Oman’s Sohar Port and Freezone has entered into an agreement with Oman International Petrochemical Industry Company (OMPET) to build a manufacturing facility that will produce up to 1.5 million tonnes of eco-friendly packaging ...
Tags: Pet Manufacturing, Agriculture
Starbucks Coffee Company has opened its first Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, the US. This interactive Roastery and Tasting Room is dedicated to roasting, coffee education and increasing ...
Tags: Starbucks, Reserve Roastery, Tasting Room, Agriculture
Alcoholic beverages distributor Southern Wine & Spirits of America has opened its new automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) facility in Union City, California. The new facility follows the opening of the company's Southern ...
Tags: Wine, Retrieval System, Agriculture
Tetra Pak has launched the Tetra Brik Aseptic 500 Edge which has been designed according to the needs of smaller households. Tetra Pak says that its Brik Aseptic range is the world's best-selling carton package range for beverages ...
Coffee and tea producer Keurig Green Mountain has agreed to acquire around 85% stake that it was not previously owning in MDS Global Holding (Bevyz) for €178m. Bevyz has developed a patented single-portion multi-drink system that ...
Japanese retail packaging is as culturally unique to Japan as its language, traditional dress and customs, and it took four days at Tokyo Pack 2014 to begin to make sense of characteristic traits in pack construction and consumer ...
Tags: retail packaging, Packaging
FDA finalises menu and vending machine calorie labeling rules The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalised two rules requiring that calorie information be listed on menus and menu boards in chain restaurants, similar retail ...
Tags: Vending Machine, FDA
Coffee and tea producer Keurig Green Mountain has entered into a multi-year licensing, manufacturing, and distribution agreement with Community Coffee Company. Under the agreed terms, the partners will bring Community Coffee in Keurig ...
Tags: Coffee, hot brewing systems, Agriculture
Honest Tea’s line of 16.9 fl. oz. real brewed iced teas has been updated with new varieties, a new bottle, and label graphics while providing organic and Fair Trade Certified teas. America's top-selling organic bottled tea is ...
Tags: Honest Tea, Iced Teas, Agriculture
The 2015 Finat Labelling Competition is open for entries until 5 March 2015. Here's what you need to know to enter: Is your work eligible? Finat is the competition to find the best work in self-adhesive label print. It applauds the best ...
Tags: Labelling Competition, Finat, Packaging
Global beverage giant The Coca-Cola Company has made a deal with South African multinational brewing and beverage company SABMiller to acquire its Appletiser drinks brands on a worldwide basis, and acquire or be licensed rights to a further ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Sabmiller, Agriculture
Walking around your local supermarket aisle should give you a clear indication that many brands need to up their game when it comes to catching the modern shopper’s eye. In the first part of my ‘Supermarket Sweep’ series, ...
Guala Closures Group, along with Lyon-based Manufacture Génerale de Joints (MGJ) has developed a new range of liners with different levels of oxygen permeability rates for the wine industry, utilisng Oenoseal-branded technology. ...
Tags: wines, oxygen permeability, Agriculture
The Coca-Cola Company, SABMiller and Gutsche Family Investments (GFI) will combine the bottling operations of their non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages businesses in Southern and East Africa. The new entity, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, bottling operations, Agriculture
PET and plastic packaging supplier Petainer has been named as the reserve bidder for the purchase of APPE with a bid of approximately €300m. Petainer will be getting financial backing from Next Wave Partners and KKR Asset Management ...