News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
Ball Packaging has managed to break into the Italian market with its new 330ml 'sleek can', with Italian beverage company San Benedetto adopting the packaging across RTD tea, Tonica and Lemon Schweppes lines.
Britvic revealed today that it suspects there may be a 'design issue' with a new packaging cap design that led to a massive Fruit Shoot beverage recall last Tuesday, and predicts the crisis could now cost it between £15m and £25m.
Husky is to build a manufacturing factory in China that will be fully operational in 2014 in a bid to meet customer demand.
Cermex has launched a new continuous lane divider called DiviArm and said it has taken a 'strategic decision' to build up its complete range of machines to target sectors such as the beverage industry.
UK police are reportedly questioning Hans Kristian Rausing – son of the Swedish billionaire who helped develop Tetra Pak and co-heir to the wider €12.6bn business – whose wife was found dead in London on Tuesday.
Beam Inc. has failed in a bid to strike out a federal class action alleging it misled consumers over the ‘all natural’ credentials of its Skinnygirl Margarita brand, which contains sodium benzoate.