Category: Packaging
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Pladis has extended McVitie’s Jaffa into soft-baked cookie formats nationally. The launch builds on brand extension in sweet snacks.
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Belvoir Farm has entered functional drinks with canned Happi range. The launch targets hydration and digestion through fruit-led formulations.
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Lindt has completed certified cocoa sourcing across its programme worldwide. Packaging updates will progressively add the Rainforest Alliance seal.
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Shibuya Hoppmann has launched a hygienic high-rate centrifugal feeder system. The FS-70 targets food and beverage lines needing flexible component handling.
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Bisphenol restrictions are pushing coating developers toward safer formulations fast. AIMPLAS and FAKOLITH are targeting undetectable migration in food-contact coatings.
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Shelf-stable tuna is moving into carton packaging at commercial scale. Tetra Pak and Jealsa are challenging steel cans through retortable paper-based packaging.
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NORD is extending hygienic drive options for primary packaging lines. NXD tupH surface treatment gives aluminium drive systems a food-safe, corrosion-resistant surface for wash-down areas.
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Cambrian has launched barrier buckets for food packaging applications commercially. The range offers an alternative to tin containers, with internal barrier protection, lower transport weight, and recycled-content options.
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Functional inks are now taking on more packaging barrier work. Siegwerk has launched CIRKIT OXYBAR WHITE, combining oxygen protection and opaque white print functionality in one layer for recyclable flexible packaging structures.
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Moulded fibre production is moving into higher-capacity packaging systems globally. Valmet has launched 3D Fiber technology for industrial production of three-dimensional fibre-based packaging, including lightweight trays, plates, and food packaging applications.