The cups used at Smukfest 2025 were made with 86% rPET and designed for continuous recyclability.
Reusable/Returnable
Danish Music Festival Hits New High in Recyclable Cup Return Rate
Smukfest 2025, a major music festival in Denmark, achieved a 97% recyclable cup return rate using cups developed by Faerch and Royal Unibrew.
January 20, 2026

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Podcasts
Through the Line Podcast: Top Episodes of 2025, #2: Packaging Trends in Maturing Craft Brew Market
The number 2 most downloaded episode of 2025: Making craft beer stand out among an industry plateau. Packaging World Editor-in-chief, Matt Reynolds sits down with Bart Watson, president and CEO of the Brewer's Association, to discuss how brewers are utilizing packaging design and automation as strategies.
December 23, 2025
Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Beer
Top 15 of 2025, #14: Brewery Builds Runway for Growth into Tight Space
The #14 most clicked article of 2025: With a new rotary filler/rotary seamer at its heart, a nearly all-new packaging line is now humming along at 100 cans per minute. Future-proofing the line meant building in a lot more capacity than is needed—for now, at least.
December 22, 2025
Shrink sleeves being 'shot' onto awaiting bright cans, pictured here traveling into the steam tunnel.
Filling, Capping & Closing
Krones to Open North American Logistics Center, Expand Manufacturing
Krones, Inc.
Krones Inc. announces plans to open a 240,000‑sq‑ft Logistics Center in Franklin, Wisconsin to consolidate regional shipping and warehousing operations, support local manufacturing expansion, and enhance automated order fulfillment.
December 5, 2025
2 Lc Signage
Coding & Marking
Cerveza Charro Pioneers 2D Code Adoption on Its Labels
In a sector where authenticity and transparency are highly valued, this Mexican beer—ranked among the best lagers in the world—adopted of two-dimensional codes on its labels in a pioneering move for Mexico and the world.
August 28, 2025
The 2D code, as a new identifier, improves inventory management, sustainability, traceability, security, consumer engagement, and, of course, packaging.
Reusable/Returnable
Lisbon Introduces City-Wide Reusable Cup Program
The Portuguese city is the first European capital to adopt such a program, cutting plastic waste for its nightlife and hospitality sectors.
August 15, 2025
Consumers pay a €0.60 deposit when they receive a drink poured in the reusable cups, which is refunded when they return the cup.
Podcasts
Through the Line Podcast: Market Garden Brewery Scales Craft Beer Packaging
Market Garden Brewery's nearly all-new packaging line has a rotary filler/rotary seamer at its heart. The line handles 100 cans per minute, allowing the company to future-proof by building more capacity than currently needed.
August 5, 2025
Podcast Logo Cmyk
Coding & Marking
CIJ Printing Upgrade Underway at Yuengling
From date codes on the bottoms of cans to codes that go on reusable kegs to codes printed on paperboard cartons, this brewery is investing in CIJ printing.
May 23, 2025
The newest CIJ coder installed at Yuengling replaces a laser coder. It’s mounted on the discharge of a cartoner used for 12-count cartons of bottles.
Podcasts
Through the Line Podcast: Packaging Trends in Maturing Craft Brew Market
Packaging World Editor-in-Chief, Matt Reynolds sits down with Bart Watson, president and CEO of the Brewer's Association, to discuss how brewers are utilizing packaging design and automation as strategies.
March 24, 2025
Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Beer
How Craft Brewers Are Thriving in a Plateauing Market
The craft brew boom is plateauing at long last. But according to Bart Watson, president and CEO of the Brewer's Association, savvy brewers are finding ways to thrive. Stand-out packaging design and aptitude with packaging automation are proven strategies.
February 25, 2025
A selection of specialty brews canned and packaged for the Craft Brew Conference last year.
Beer
Market Garden Builds Long Runway for Growth into Tight Quarters
With a new rotary filler/rotary seamer at its heart, a nearly all-new packaging line is now humming along at 100 cans per minute. Future-proofing the line meant building in a lot more capacity than is needed—for now, at least.
February 21, 2025
Twelve-head rotary filling is immediately followed by a three-head seamer for low oxygen pickup.
Beer
New Canning, In-house Shrink Sleeve Labeling, Distinguish Craft Brewer
The Shop Beer Co. decommissioned one canning line and replaced it with another. Also part of its manufacturing mix is an in-house shrink sleeve labeling operation just down the street.
February 18, 2025
The Shop Beer Co. Cartoner
Sustainable Packaging
AB InBev’s Four Peaks Takes the Guesswork Out of Recycling
The Arizona Craft Brewer is revamping its sustainability messaging alongside its package design with the addition of CIRT’s digital, location-based recycling tool.
May 6, 2024
Consumers can scan the CIRT QR code on the back of all Four Peaks packaging to access local recycling information.
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