Category: Packaging
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Ardagh has restructured glass packaging leadership across its regional markets. The changes strengthen direct regional accountability as food and drink producers manage cost, carbon, and supply resilience.
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Mondelēz faces German scrutiny over Milka’s reduced chocolate bar weight. The ruling sharpens pack communication risk as confectionery producers manage cocoa volatility, price sensitivity, and format changes.
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Schubert has introduced a denser TLM platform for packaging lines. The redesign targets higher throughput, smaller footprints, and faster changeovers for food plants upgrading existing automation.
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TraceGains has appointed Zoli Gombosi as senior vice president of engineering as it deepens Veralto integration and expands AI capability across compliance, formulation, packaging, and sustainability workflows.
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Somic Packaging has launched the 434 SuperFlex case-packing platform, designed to handle multiple secondary packaging formats through a modular architecture for food and consumer goods producers.
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CalRecycle has issued new SB 54 guidance for producers, setting out compliance responsibilities, covered materials, and exclusions for food and agricultural packaging under California’s EPR regime.
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Oishii has closed the first stage of a $150m Series C round to expand its indoor Smart Farm model, robotics integration, production capacity, and new product formats.
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GEA has introduced a new thermoforming platform for medium-sized food producers, targeting flexible formats, stable output, and lower operational complexity across meat, dairy, bakery, ready meals, and plant-based foods.
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The Central Association of Agricultural Valuers has warned that fuel disruption could affect UK arable production, plastics raw materials, CO₂ availability, and food packaging, adding pressure to crop supply and manufacturing resilience.
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FAO has called for stronger risk assessment of recycled plastics and alternative food-contact materials, warning that packaging sustainability must be matched by chemical migration controls, feedstock management, and harmonised food safety standards.