A hoax video claiming that the Coca-Cola Company planned to launch a 'Coca-Cola Bag' worldwide has duped the world media, leading the company to rush out a statement yesterday clarifying it was not the author of the media that went viral on...
Rexam Beverage Can Europe has confirmed to BeverageDaily.com that it has introduced a new CDL beverage can end that uses 10% less metal, with production starting in the first quarter of 2012.
UK packaging company GreenBottle has signed a deal with a major wine supplier to produce the world’s first paper wine ‘bottle’ for supermarket sale this year, and claims there is wider global interest within the beverage industry.
Molson Coors claims that a multi-million investment in film will reduce the weight of its secondary packaging for UK beer Carling by sixty-three per cent, and told BeverageDaily.com it plans to extend use to Coors Light.
Amcor Rigid Plastics says US airlines are driving demand for wine bottles made from lighter, cheaper PET rather than glass within the high growth single-serve market.
An international coalition of experts is bidding to develop a groundbreaking bioplastic for juice packaging using materials extracted from wastewater generated during fruit processing.
The collection of post-consumer plastic bottles for recycling has increased by 13% from last year, according to a Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) report.
Krones has confirmed to BeverageDaily.com that it has struck a deal to commission its first sustainable closed-loop PET recycling line for a German beverage firm, the sixth such line worldwide.
A key ingredient in the manufacture of plastic bottles can be made from biomass rather than petroleum, according to a team of chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
A bottle coating that enables thick foods, such as ketchup, to slide out easily could be on the market within two years after one of its developers told FoodProductionDaily.com that they were in talks with major food brands.
After being sued by the beverage giant, Coca-Cola PET supplier Pure Tech Plastics has slowed down production as it searches for a buyer, with whispers or interest from PepsiCo or Nestlé Waters.
Tetra Pak has launched its first ever wine carton that will produced in the UK in a new 75cl size, and has told BeverageDaily.com that there is no reason why it could not appeal to fine wine producers, citing Nordic and Italian success stories.
Chinese authorities have ordered a temporary end to production at a Coca-Cola bottling plant over production line “problems” - just weeks after confirming the safety of beverage products from the plant.
A Chinese ‘health and wellness’ trend inspiring a move away from carbonates towards waters and teas with added vitamins is boosting liquid carton sales, according to Euromonitor packaging analyst Regina Maiseviciute.
The Coca-Cola Company has declined to comment on a case before an Atlanta court that reveals it is pursuing a claim for millions of dollar against one of its US-based recycled PET suppliers.
Last May Tetra Pak launched the world's first 'carton bottle' called Tetra Evero Aseptic. Michael Grosse, executive vice president of development and engineering, told Ben Bouckley how it was performing in key markets and what the future...
Nestlé Waters claims that a novel silica dioxide coating added to San Pellegrino PET water bottles will cut their weight, increase their carbon retention and increase their shelf-life by three months.
Sidel has unveiled novel stackable PET bottle technology for mid-sized bottles and tells BeverageDaily.com that the technology could hit the market by 2013, where touted advantages include better stackability, space savings and reduced transport costs.
An increase of bottle capacity will lead to a reduction in logistical costs and carbon footprint and enable the production of more sustainable products, said Amcor Rigid Plastics.
Tetra Pak has unveiled what it claims is the world’s fastest carton filling machine – over 11 units per second – and says the concept was only realisable due to the launch of new eBeam non-contact and dry sterilisation technology.
An anti-bottled water agenda based on inaccurate and disingenuous claims is an easy sell to students legitimately concerned about environmental issues, according to the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) in the wake of a spate of US college...
SIG Combibloc says that beverages packaged aseptically in cartons and UHT treated are especially well suited to markets such as China that present long-distance transportation challenges.
Systems Labelling has developed a completely removable in-mould label, and claims the product could dramatically increase currently poor UK polypropylene (PP) recycling rates.
The US Food and Drink Administration (FDA) has started a 60-day public consultation period to revise regulations on the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles and sippy cups.
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has given a guarded reaction to a media enquiries regarding the planned launch a new 375ml bottle onto the UK market, despite its GB managing director informing journalists at a press conference that the firm intended to make...
US scientists have developed a food packaging technology that could eliminate the need for plastic containers, and the lead developer told FoodProductionDaily.com that it could hit the market inside 12 months.
An umbrella group representing the interests of environmental groups is disputing Australian packaging industry data on 2011 beverage bottle recycling levels, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
The leading UK plastics trade body has launched a withering attack on what it says are unrealistic and unfair Government recycling targets for plastic packaging.
Plastic packaging technology business Petainer has launched its ‘greenest ever’ refillable plastic bottle using 25% post-consumer recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and claims it is a significant environmental improvement.
US firm Joseph Company International is launching the world’s first ‘self-chilling beverage can’ using licensed technology, even tested by NASA, that cuts out the need for refrigeration, and says it has already had interest from two of the world’s largest...
Quality equivalent to virgin material, high strength and a lower carbon footprint are claims made by Artenius for its new PET resin that contains up to 50% recycled content.
An industry consortium has secured almost €2m of EU funding to develop processes and quality procedures to recycle for food contact applications, with the aim of helping small to medium-sized recyclers (SMEs) here reprocess waste and conform to European...
UK packaging company Visican has invented a novel self-sealing ‘ring pull tube’ in both cardboard and plastic formats that it says provides a 'ground-breaking' alternative to metal cans.
Coca-Cola said it has signed three joint ventures that could see its eco-PET bottle made from 100% plant-based material and brought to market within five or six years.
Despite improvements to curbside carton recycling, lack of access for consumers is the major problem that the industry faces in upping recycling rates, according to the US Carton Council.
Diageo says that realising its new vision for sustainable premium packaging is a challenge, especially given “the perception among consumers that lighter means less valuable”.
APPE insists that a ‘technological advance’ now allows it to produce large size polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles with recessed handles, and challenge blow-moulded HDPE rivals with a ‘significantly lighter’ alternative.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DISPATCHES FROM BRAU BEVIALE 2011
Beverage Can Makers Europe (BCME) chairman Gerrit Heske told BeverageDaily.com that cans were thriving in Europe due to perceptions of 'convenience, taste and freshness', but that industry still had a fight on its hands to tell consumers the...
Symphony Environmental Technologies has hit out at Californian legislation that it says highlights the ‘absurdity’ whereby it cannot market its oxo-biodegradable plastic as biodegradable in the state.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DISPATCHES FROM BRAU BEVIALE 2011
APPE is targeting new application areas for its novel oxygen-scavenging barrier system marketed under the the ActivSeal brand, the company revealed to BeverageDaily.com in an exclusive interview at Brau Beviale 2011 in Germany.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DISPATCHES FROM BRAU BEVIALE 2011
At Brau Beviale 2011, we spoke to marketing manager Kinza Sutton - from leading European manufacturer of PET pre-forms and bottles APPE - who lamented the fact that brandowners and fillers expect cheaper prices for rPET products despite relatively high...
Krones has launched what it describes as an ‘ultra compact’ single-end bottle washer designed specifically for beverage manufacturers with small to medium outputs.
Innovia Films hopes to dissuade negative compostable food packaging perceptions through a new partnership with paper-packaging producer Sappi Fine Paper Europe.
Despite a market recovery following the 2008-9 recession, demand for European food and beverage packaging in specific areas is being hit by “structural changes” including the sustainability trend.
A novel environmentally-friendly bottle that cuts plastic use by more than two thirds and has a 100% recyclable and compostable mould-fibre shell is set to shake up the beverage and personal care markets, claimed Berlin Packaging.
