Filling & Packaging Equipment & Systems

Self-chilling beverage cans will take market by storm: Joseph Company CEO

03-Feb-2012 By Ben Bouckley

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...

The People’s Republic of Beverage Cans: Ball Packaging plans to shift US lines to China

02-Feb-2012

Ball Packaging says it is selling every beverage can it makes for the Chinese market, with huge opportunities in sectors such as beer, and wants to relocate equipment there from ‘mature markets’ such as the US.

Crown Holdings CEO shrugs off full-year profit slump

02-Feb-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Despite a slump in 2011 net profits, Crown Holdings chairman and CEO John Conway said new beverage can lines in “promising emerging markets” such as Brazil, Vietnam and China boosted the company’s fourth quarter (Q4) and full-year trading performance.

‘ScentSational’ packaging coating delivers food or drink aroma

01-Feb-2012 By Mark Astley

An “invisible technology” that allows food and beverage processors to add the product aroma to its packaging has been developed.

Eco-resin with 50% rPET matches virgin material - company

31-Jan-2012 By Rory Harrington

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.

Ball Packaging bids to ‘centralise administration’ with European HQ switch

30-Jan-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Ball Packaging has revealed plans to relocate its European headquarters from Germany to Switzerland in 2012 to centralise administration and align operations more closely with customers.

Nestlé wages war with Mead Johnson over nutritional drinks bottles design

30-Jan-2012 By Elaine Watson

Nestlé and Mead Johnson - two of the biggest guns in infant nutrition - have become embroiled in a row over the design of bottles used by both firms to package their nutritional drinks.

Souped-up packaging to extend ease of use can’t reach all brands at once, says Nestlé

25-Jan-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Nestlé says it is investing in further training for its industrial designers in the Cambridge University ‘Inclusive Design’ approach, to accelerate packaging modifications across its brand portfolio to ensure ease of use for consumers of all ages.

Earthquake-stricken city reaps Coca-Cola Amatil investment

24-Jan-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Leading bottler Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand (CCANZ) has invested NZ $15m in bottle self manufacture and undertaken a multi-million dollar rebuild in Christchurch.

‘King’ can maker Rexam has high hopes for Russian 75cl move

18-Jan-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Rexam has revealed that it will produce Europe’s first 75cl can, first launched onto the Russian and Eastern European markets at the end of 2011, and says the product also has promise further west.

SuperCleanQ funding victory to boost SMEs rPET prospects

10-Jan-2012 By Ben Bouckley

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...

New self-sealing 'ring pull tube' has huge potential, Visican

05-Jan-2012 By Ben Bouckley

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.

Ardagh aluminium acquisition to boost European output

04-Jan-2012 By Mark Astley

Packaging manufacturer Ardagh intends to expand its European aluminium output by nearly a billion containers a year through its latest European acquisition, the company has announced.

DuPont sells bag-in-box ops

02-Jan-2012 By Rory Harrington

DuPont has sold its flexible bag-in-box subsidiary Liqui-Box to US private equity outfit The Sterling Group.

Brazilian can demand prompts $50m Novelis investment

22-Dec-2011 By Ben Bouckley

The world's largest producer of rolled aluminium, Novelis, has announced plans to invest around $50m to install a coating line for beverage can end stock at its site in Pindamonhangaba, Brazil.

Glass could strike gold riding Chinese beverage bandwagon, analyst

19-Dec-2011

Opportunities abound for glass as a premium beverage container in China, the world’s fastest growing packaging market, according to business research specialist the Freedonia Group.

‘Curbside exclusion’ is major challenge facing US carton recycling: Carton Council

13-Dec-2011 By Ben Bouckley

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.

German firm kick-starts rainbow revolution for PET

09-Dec-2011 By Ben Bouckley

Inotech Kunststofftechnik has filed patents concerning technology to blow multi-coloured or multi-component PET bottles using a special ‘two tone’ technique that it claims will allow impressive optical effects and the incorporation of active properties.

‘Lighter means less valuable’: Diageo tackles sustainability misconceptions

09-Dec-2011 By Ben Bouckley

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”.

Nampak claims license to thrill with ‘007’ closures line

08-Dec-2011 By Ben Bouckley

Nampak Closures has opened a new wine closure production line at its Cape Town facility nicknamed ‘007’ that it claims is the fastest of its type in the world.

‘Next generation’ filling valve sees Smurfit Kappa target bag-in-box gold

28-Nov-2011 By Ben Bouckley

Smurfit Kappa Bag-in-Box is poised to launch a new filling machine this week, which it claims breaks new ground in terms of its ability to fill both bag-in-box (BIB) and stand-up pouch (SUP) containers and includes a ‘next generation’ filling valve.

APPE battles HDPE bottles with ‘radical’ PET launch

23-Nov-2011 By Ben Bouckley

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

BCME chair lifts lid on beverage can sustainability

21-Nov-2011 By Ben Bouckley

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...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DISPATCHES FROM BRAU BEVIALE 2011

'Breakthrough' barrier technology sees APPE target new applications

18-Nov-2011 By Ben Bouckley

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.

