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ArticlePeroni Nastro Azzurro seeks improved shelf impact with redesign
Brand design agency Outlaw has unveiled a new design for Peroni Nastro Azzurro’s secondary packaging, highlighting the company’s blue ‘Nastro Azzurro’ ribbon and aiming to improve shelf impact.
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ArticleSmurfit Westrock protects Biscuiteers deliveries with cushion pads
Smurfit Westrock’s Food Contact Packaging team has collaborated with Biscuiteers to provide 3-ply and 5-ply cushion pads to protect deliveries, aiming to reduce the amount of biscuits broken in transit and improve customer satisfaction.
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ArticlePicadeli takes on self-checkout fraud with Digimarc’s digital watermarks
Picadeli’s branded packaging will feature advanced digital watermarks from Digimarc to automatically verify pricing accuracy at self-checkout and tackle both retail shrink and food fraud – particularly among fresh and prepared foods.
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ArticleLaser-etched mangoes provide product information on fruit’s skin
Westfalia Fruit is laser-etching product information directly onto mangoes in an effort to save up to 10 million plastic price look-up (PLU) stickers annually.
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ArticleDS Smith develops fibre-based pallet solution for Danish seafood producer
DS Smith has replaced plastic pallets for canned products with corrugated cardboard in collaboration with Danish seafood producer, Vilsund Blue A/S, aiming to eliminate plastic use and increase the number of cans per pallet.
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ArticleFrylight bottle weight reduction removes 20 tonnes of plastic from supply chain
Frylight has reduced the weight of its cooking spray bottle by 9% from 22 grams to 20 grams, a move aimed at lowering the brand’s carbon footprint within both production and logistics.
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Sponsored ContentWhere does chemistry fit into the paper packaging transition?
In this edition of our ‘In Conversation With…’ series, Joonas Hokka and Matthias Krätschell – Kemira’s manager for Applications and Marketing EMEA and manager for Business Creation EMEA, respectively – unpack the role of chemistry in packaging’s paperization trend, especially where it relates to recyclable barrier coatings for paper, board, moulded fibre, and more.
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ArticleBelgian retailers forego single-use plastics with reusable mushroom packaging
Albert Heijn, Aldi, Carrefour, Colruyt, Delhaize, and Lidl are working with the Reusable Packaging Coalition to pilot reusable packaging for mushrooms in Mechelen, aligning with Europe’s upcoming ban on single-use plastic for lightweight fruit and vegetables.
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ArticleNew project aims to develop 100% recyclable skin pack container from recycled PET
AIMPLAS is collaborating with Covinil and Eroski to develop a 100% recyclable flexible skin pack packaging using recycled PET.
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ArticleBerry and Stora Enso create hybrid packaging solution for Valio yoghurt
Berry Global and Stora Enso have designed a custom version of Berry’s CombiLight pot for Finnish brand Valio’s PROfeel protein puddings, aiming to help the company meet its commitment to reduce plastic usage by 15% in its single-use single-serve packaging by 2026.
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ArticleSmurfit Westrock revamps Poppin Candy box to stand out on social media
After teaming up with Smurfit Westrock, Poppin Candy is distributing its products in bespoke printed, ‘pizza-style’ postal boxes designed to capture the eye on social media.
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ArticleFortress Technology targets improved food safety and reduced costs with metal detectors
Halal meat processor Solmaz Foods has partnered with Fortress Technology to utilize four of its metal detectors for food quality control, reducing processing and product waste costs by an estimated 50%.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Boosting packaging functionality with coatings
Demand for sustainable packaging, whether it’s plastic or paper, is growing. How can coatings help with fulfilling this demand? Siegwerk’s Gilles Le Moigne shares with Elisabeth Skoda how the company innovates and tackles challenges particularly around paper and plastic packaging in the area of food packaging. He also discusses collaborations and takes a look at future trends.
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ArticleGem-Pack Berries and Reborn Material partner on biodegradable clamshell packaging
At this year’s Sustainable Packaging Summit in Amsterdam, Gem-Pack Berries announced its partnership with Reborn Material to utilize its enzyme additive technology to create PET clamshell packaging for berries, said to integrate ‘seamlessly’ into the PET manufacturing process.
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ArticleChilled ready meal tray containing 40% kerbside rPET revealed by Faerch
Faerch is releasing CPET ready meal trays containing at least 40% rPET from post-consumer trays recycled at kerbside – reportedly lowering the carbon footprint of virgin PET by 57%.
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ArticleMondi introduces Czech Republic extrusion line for food and industrial solutions
Mondi has announced the start-up of its new extrusion line at Mondi Coating Štĕti (Czech Republic) for applications in food, non-food and industrial areas, aiming to meet growing demand for paper-based solutions.
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ArticleSealed Air and Bradbury’s Cheese target plastic reduction with new wrapping system
SEE (Sealed Air Corporation) and Bradbury’s Cheese have announced the CRYOVAC AutoWrap Lite system, said to reduce plastic usage by up to 65% compared to traditional thermoformed packs.
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ArticleThermapet Technologies unveils ‘fully circular’ APET containers for food and hot pour applications
Singapore-based startup Thermapet Technologies has revealed its patented technology for producing ‘fully circular’ amorphous-polyethylene terephthalate (APET) based trays and cups.
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ArticleBerry and Amcor to merge with an all-stock transaction
Amcor and Berry Global (Berry) have announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement, pursuant to which Amcor and Berry will combine in an all-stock transaction.
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ArticleMulti-purpose pack from Colpac doubles as food tray or box to-go
Colpac is rolling out a multi-purpose food packaging solution that can be used as single dine-in trays or locked together into a box to-go, targeting flexibility, convenience, and space optimization for food vendors.