Category: Packaging
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WRAP has launched a new UK packaging programme. The 10-year pact broadens the plastics-pact model into a cross-material framework as EPR and recycling reforms gather pace.
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Sidel is lifting speed in still beverage filling. EvoFILL PET targets higher throughput, easier cleaning, and tighter line integration in increasingly constrained filling halls.
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Tetra Pak is extending paper-barrier cartons into larger formats. The new 1-litre aseptic pack with Sterilgarda moves the technology into a commercially significant format for ambient food and drink.
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Packaging codes are carrying more data and more operational weight. Domino has launched the Gx-Series PRO Printhead to help food manufacturers prepare for GS1 Digital Link and higher-volume 2D code printing.
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The UK deposit return scheme has entered a more technical phase. Exchange for Change has now set out container, barcode, and identification rules that producers will need to build into packaging decisions ahead of registration deadlines.
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HiPP’s baby food recall has widened across Central Europe rapidly. What began as a suspected tampering case in Austria has become a cross-border traceability and packaging-integrity problem with immediate implications for recall speed, shelf controls, and pack inspection.
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UPM Specialty Materials and Felix Schoeller have launched a fibre-based flexible pack structure aimed at food applications where recyclability, barrier control, and converting performance all need to sit in the same specification.
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Sidel has launched a purpose-built returnable PET bottle for still water, offering a lighter format designed for reuse cycles, bottle-to-bottle recyclability, and compatibility with existing blow-moulding platforms.
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US packaging EPR is moving firmly into operations. Producer reporting is now forcing food businesses to assemble packaging data they never centralised before.
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London Packaging Week’s awards deadline is approaching fast. Food-pack innovation is being judged as much on performance and compliance as design.