For many consumer goods and beverage companies, labels allowing customers to effectively interact with their brand, are considered the Holy Grail. Similarly, they are seeking solutions to allow their boxed products to communicate with the ...
Tags: Paper Labels, Packaging, Printing, Electrical, Electronics
There are three hot topics in the packaging world. The first one is the dispensing cap, which we find mainly on top of a water bottle for inserting a certain dose of vitamins. It is a packaging format which over the last years attracted ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Self-Heating Packaging
Coca Cola Amatil and its allies have defeated the proposed Northern Territory container deposit scheme (CDS) legislation, and in Sydney CCA called the police to prevent protesters dumping empty drink containers in its foyer. Eight ...
After decades of steady and predictable market conditions, iconic food and beverage leaders are struggling to adapt to a new, innovation-dependent era of growth, according to a new report from Hartman Strategy, an innovation and strategy ...
The new cups are compostable and coated in bio-based material. They are available in 12oz double wall insulated format and feature the Beeco design and logo. According to Seda, the cups have been guaranteed as biodegradable in an ...
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US-based stevia extracts producer Sweet Green Fields announced that it has achieved a patent in Japan for the high purity extraction process, the Fast Precipitation Process (FPP). The company noted that its extraction process draws ...
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PureCircle, a producer of stevia ingredients, expects first-half sales to surge as food and beverage companies sign up for the natural sweetener. Net sales are expected to show an increase of 80% to US$27m in the six months to 31 ...
Tags: PureCircle, stevia ingredients, food, beverage, natural sweetener
Epicor has acquired ERP (enterprise resource planning) software vendor Solarsoft Business Systems from investment firm Marin Equity Partners in a bid to increase its presence in a number of vertical industries, the companies announced ...
Tags: Epicor, acquisition, software, Solarsoft Business System
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 ...
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Fourteen food industry heavyweights including Nestlé, Kellogg and Mars have pledged to use responsible advertising and marketing to children in Singapore. The Responsible Advertising to Children Pledge is the first of its kind in ...
Tags: Food giants, Food, food industry, food types
US-based private equity investor Arbor Investments in partnership with CEO Timothy Fallon has completed the acquisition of Columbus Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Endeavor Capital. Columbus, located in California, is a manufacturer of ...
About 12 European food and beverage manufacturers and retailers have made a commitment to harmonize nutrition labelling and information across all markets in the European Union (EU). As a part of this initiative, the companies plan to ...
Tags: food and beverage, manufacturers and retailers, nutrition labelling
The active, smart, and sustainable packaging in BRIC countries valued $3.9bn, $2.9bn, $3.3bn and $27.7bn in 2011 are expected to record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.80%, 7.14%, 10% and 5.69%, respectively during 2012–16, ...
HeatGenie has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with EnCanSol Capital to become the first licensed manufacturer of the HeatGenie self-heating technology. Self-heating component HeatGenie integrates into the bottom of packaging ...
Tags: HeatGenie, MoU, EnCanSol Capital, licensed manufacturing of self
US-based Glue Dots International (GDI) has unveiled a new packaging technology, the QuikDot Pro, a pressure sensitive adhesive applicator designed to seal corrugated food and beverage packaging. QuikDot Pro, approved for use by beverage ...