Sustainability

A new contender in the paper bottle segment

Paper bottle requires just 5 g of plastic, 75 percent of the materials used are made from renewable resources and are compostable, and the five parts of the pack separate easily for recycling.

April 23, 2019

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Cartons and boxes

WW package redesign ‘Full of life’

Weight Watchers rebrands as WW, redesigning the packaging for its consumer products to reflect its focus on food as part of a rich, energetic, vibrant, and deeply satisfying life.

April 20, 2019

Sustainability

Ocean Spray makes commitment to sustainability farming

The company aims to lead a new era of sustainable agriculture.

April 19, 2019

Beverage

Flexible, modular equipment needed for craft beverage market

Craft brew and spirits producers look to OEMs to help them find solutions to common space constraint issues.

April 19, 2019

Sustainability

Seventh Generation’s ultra-concentrated detergent uses 60% less plastic

At the American Packaging Summit, Seventh Generation’s Kelly Murosky shares how the company went beyond a 100% rPET bottle for even greater sustainability with an ultra-concentrated product.

April 17, 2019

Recycling

Quaker Oats’ oat beverage

PepsiCo’s Quaker Oats division launched refrigerated Oat Beverage in three flavors in January with plans to quickly roll out nationwide.

April 17, 2019

Beverage

Emerson and Colorado State University collaborate on new brewing innovation center

The advanced facility will give students hands-on automation experience and address the growing demand for highly skilled workers in the brewing industry.

April 15, 2019

Sustainability

Smog-busters: Dell uses ink made from pollution

New technology captures emissions from diesel generators to create carbon black for ink, which Dell India is using to print 125,000 cases per month.

April 14, 2019

Beverage

Live from the Craft Brewers Conference: state of the industry

Growth in craft and independent breweries has plateaued, and with the influx of new breweries over the past 4 years, small brewery closures are up. However, with nearly 2,500 craft breweries still planned to be open in the coming year, the market hasn't yet hit saturation.

April 12, 2019

Beverage

Craft spirits growth picking up the pace

As the explosive growth of craft beer begins to slow, craft spirits are seeing an increased consumer demand. Distillers are using knowledge from the craft beer market to plan their future growth.

April 11, 2019

Beverage

Live from the Craft Brew Conference: State of the Industry

Growth in craft and independent breweries has plateaued, and with the influx of new breweries over the past 4 years, small brewery closures are up. However, with nearly 2500 craft breweries still planned to be open in the coming year, the market hasn't yet hit saturation.

April 11, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Live from the Craft Brew Conference: Can-labeling trend strengthening

Lone Tree Brewing, a roughly 30-barrel brewery in Lone Tree, Colorado, provided today yet another data point illustrating the can-labeling trend sweeping craft brew.

April 8, 2019

Adhesive application

Hot-melt retrofit improves safety, efficiency

A retrofit from a manual to an automatic hot-melt adhesive system improved employee safety, increased production efficiency, and reduced the risk of downtime.

April 5, 2019