Diageo North America celebrated the completion of a more than $120M investment in its largest bottling facility in Plainfield, IL. The Plainfield facility packages some of Diageo's leading brands, including Smirnoff No. 21, Smirnoff ...
U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have introduced legislation that would help consumers distinguish between dietary supplements that are safe and those that have potentially serious side-effects or drug ...
Tags: Supplements Labels, Medicine, Packaging, Printing
Developed by packaging giant Tetra Pak, the 330ml Tetra Prisma Aseptic carton features a specially designed DreamCap closure. This is the first time it's been used for a fruit juice in the UK. The increased portability and larger format ...
Soft drinks maker Britvic is dumping BlackBerry in favour of Windows Phone devices from Nokia. The company is currently rolling out Nokia Lumia 720 smartphones to 800 staff as part of the platform shift at the company. Further reading ...
Tags: Blackberry, Windows Phone
Arla Foods has completed the sale of British milk drinks business Crediton Dairy to a management buy-out team led by former Milk Link chief executive Neil Kennedy and former Milk Link group finance director Tim Smiddy after obtaining of ...
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New Diageo boss Ivan Menezes has confirmed the drinks giant's commitment to premium local brands and Scotch whisky, as the firm released its preliminary results for the full-year ended June 30 2013. Premium brands such as Johnnie Walker ...
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Mars Chocolate North America has launched Dove Mint & Dark Chocolate Swirl, a new addition to its Dove Dark Chocolate range. The new Dove Dark Chocolate flavor is infused with smooth mint, creating a swirled design, the company said. ...
Tags: Mars Chocolate, Chocolate Swirl
Contract packaging company Tech Packaging has announced plans to invest more than 12.4m in a bid to expand and equip its facility in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, US. Recently, the company purchased 32 acres of land in the Humboldt ...
Get rid of that counter hog of a coffee pot and replace it with a single spout iPhone or iPad controlled coffee maker? Have you ever felt like no matter where you place you coffee maker in your kitchen, or what design you choose it just ...
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Africa In Africa, on the whole, saunas are kept at a much lower temperature than in Europe. Asia In Iran, most gyms, hotels and almost all public swimming pools have indoor saunas. It is very common for swimming pools to have two ...
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As the leading pack type globally in alcoholic drinks, retail sales of glass reached almost 200 billion units in 2012. The beer category largely determines the fortunes of glass packaging within this industry, accounting for a 74% unit ...
Tags: Glass Bottle Markets, Wine
Rexam will produce new 330ml sleek aluminum can for India-based Silver Ice Beverages' RIO-Fusion Drinks, fruit flavored carbonated beverage. Rexam India is producing the can at its Taloja plant, where a new aluminum line was opened in ...
Global PET solutions provider Sidel has developed the new StarLite bottle base for still drinks with a shape that increases the base resistance and stability. The new PET bottle base is suited for water and juices especially, and under ...
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500ml MT-db glass has a conical base, designed to accommodate small tasting pours and make it easier to swirl the wine. The glass then bends and widens to allow the wine to breathe, before a second bend narrows it sharply to concentrate ...
Tags: glass, Construction, Decoration
Sometimes polymer gets a bad press, but it remains an incredibly versatile material that we would find very difficult to live without. The word 'polymer' is often used as a synonym for plastic, but it also includes other synthetic and ...
Tags: Polymer, Processing Machinery