All news articles for May 2021

The Ferd Group, which owns Elopak, intends to remain an active and committed shareholder after the IPO. Pic: Elopak

Elopak aims for IPO in June

By Jim Cornall

Norwegian packaging company Elopak is preparing to apply for listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange, with the goal of being listed this June.

The Roadmap highlights the industry’s commitment to having 90% of all beverage cartons collected for recycling, and to have at least 70% of all beverage cartons recycled by 2030. Pic: Getty Images/curtoicurto

Advancement for beverage carton recycling

By Jim Cornall

EXTR:ACT, the European platform to improve and increase the recycling of beverage cartons and similar fiber-based multi-material packaging in Europe, has announced four projects allow roughly 50,000 tonnes of non-fiber components of beverage cartons to...

The new OmyaPET is an opacifier for the production of white opaque PET bottles or white opaque BOPET film and ensures a lower environmental footprint in, for example, UHT milk bottles.

Omya launches OmyaPET

By Jim Cornall

Swiss industrial mineral provider Omya International AG has launched OmyaPET, a new product family of functionalized calcium carbonates for PET applications.

Pic:Riff Cold Brewed

How clean caffeine can shake up the RTD coffee category

By Natasha Spencer

With a focus on upcycling and creating a sustainable supply chain, Riff Cold Brewed has conceptualised a ready-to-drink (RTD), carbon-neutral, plant-based offering that hails as the latest in clean caffeine.

Pic:getty/petrenkod

The future of wine post-COVID: Five trends to watch

By Jamie Williams, managing partner, isobel.

From e-commerce to lower alcohol products, Jamie Williams, managing partner at London advertising agency isobel, explores five post-COVID trends to watch in the wine industry.

New appointments in the beverage industry: May 2021

People on the move: May 2021

By Rachel Arthur

From PepsiCo to Bacardi, we take a look at some of the people taking up top jobs in the beverage industry this month.

Synergy has production, R&D and technical facilities in the US, Ireland, the UK, Italy, Thailand (pictured), Indonesia, and Brazil.  Pic: Synergy Flavors

Synergy Flavors acquires Innova Flavors

By Jim Cornall

Synergy Flavors Inc., a member of the Irish-based Carbery Group, has announced the acquisition of savory flavor and ingredient supplier, Innova Flavors, from Griffith Foods Worldwide.