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Filling & Packaging

22.03.2018

The KHS Innopouch Bartelt^® K series concept: flexible systems for pouch packaging

Flexibility, precision, ease of operation and hygienic safety: with its Innopouch Bartelt^® K series KHS presents a pouching machine with a full range of servo equipment. With an ever increasing variety of products to be processed this system offers the beverage and food market many advantages with its short setup times and high level of productivity.

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01.03.2018

Tetra Pak delivers more than half a billion fully renewable packages

Tetra Pak has now delivered more than half a billion packs of Tetra Rex® Bio-based, the world’s first beverage carton to be manufactured entirely from renewable materials.

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22.02.2018

Crown’s thermochromic ‘reveal’ ink technology makes commercial debut

As competition for consumer attention and loyalty intensifies, brands are increasingly turning to packaging to achieve differentiation on retail shelves and enhance engagement. To deliver an interactive experience to consumers before, during and after consumption, Coca-Cola has rolled out cans of Coke, Coke Zero, Fanta and Sprite in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia featuring Reveal temperature sensitive inks.

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21.02.2018

DNP and SIG create joint venture in Japan

Tokyo-based Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) and SIG have signed a joint venture agreement which will bring new value added carton packaging and filling technology solutions to the Japanese food and beverage industry. The 50-50 joint venture will be established as of April 1, 2018, under the name of DNP • SIG Combibloc Co., Ltd., located in Tokyo.

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15.02.2018

Recycling in Germany: PET bottles setting the trend

PET beverage bottles already meet the key requirements in the current debate on plastic recycling. Germany’s firmly established recycling system from manufacturing to recycling PET bottles has played a decisive role, placing the German PET market ahead of the EU plastic strategy just published.

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01.12.2017

A solution-driven framework for meeting industry challenges

To help food and beverage producers meet increasing industry demands, SIG has created three value-adding segments as part of its Value Proposition.

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23.11.2017

SIG supports the development of scientifically rigorous methodologies to quantify the climate benefits of FSC certification

Demonstrating how the private sector can play a major role in mitigating climate change, the Forest Stewardship CouncilTM (FSCTM) announced at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) in Bonn the support from IKEA of Sweden and SIG Combibloc aiming to…

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09.11.2017

Recycling of drink cartons

The Fibre Evolution material processing facility, developed and patented by Model AG, has made it possible to recycle drink cartons and other papers that are not readily soluble in large volumes for subsequent use. After glass and PET bottles, carton containers are the third most common form of packaging for drinks, and up until now, they have ended up in rubbish heaps, where the valuable raw fibres are incinerated.

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02.11.2017

Concept for inspiring healthy breakfast habits won Billerud Korsnäs PackChallenge 2017 for Arla Foods

A digital platform aimed to inspire healthy breakfast habits became the winning concept when the students at Bergh’s School of Communication competed on how Arla Foods should reach out and engage young consumers through digital interactivity based on packaging as a platform.

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19.10.2017

Sports cap takes convenience and safety to a new level

RPC Massmould in conjunction with RPC Astra Plastique have developed and industrialised a next generation sports cap that breaks new ground with its combination of enhanced consumer convenience and maximum product safety and integrity, along with a contemporary design.

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12.10.2017

SIG presents the Vancouver Declaration: FSC and partners unveil ambitious sustainability commitment

The Forest Stewardship Council^TM (FSC^TM) has launched an ambitious new initiative to increase the use of materials from responsibly managed forests.

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29.08.2017

Elopak launches Pure-Pak^® cartons with the new paperboard Natura Life^™ by Stora Enso

The collaboration between Elopak and Stora Enso has resulted in the launch of the first gable top carton made from natural brown unbleached paperboard, creating the Naturally Pure-Pak^® carton with a highly distinctive, natural look and feel.

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09.08.2017

PepsiCo joins The Recycling Partnership

National nonprofit The Recycling Partnership (U.S.) announced its newest funding partner, the global food and beverage leader, PepsiCo. The organizations have agreed to collaborate on an ambitious cross-sector approach to increasing recycling rates across America.

