Amcor Rigid Plastics has supplied a new aseptically filled, 750g barrier polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle to Venezuela-based food and beverage manufacturer Empresas Polar for the launch of its pourable yogurt. The barrier PET ...
Tags: Empresas Polar, Pet Bottle
US-based soft drinks manufacturer Coca-Cola has opened its 43rd bottling plant in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China with an investment of CNY650m ($106m). The new facility is part of the company's three-year, $4bn investment plan for 2012-2014 ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Bottling Plant
The global glass market is expected to be the largest consumer and driver of soda ash business to 2018 and beyond. Global soda ash demand is expected to increase from around 55m tpa today to more than 65m tpa by 2018, while the capacity ...
Tags: Soda Ash, Construction Glass
The Dow Chemical Company’s Performance Packaging business announced today at the K 2013 fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, it is expanding its portfolio of DOWLEX Polyethylene resins with the addition of the DOWLEX 6001GC grade. This ...
Growth in worldwide demand for packaging machinery is expected to climb at a 4.6% annual pace through 2017 to $41.8 billion, according to a new study by The Freedonia Group. The study analyzes the currently $33.4 billion world packaging ...
Arabian and Majid Al Futtaim Ventures (AMAFV) has entered into a joint venture with food and beverage (F&B) restaurant company Gourmet Gulf to venture into the Middle East F&B market. This collaboration will operate as the growth engine ...
Tags: Beverage Market
According to a new market research report, "Beverage Packaging Market By Beverage Types (Non-Alcoholic, Alcoholic & Dairy), Packaging Types (Bottle, Can, Pouch, Carton, Draught, Bulk & Others), Material (Glass, Plastic, PET, HDPE, Metal, ...
Tags: Beverage Packaging, Packaging, Printing
Pressure-sensitive adhesive materials manufacturer and distributor Avery Dennison has expanded its Prime Film Portfolio of biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films with the addition of four new facestocks. The new BOPP film ...
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Dow Europe and PetroplastVinora have announced the launch of the new Visique stretch sleeve labels for bottles and containers labeling. The labels, which fit like a second skin and combine mechanical and optical properties, integrate ...
South African packaging company Nampak is all set to invest ZAR1.6bn ($180m) in two of its core businesses which produce bottles and cans for the growing beverage market. Almost ZAR1bn ($112m) will be invested by the company in an ...
Tags: Nampak, Beverage Packaging, Packaging
In the beverage market, brands are exploring new formats. As Amanda Roberts finds, traditional packs are constantly being challenged The UK beverage packaging market is experiencing a breakdown in pre-conceptions of the packaging formats ...
Tags: beverage, packs, packaging, packaging format, new paper, board formats, wine
India-based food & beverages company Parle Agro has announced the launch of its apple juice drink ‘Appy Fizz’ in returnable glass bottles (RGBs). The move enables Parle Agro to penetrate further and widen its footprint in ...
Tags: Parle Agro, pple juice drink, RGBs, pack format
PepsiCo has announced plans to open its sixth manufacturing plant in China, in a bid to drive its growth in the market. The facility in the province of Wuhan has the capacity to produce 15,000 tonnes of Lay's branded potato chips ...
Tags: manufacturing plant, Pepsico, Food Manufacturing, foods facility
Puresep Technologies and Environmental Water Systems (UK) will continue as brands in their respective markets, according to newly named parent company, Envirogen Water Technologies, for UK and European Operations. The announcement of the ...
Tags: Environmental Water Systems, water treatment, filtration operations
Frutarom Health,Switzerland,has announced that UniK2-the company's natural vitamin K2 MK-7,has received self-affirmed GRAS(Generally Recognized as Safe)status based on critical assessment and acceptance of a qualified,independent scientific ...
Tags: natural vitamin, dairy products, soy milk, fruit drinks, functional food