In order to meet increasing post-consumer recycling demands, Indorama Ventures (IVL) is set to buy Wellman International’s polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling business in Europe.
Further improvements are needed in the collection and recycling of aluminium beverage cans, despite recycling rates for the cans increasing across the EU, according to the European Aluminium Association (EAA).
Major players in the carton packaging manufacturing sector have declared the number of their plants meeting key sustainability criteria has doubled since 2010.
Tetra Pak has pledged to accelerate green product innovation after an environmental report commissioned by the company showed that consumers want well-priced eco-friendly packaging.
Ball Packaging Europe is set to launch a new ‘handy can’ within the EU, which will be trailblazed in the UK by PepsiCo and its filling partner Britvic.
New global guidelines on packaging sustainability will help companies reduce their carbon footprint while boosting efficiency and spur more effective communication between players throughout the supply chain, said Unilever’s Nigel Bagley.
Initial feedback from a trial in Ohio suggests milk fine filtered to remove ‘impurities’ could be a big hit with US consumers, claims Dean Foods subsidiary WhiteWave Foods.
Coca-Cola and United Resource Recovery (URRC) are injecting life back into their US PET recycling plant after a six month project to overhaul operations.
An interactive packaging launch by wine brand Schmitt Sohne is just the tip of the iceberg, according to Datamonitor, with an explosion in Quick Response (QR) codes expected to appear over the next couple of years.
With one of the fastest growth rates in the world and per capita consumption forecast to double by 2015, the India plastic sector represents a major commercial opportunities for foreign companies, said the British Plastics Federation.
Beverage giants Coca‐Cola and Nestlé Waters will take responsibility for collection and recycling of post‐consumer beverage packaging if the US passes new laws requiring them to do so, according to industry research.
Amcor Rigid Plastics has said it will close one of its US packaging plants at the end of this year as demand has been hit by the growing trend for ‘self-manufacture’ among brand owners.
Rexam’s half-year results show profit before tax up by 19 per cent on 2010. The growth was driven largely by the packaging company’s beverage can business in Europe, which saw operating profits rise by 12 per cent.
Food giant Nestlé announced this week that it has launched the world’s first free mobile application for iPhone and Android devices to help people recycle waste packaging correctly.
Food giant Nestlé has teamed up with Tetra Pak to launch a cap made from 100 per cent renewably sourced materials for two of its Brazilian milk brands.
Owens-Illinois (O-I) is extending its relationship with Nestlé Waters’ after striking a deal to become the leading glass bottle supplier for the firm’s Perrier brand; the news comes hot on the heels of a 46 per cent drop in second-quarter profits for...
Food giants Kraft and Nestlé have given their backing to a ‘game-changing’ technology that will allow the recovery of aluminum from flexible laminates such as beverage and coffee pouches.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has spelled out how it will evaluate different technologies used by recyclers to turn polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from post-consumer waste into food contact materials.
Crown Holdings’ reported a 13 per cent profit growth over the past six months, however the manufacturer also revealed a hit of $74m (€52m) in gross charges.
Ball Corp said its 8oz ‘Trim’ can will help brand owners tap into a potential growth market likely to emerge in the wake of a new anti-obesity drive for children by the US government.
Middleby Corp has ramped up its acquisition of food processing firms after announcing last week it had taken over Danfotech Inc – its third buyout in recent months.
The collection of PET bottles in Europe last year rose by more than six per cent to reach almost 1.5m tonnes, according a report commissioned by two industry bodies.
Turkish frozen drinks company Meykar is to get a €1.4m loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to buy new processing equipment.
The global shortage of BOPET film has eased to the extent that converters and food brand owners can expect an increasingly secure pricing regime for the material, which is used in flexible packaging, over the next two years, said industry consultants...
While industry experts have been predicting a further erosion of the market share of glass packaging at the hands of PET and flexibles, the material is set for growth, says Owens-Illinois (O-I).
Sonoco has the completed the takeover of UK-based Robinson Paperboard Packaging for ₤2.6m in a bid to expand its paperboard container presence in Europe.
The glass packaging industry in Europe posted a 3.5 per cent year-on year production increase to 20.7m tonnes in 2010 as output partially recovered from its 2009 slump.
Electron beam decontamination of food is a technology waiting in the wings; a leading researcher claims it can be the ultimate defence in terms of food safety but its potential is being stymied by regulatory hurdles, industry naivety and costly equipment.
An electronic tongue could be used as a reliable and cheap alternative for the real-time quantification of fructose and glucose in samples of commercial soft drinks, according to new research.
A new extraction process that works by disrupting the cell membrane is being targeted at the juice industry with the promise of higher yields and better retention of nutrients.