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08.08.2017

Coca-Cola creates first ever advert made out of 100 % recyclable packaging

Coca-Cola Great Britain has created its first ever ad made entirely out of its 100 % recyclable packaging. Love Story, created by Ogilvy and Mather Berlin, tells the story of two bottles who fall in love as they meet over and over again after being disposed of properly and recycled into new bottles.

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27.07.2017

Lipton^® Iced Tea „spreads the love“ to consumers with interactive packaging

Leveraging the expertise of its European Design Studio in Leicester, UK, CROWN Bevcan Europe and Middle East, a business unit of Crown Holdings Inc., has helped long-standing customer Lipton make its mark with consumers with an engaging new package.

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13.07.2017

Coca-Cola European Partners Great Britain unveils new sustainable packaging strategy

Coca-Cola European Partners unveiled its new GB sustainable packaging strategy – setting out an ambition for its GB business unit to work with local and national partners to recover all its packaging so that more is recycled and none ends up as litter.

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18.05.2017

Trouble-free recycling: Nature MultiPack™ granted interim approval by the EPBP

Following tests on the Nature MultiPack™ the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP) has confirmed that it can be fully recycled. The adhesive specially developed and supplied by NMP Systems and KHS has thus been granted interim approval for further market tests in Europe until June 30, 2019.

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06.04.2017

Full range of Tetra Pak eBeam-based filling machines now available

Tetra Pak has announced that the full range of Tetra Pak^® E3 machines, which is based on the revolutionary eBeam sterilisation technology, is now ready for customer rollout.

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29.03.2017

Steuben paves the way in the US: combidome carton bottle now also for low-acid products

Clear the stage for combidome ‘Low Acid’: the innovative carton bottle from SIG Combibloc has now also been launched for low-acid products such as milk and plant-based dairy alternatives.

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23.03.2017

Gualapack bio-based premade pouch

The launch of erdbär Freche Freunde´s new eco-friendly pouch demonstrates the company commitment towards sustainability, achieving a unique position in the German snack market for kids.

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16.03.2017

VTT has developed stand-up pouches from renewable raw materials and nanocellulose

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd has developed lightweight 100 % bio-based stand-up pouches with high technical performance. High performance in both oxygen, grease and mineral oil barrier properties has been reached by using different biobased coatings on paper substrate.

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15.02.2017

Tetra Pak to open a new closures production facility in Asia

The €24 million investment, which will create around 60 jobs when it opens early in 2018, will be capable of producing more than 3 billion closures every year.

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02.02.2017

Coca-Cola delivers greater variety to Brazilian consumers with slimmer format beverage packaging

CROWN Embalagens Metálicas da Amazônia S.A. (CROWN Brazil), a joint venture of Crown Holdings, Inc. (Crown) and Évora S.A. of Porto Alegre, Brazil, has partnered with Coca-Cola to introduce a 220 ml sleek style beverage can to local consumers.

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26.01.2017

New 38mm closure for aseptic applications

To respond to increasing demand for higher performance and convenience in the beverage industry, RPC Obrist Madrid has launched a new 38mm closure specifically developed to be compatible with aseptic filling lines.

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14.12.2016

Great similarity: Plastic bottles score with many advantages over glass bottles

Effective immediately, the Polish Vodka brand Sobieski is now marketing its 1.75-liter premium product in plastic bottles. While this step may seem surprising at first glance in an unusual product category, it makes perfect sense on closer inspection.

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13.12.2016

Ball Intends to Cease Production at Beverage Packaging Plant in Reidsville, North Carolina (U.S.)

Ball Corporation announced that it intends to cease production at the company’s Reidsville, North Carolina, beverage packaging plant in mid-2017. The plant’s customers will be supplied by other Ball facilities in the U.S.

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06.12.2016

Tetra Pak Gets Closer to Fully Renewable Packaging Goal with New Aseptic Carton

Tetra Pak announces the launch of a new version of Tetra Brik® Aseptic 1000 Edge with Bio-based LightCap™ 30. This is the first aseptic carton package in the world to receive the highest class of Vinotte certification for its use of renewable materials.

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01.12.2016

Tetra Pak launches new water-free lubrication

Tetra Pak has expanded its Technical Services portfolio with the launch of a dry lubrication kit for packaging line conveyor belts and distribution equipment.

