Coca-Cola Canada is reducing sweet content in its drink, a move to reduce the overall beverage calories in the Canadian diet. As part of its strategy, the company is also reducing immediate consumption package size by 15% to 500ml, as ...
Tags: Low-Calorie Beverages, Agriculture
Global drinks major PepsiCo is planning to launch stevia-sweetened Pepsi True in stores across Denver, Minneapolis and Washington, in the US. PepsiCo plans to commence the limited rollout of Pepsi True this week. This comes after the ...
Tags: consumer reaction, Agriculture
iQ Food has partnered with Greenhouse Juice, local purveyors of organic cold-pressed juice. Starting January 21st, the two companies, developed and operated by long-time friends turned entrepreneurs, will offer three organic juices at ...
International Finance Corporation (IFC) will provide a senior loan of $8.5m and mobilize a parallel senior loan of €5m from Rabobank to help Georgia’s glass bottle manufacturer Mina expand its business. The financial help from ...
Tags: Glass Container, financial help, Packaging
Kristian Regale has launched FRISA, which is a non-alcoholic, sparkling European-inspired botanical beverage. FRISA Elderflower, FRISA Ginger Hibiscus, and FRISA Black Currant Rosehip are all 100% natural, GMO free, gluten free, and ...
France-based fruit and vegetable juice producer Jus de Fruits d'Alsace (JFA) is investing €15m ($17.9m) in a new PET bottling line at its production plant at Sarre-Union. With the new line that will become operational in April 2015, ...
Tags: PET bottling line, vegetable juice producer, Agriculture
Just before Christmas, NSW Premier, Mike Baird, and the Environment Minister, Rob Stokes, wrote to the National Packaging Covenant Industry Association (NPCIA)’s chairman, Grant Musgrove, and Coca-Cola Amatil managing director, Barry ...
Tags: packaging waste litter, recycling, Packaging
Global demand for industrial silica sand is forecast to advance 5.5 percent per year to 291 million metric tons in 2018, with a value of $12.5 billion. Accelerations in construction spending and manufacturing output worldwide are expected ...
Tags: Silica Sand, glass
Village Juicery, a leading producer and distributor of raw, 100% organic, nutritionist approved and never HPP'd cold-pressed juice, officially opens its doors this weekend at 540 College Street. Based in Toronto and produced every night, ...
Tags: cold-pressed juice, meals, snacks, Agriculture
The Saint Louis Brewery in the US will procure glass bottles for its Schlafly Beer from rigid packaging firm Ardagh Group. A long-term supply agreement to this effect has been signed between both the companies. As per the agreed ...
Tags: Glass Bottles, Beer Packaging, Agriculture
Danish brewer Carlsberg is planning to merge its Mythos Brewery with Olympic Brewery, in order to expand its market share in Greece. Carlsberg will own 51% of the combined company while the current shareholders of Olympic Brewery will ...
Tags: Market Share, Mythos Brewery, Agriculture
Global barrier films supplier Toppan Printing will be constructing a new plant in Georgia which will use innovative technology to produce environment-friendly packaging. The new plant will help the company strengthen its capacity to ...
Tags: environment-friendly packaging, food packaging industry, Agriculture
There were 230 entries submitted into this year’s German Packaging Award. NMP Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of KHS, wowed the judges by putting together two of its prototypes. NMP’s Direct Print and Nature MultiPack ...
Tags: German Packaging Award, Packaging
American softdrink company Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS) has acquired Davis Beverage Group and Davis Bottling for an undisclosed amount. The transaction provides DPS with a 42-county distribution territory in eastern Pennsylvania, excluding ...
Tags: Davis Beverage, Davis Bottling, Agriculture
Nampak has opened its energy-efficient glass furnace in Gauteng, South Africa, with an investment of around $0.11bn (R1.2bn). The new furnace, which is the company's third, will increase the plant's capacity to 295 000 tons per annum and ...
Tags: Nampak, Third Glass Furnace, Printing