Mello Yello returns to its Roots

It's easy going, it's easy flowing, and it's getting an old-­school look. Since the summers of disco, tie dye and 1970s cool, Mello Yello has offered a delicious citrus flavor to chill any hot summer day. Starting this summer, Mello Yello is rocking that same smooth taste in a remixed version of the original package design...

D.D. Williamson launches innovative Product in Europe

D.D. Williamson has developed an acid-­proof, Class One caramel colour for customers in Europe. The darkest Class One caramel colour in D.D. Williamson’s product line, the new product provides stability below pH 2.5 and in alcohol up to 65 % ABV. Customers may label “Colour Plain Caramel” or “Burnt Sugar” depending on the function the product is serving in the food or beverage application...

interpack 2011: Change in Management Team – Messe Düsseldorf repositions its operative Business

Since June 2010 the new Executive Vice President, Hans Werner Reinhard (39) has also been responsible for the world’s most important trade fair for the packaging industry, interpack. With this move Messe Düsseldorf GmbH takes a clear step towards...

WILD Flavors, Inc. develops Flavors and Concepts for Coconut Water

WILD Flavors, Inc. continues to be innovative in product and flavoring offerings, and has expanded into the coconut water trend through the research and development of not only flavors that test well in coconut water applications, but in new marketable concepts that utilize coconut water...

Pepsi Baobab in Japan

Pepsi Japan and Suntory Holdings released a special limited time beverage named “Pepsi Baobab” in stores around the nation...

Kosme Acepack: Packer and unpacker in the low output range

Kosme s.r.l. Roverbella, Italy, a subsidiary of Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, has developed an automatic packer and unpacker called Acepack, which depending on the equipment fitted handles various containers like bottles, cans or flacons up to a maximum size of 1 litre and a maximum speed of 8,800 containers an hour in cartons or plastic crates.

Bericap introduces new light weight 38 mm closure

Not only since the economic crises, food and drink industry is urging for optimised closures fulfilling various packaging requirements and still being cost effective based on low weight in order to save resin and improve the carbon footprint.

Tenaya launches shelf stable, aseptically filled MADE(R) beverages in Ball PET bottles

Tenaya, LLC, Chicago, Ill., has introduced MADE(R) beverages in Ball Corporation's (NYSE: BLL) 16-­oz. PET bottles with KHS Plasmax(R) barrier coating. MADE beverages are filled at Kan-­Pak, LLC, Arkansas City, Kan., and are among the first high acid, shelf-­stable beverages aseptically filled in PET bottles in North America.

Citrosuco & Citrovita form the world's biggest citrus processor

Brazilian orange juice makers Citrosuco and Citrovita merge to form the biggest orange juice producer in the world with sales topping US $ 1.1 billion, according to reports.

NERD Beverage expands out of the South and 'focuses' on Midwest

NERD Beverage Corporation has created a new category within the energy drink market by developing the first "Focus & Energy" beverage in the industry. NERD Beverage Corp. has succeeded in creating a winner in the Texas market, and now expands across the Midwest.

CROWN’S closures help packaging for Old Orchard’s Premium Very Cherre™ juices speak volumes

To achieve a youthful, bold look for its new Very Cherre™ Montmorency Tart Cherry juices, Old Orchard has adopted brightly colored twist closures from CROWN Closures Americas, a business unit of Crown Holdings, Inc.

Eve – a new low-calorie fruit spritzer

Eve is a fruity and natural light alcoholic drink covering the occasions where women meet and socialize in company with their best friends. The idea behind Eve comes from Feldschloesschen, Switzerland from where Eve is made in cooperation with Carlsberg Group.

Monin Gourmet Flavorings launches new Line of Fruit Puree

Exquisite taste has been accomplished with both Monin Gourmet Flavorings’ new line of fruit puree and the appearance of the bottles in which it is marketed...

Zuvamesa starts Production at biggest Juice Plant in Europe, equipped by Tetra Pak

New facility in Spain will process up to 400,000 tonnes of local citrus from 57 suppliers to produce up to 100 million litres of juice...

SIG Combibloc launches Europe's first FSC-certified Beverage Cartons for Fruit Juice Drinks and Ice Teas

SIG Combibloc has now launched the first FSC-­certified beverage cartons for fruit juice drinks and ice teas in Europe. The fruit juice drinks and ice teas in beverage cartons marked with the label of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) are now on sale in all German branches of the Lidl chain...

COCA-COLA introduces new visual Identity for global Juice Portfolio

World's #1 Juice and Juice Drinks Company Unveils First Ever Uniform Packaging Design for Core Juice Brands Including Minute Maid, Del Valle, Andina and Cappy...

BERICAP introduced successfully Sports Cap in North America

Raw material saving, CO2 emission reduction and last but not least cost saving measures are major drivers in the industry nowadays...

Monster Energy DUB Edition introduced in Ball's Jumbo Cap Can®

Monster Energy has partnered with DUB Publishing and co-­founder Myles Kovacs to develop the latest Monster Energy product, Monster Energy DUB Edition, and has launched the new beverage in the first 32-­oz...

GEA Tuchenhagen completes the VESTA® Sterile Valve product portfolio

GEA Tuchenhagen has completed its VESTA® Sterile Valve series with various tank-­bottom valve variants. This provides the users with a full range of solutions in sensitive processes where high sterile requirements must be fulfilled.

Hot filling: The world’s lightest bottles

Less than 19 grams for 0.5 L: Sidel beats the world record for the lightweighting of hot-­fillable PET bottles and designs innovative shapes thanks to the development of new technical solutions. Discover the new models Skyward™ and Curvy™.