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01.12.2016

Mintel announces five packaging trends set to impact global markets in 2017

Looking ahead to 2017, Mintel has announced five key trends set to impact global packaging markets during the next year, including implications for consumers, brands, retailers, and package manufacturers. David Luttenberger, Global Packaging Director at Mintel, said: “Consumers often and easily get caught up in the unending ebb and rapid flow of commercial fads, social […]

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11.11.2016

Owens-Illinois, Ambev introduce red glass to the world with Skol Beats Secret

Owens-Illinois, the world’s leading glass container manufacturer, has partnered with its customer Ambev to bring the world’s first commercial-scale red glass bottle to the market with Ambev’s launch of Skol Beats Secret.

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10.11.2016

Elopak launches new Pure-Pak® Sense Aseptic carton

Elopak has launched a new package for aseptic products, the Pure-Pak® Sense Aseptic carton, with unique design and functional features. Eckes-Granini Finland is the first juice company in Europe to introduce the new Pure-Pak carton, with the re-launch this October of its popular Marli Natur juice range.

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04.11.2016

Swedish Drinking Yoghurt Switches to Tetra Pak’s New Carton Bottle

Consumers in Sweden now have an environmentally-sound choice for chilled drinking yoghurt, following the launch of a range of SkŒnemejerier products in Tetra Top 330 Mini Nallo. SkŒnemejerier, the leading dairy in southern Sweden, has become the first to use this new carton bottle from Tetra Pak.

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04.11.2016

Glass packaging closed loop recycling up to 74 % in the EU

According to the latest industry data(1) – published today by the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) – the average glass recycling rate in the EU 28 zone has reached the 74 % threshold for the first time.

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21.10.2016

Plastic Bottle Is A Natural Fit

A custom-moulded bottle from RPC Promens Consumer Llantrisant is ensuring that a new range of healthy, probiotic drinks stands out on-shelf.

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29.09.2016

Beverage Carton Recycling Continues Its Growth

Europe recycled 44 % of beverage cartons in 2015, according to industry-wide figures. This corresponds to…

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25.08.2016

Edible Food Packaging Made From Milk Proteins

At the grocery store, most foods – meats, breads, cheeses, snacks – come wrapped in plastic packaging. Not only does this create a…

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24.08.2016

All4Pack: KHS Presents Packaging Of The Future

At All4Pack 2016, from 14-17 November 2016, KHS GmbH will be presenting current highlights in…

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11.08.2016

Fauji Foods In Pakistan First To Launch In Ecolean’s New 125 ml Package Size

Dairy producer Fauji Foods Ltd, Pakistan is the first to introduce its tea creamer in the brand new…

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04.08.2016

Beverage Packaging With A 360¡ Lens For Taking Pictures

Beverage brand owners are exploiting packaging opportunities to deliver a variety of innovative solutions for…

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19.05.2016

Smurfit Kappa Has Expanded Its Pouch-Up Range Thanks To The Use Of New Filling Technologies

In collaboration with Pressade/France, number 3 of non-chilled fruit juices and specialist of fruit juices for the whole family, Smurfit Kappa Bag-in-Box offers a…

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26.04.2016

First Tetra Top Carton Bottle With Bio-Based Plastic Hits The Market With JUST Water

Tetra Pak announces that a new version of its Tetra Top® package, more than 80 % of which comes from…

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22.04.2016

When It Comes To Recycling, Age Matters

Although Europeans are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of recycling…

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22.04.2016

Coca-Cola Reveals New “One-Brand” Packaging

In a move that will extend the Company’s “One Brand” global marketing strategy to packaging, Coca-Cola has announced the…

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15.04.2016

Bioplastics In The Juice Industry

The present and future of bioplastics in the juice industry in Europe will be…

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24.03.2016

Mexican lifestyle É bottled!

