie launches vegan Easter Eggs in recyclable packaging

11-Jan-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Goupie has launched two vegan friendly Easter Eggs in 100% recyclable packaging.

TricorBraun and Pacific Bag create TricorBraun Flex flexible packaging division

09-Jan-2019 By Jenny Eagle

TricorBraun has acquired Pacific Bag, a US distributor of flexible packaging to combine it with its existing flexibles business, Taipak, to create TricorBraun Flex.

Taghleef Industries completes Biofilm acquisition

04-Jan-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Taghleef Industries (Ti), which produces biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film, has completed its acquisition of Biofilm.

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.

Digimarc: What changes will consumers see in retail & technology in 2019?

13-Dec-2018 By Jenny Eagle

Conversational AI (Artificial Intelligence), bot development and in-store entertainment concepts - 2019 is poised to be a transformative year for retail, according to Digimarc.

Feldmuehle to focus on specialty papers following insolvency restructure

13-Dec-2018 By Jenny Eagle

Feldmuehle will discontinue its production of graphic papers to focus on specialty papers such as wet and alkali-resistant labels and flexible packaging.

Packaging

EAFA sees 1% rise in chocolate Santas wrapped in aluminium foil

11-Dec-2018 By Jenny Eagle

EAFA (The European Aluminium Foil Association) says it has seen a 1% rise in chocolate Santas wrapped in aluminium foil.

ProSweets 2019

LoeschPack sees demand for hermetically sealed bars of chocolate in hotter countries

11-Dec-2018 By Jenny Eagle

Packaging machinery specialist LoeschPack has updated its RCB-HS wrapping head machine and says it has seen a rise in hermetically sealed bars of chocolate in hotter countries.

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.

Colpac refreshes its children’s theme packaging with fur, whiskers & scales

03-Dec-2018 By Jenny Eagle

Colpac has unveiled a range of children’s packaging with ‘friendly’ monster designs, space aliens and themes, such as Jungle Lion & His Friends, with texture, such as fur, whiskers and scales.

AIPIA World Congress 2018

Kezzler launches Toblerone digital campaign - video

26-Nov-2018 By Jenny Eagle

Kezzler has partnered with Mondelez to give everyone who purchases a Toblerone bar a QR code to send a recorded message to someone.

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.

AIPIA World Congress preview

Kezzler takes IoP technology to China

13-Nov-2018 By Jenny Eagle

Kezzler joined the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and Innovation Norway on a State Visit to China last month, as it welcomed incoming CEO Christine Akselsen.