Rexam's chairman of the board announces retirement

17-Nov-2011 By Ben Bouckley

Multinational packaging firm Rexam announced today that chairman Sir Peter Ellwood has retired and will leave the company on February 22 2012.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DISPATCHES FROM BRAU BEVIALE 2011

APPE laments cut-price market perceptions of rPET products

16-Nov-2011 By Ben Bouckley

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...

Paper wine bottle can challenge traditional applications – GreenBottle

14-Nov-2011 By Mark Astley

A biodegradable paper wine bottle hopes to challenge glass and plastic bottles with its green and compostable advantages, said its developers.

Packaging partnership challenges compostability perceptions

10-Nov-2011 By Mark Astley

Innovia Films hopes to dissuade negative compostable food packaging perceptions through a new partnership with paper-packaging producer Sappi Fine Paper Europe.

Revamped blow moulding series offers 'record' output, Krones

08-Nov-2011 By Ben Bouckley

Krones has launched a new generation polyethylene terephthalate (PET) blow moulding machine series that it says offers increased production outputs and reduced energy and air consumption.

Sustainability drive hits European plastic packaging growth

04-Nov-2011 By Ben Bouckley

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.

Interactive electronic food labels have ‘enormous potential’, Innovia

03-Nov-2011 By Ben Bouckley

Innovia Films claims its pioneering electronic food labels have ‘enormous potential’ for use on food and beverage packaging and that industry and consumers are ready for a labeling revolution

New DEHP water limit will not cost consumers: FDA

24-Oct-2011 By Ben Bouckley

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) insists its new maximum allowable levels for the chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) in bottled water will not raise costs for consumers.

Crown braves bad weather and tough macroeconomic conditions

20-Oct-2011 By Ben Bouckley

Multinational food and beverage metal packaging firm Crown Holdings has braved bad weather and tough economic conditions in Europe and the US to grow third quarter (Q3) net sales by 10 per cent compared with the same period in 2010.

Tetra Pak CEO discusses demand for functional packaging that doesn't cost the earth

18-Oct-2011 By Ben Bouckley

FoodProductionDaily.com gained an exclusive interview with Tetra Pak president and CEO Dennis Jönsson to discuss the demand for less packaging but improved product functionality, as he prepared to address delegates at the World Dairy Summit 2011 in Parma,...

We didn’t raise UK recycling awareness early enough: Tetra Pak CEO

17-Oct-2011 By Ben Bouckley

Tetra Pak president and CEO Dennis Jönsson has admitted that his company didn’t do enough to raise awareness of the recycling potential of cartons during their crucial formative years in the UK market.

‘Breakthrough’ lightweight glass helps Famous Grouse fly

10-Oct-2011 By Ben Bouckley

Major whisky distiller The Edrington Group claims to have developed 'breakthrough' lightweight glass packaging that is 14 per cent lighter than its conventional bottles.

China targets world domination in global packaging

29-Sep-2011 By Mark Astley

China is aiming to be the biggest packaging producer in the world by 2012, according to a recent study.

Tetra Pak pledges to ‘accelerate’ green product innovation

20-Sep-2011 By Ben Bouckley

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 targets new markets with Serbian canning line

19-Sep-2011 By Ben Bouckley

Ball Packaging Europe has opened a new €35m production line at its Serbian plant in Belgrade, as it seeks to penetrate into “new markets”..

New ‘handy can’ set to fizz on UK market, claims Ball Packaging

13-Sep-2011 By Ben Bouckley

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.

Drinks industry needs to tighten up on social media marketing, report

31-Aug-2011 By Helen Glaberson

Stricter controls are needed for alcohol advertising on social media platforms in order to restrict children’s access to marketing intended for adults, according to UK charity agency Alcohol Concern.

Advocates slate soft drink 'misleading' marketing, urge TV watershed

29-Aug-2011 By Jane Byrne

UK children’s food advocates, critical of marketing tactics by soft drink makers, are calling for further restrictions on TV advertising in a bid to curb what they claim are the industry’s misleading messages to children and parents.

Coca-Cola revives its US recycling plant

24-Aug-2011 By Helen Glaberson

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.

Amcor doubles profits, serves notice of growth acceleration

22-Aug-2011 By Rory Harrington

Amcor said its profits almost doubled last year on rising demand for both its flexible and rigid packaging and sooner-than expected benefits from its acquisition of Alcan.

Coca-Cola and Nestlé Waters on board for US recycling laws

18-Aug-2011 By Helen Glaberson

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.

RPC sells 'non-core' beverage closure company

16-Aug-2011 By Rory Harrington

RPC Group announced yesterday it had sold its German wine and spirits closure operations for €2.9m to Rauh GmbH & Co KG.

European beverage cans drive profits for Rexam

04-Aug-2011 By Michelle Knott

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.

More British breweries than since the Blitz

02-Aug-2011 By Mike Stones

Britain now boasts more than 800 breweries; a higher total than at any time since the Second World War, according to the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).

Dr Pepper Snapple’s profits down as costs rise

28-Jul-2011 By Helen Glaberson

As Dr Pepper Snapple’s profit fell by six per cent, the firm announced a hike in prices to help offset soaring packaging, ingredient and transportation costs.

O-I and Nestlé extend their bottling relationship with Perrier deal

28-Jul-2011 By Helen Glaberson

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...