Sensient Flavors presents a new range of all-natural Mexican flavors for the production of…

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11.03.2016

Nature MultiPack™ World Premier Set For Evian ‘prestige’ PET Bottles

With Nature MultiPack™ NMP Systems GmbH is bringing a…

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10.03.2016

Future-Oriented Packaging Systems By KHS Attract Great Interest

Shorter changeover times, lower energy costs and use of fewer resources: at the in-house KHS exhibition at the production site in…

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03.03.2016

Better to check: KHS InnoPET Blomax

Under the name of Innocheck PPI (PET Preform Inspection) KHS GmbH is now offering a multistage preform inspection program which it has…

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03.03.2016

Singapore Researchers Develop Eco-Friendly Food Packaging Material

Natural chitosan-based film enhanced with anti-bacterial and antiviral properties of grapefruit seed extract improves food safety and…

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24.11.2015

Global Closure Systems Cap Sets The Gold Standard

GCS has developed an exclusive bi-injected flip-top cap with a tamper-evident device for Ponti, the Italian leader in…

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Filling & Packaging

The KHS Innopouch Bartelt® K series concept: flexible systems for pouch packaging

Tetra Pak delivers more than half a billion fully renewable packages

Crown’s thermochromic ‘reveal’ ink technology makes commercial debut

DNP and SIG create joint venture in Japan

Recycling in Germany: PET bottles setting the trend

A solution-driven framework for meeting industry challenges

SIG supports the development of scientifically rigorous methodologies to quantify the climate benefits of FSC certification

Recycling of drink cartons

Concept for inspiring healthy breakfast habits won Billerud Korsnäs PackChallenge 2017 for Arla Foods

Sports cap takes convenience and safety to a new level

SIG presents the Vancouver Declaration: FSC and partners unveil ambitious sustainability commitment

Elopak launches Pure-Pak® cartons with the new paperboard Natura Life™ by Stora Enso

PepsiCo joins The Recycling Partnership

Coca-Cola creates first ever advert made out of 100 % recyclable packaging

Lipton® Iced Tea „spreads the love“ to consumers with interactive packaging

Coca-Cola European Partners Great Britain unveils new sustainable packaging strategy

Trouble-free recycling: Nature MultiPack™ granted interim approval by the EPBP

Full range of Tetra Pak eBeam-based filling machines now available

Steuben paves the way in the US: combidome carton bottle now also for low-acid products

Gualapack bio-based premade pouch

VTT has developed stand-up pouches from renewable raw materials and nanocellulose

Tetra Pak to open a new closures production facility in Asia

Coca-Cola delivers greater variety to Brazilian consumers with slimmer format beverage packaging

New 38mm closure for aseptic applications

Great similarity: Plastic bottles score with many advantages over glass bottles

Ball Intends to Cease Production at Beverage Packaging Plant in Reidsville, North Carolina (U.S.)

Tetra Pak Gets Closer to Fully Renewable Packaging Goal with New Aseptic Carton

Tetra Pak launches new water-free lubrication

Mintel announces five packaging trends set to impact global markets in 2017

Owens-Illinois, Ambev introduce red glass to the world with Skol Beats Secret

Elopak launches new Pure-Pak® Sense Aseptic carton

Swedish Drinking Yoghurt Switches to Tetra Pak’s New Carton Bottle

Glass packaging closed loop recycling up to 74 % in the EU

Plastic Bottle Is A Natural Fit

Beverage Carton Recycling Continues Its Growth

Edible Food Packaging Made From Milk Proteins

All4Pack: KHS Presents Packaging Of The Future

Fauji Foods In Pakistan First To Launch In Ecolean’s New 125 ml Package Size

Beverage Packaging With A 360¡ Lens For Taking Pictures

Smurfit Kappa Has Expanded Its Pouch-Up Range Thanks To The Use Of New Filling Technologies

First Tetra Top Carton Bottle With Bio-Based Plastic Hits The Market With JUST Water

When It Comes To Recycling, Age Matters

Coca-Cola Reveals New “One-Brand” Packaging

Bioplastics In The Juice Industry

Mexican lifestyle É bottled!

Nature MultiPack™ World Premier Set For Evian ‘prestige’ PET Bottles

Future-Oriented Packaging Systems By KHS Attract Great Interest

Better to check: KHS InnoPET Blomax

Singapore Researchers Develop Eco-Friendly Food Packaging Material

Global Closure Systems Cap Sets The Gold Standard

The KHS Innopouch Bartelt^® K series concept: flexible systems for pouch packaging

Elopak launches Pure-Pak^® cartons with the new paperboard Natura Life^™ by Stora Enso

Lipton^® Iced Tea „spreads the love“ to consumers with interactive packaging