Plastics/resins

PET Bottle for Beer

Amcor has adapted its technology to develop the first PET bottles for pasteurized beer in Brazil.

November 17, 2019

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Capping

New Blender Upgrade Boosts Entire Soda Filling Operation

By adopting Bevcorp’s new MicrO2 system, Admiral Beverage simplified deaeration, optimized blending, and sped up both filling and changeovers.

November 11, 2019

Operational Excellence

Price and Returnability Increased Focus in Latin American Beer and Carbonate Packaging

PET is still growing in the bottled water and carbonate markets, as is metal cans for beer and carbonates, but large size returnable glass bottles are also a popular beverage pack type in Latin America.

November 11, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Lawmakers Propose Radical Legislation to Address Global Plastic Waste

Legislation would make plastic producers responsible for collection and recycling of materials, put a moratorium on new plastic facilities, and require nationwide container deposits.

November 6, 2019

Operational Excellence

Eastern Europe Beverage Market Growth Projections

Consumer demand for carbonated beverages was flat from 2013-2018, but will see some growth into 2023, along with continued growth of water and beer markets.

November 5, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Top Beverage Brands Commit to Getting ‘Every Bottle Back’

Coca-Cola, Keurig Dr Pepper, and PepsiCo make significant investments to initiate a four-part program to improve the collection of plastic bottles so they can be made into new ones.

November 2, 2019

Wine

Wine is ‘Untouched by Light’

Slovenian wine producer ‘turns to the dark side,’ producing and packaging a wine in total darkness in a black bottle and vacuum film, to eliminate off-flavors resulting from exposure to light.

November 1, 2019

Plastics/resins

PET Bottles Lead, but Glass Bottles Rising in Australasia Pack Types

Australasia, with a comparably smaller global market size of 36 billion units in 2018, is expected to shift toward more sustainable pack types over the coming years.

November 1, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Coca-Cola European Partners Replaces Plastic with Paperboard for Multipacks

By switching from shrink film to paperboard cartons or wraps for its multipacks across Western Europe, Coca-Cola European partners expects to eliminate 4,000 tons of single-use plastic per year.

October 31, 2019

Plastics/resins

In Asia Pacific, New Pack Types Offer Up Innovation

In this region, new pack types and sleeker packaging designs are being introduced in order to draw consumers into the brand experience.

October 31, 2019

Sustainability

FIJI Water Unveils Multifaceted Plan to Reduce its Use of Plastic

Initiatives include the use of 100% recycled plastic in all its water bottles by 2025 and the introduction of 2.5- and 5-gal containers that will reduce its use of plastic by up to 76%.

October 25, 2019

Beverage

Booklet-style Beer Label Provides Comic Relief

Available in Italy, Comic Beer features three comic strips by acclaimed Spanish illustrator Alberto Madrigal that are secured to a trio of beers via a booklet-style accordion label.

October 25, 2019

Beverage

The Dos and Don’ts of Beer Packaging

Troy Wade, co-founder and Strategy Director of brand design firm Brown&co, shares some of the biggest mistakes both heritage and craft beer brands make in designing their packaging and offers insight how to better appeal to consumers.

October 25, 2019