Category: Beverage
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Belvoir Farm has entered functional drinks with a canned range. Happi targets hydration and digestive health through fruit juice and functional ingredients.
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Clear whey growth is tightening protein supply for beverage manufacturers. Functional drinks are increasing demand for whey protein isolate and specialist processing capacity.
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PET bottle blowing efficiency has improved through pneumatic redesign work. IMI’s Industrial Automation sector has developed a bespoke blowing block solution for Tech-Long, increasing PET bottling capacity by 10% while reducing compressed air consumption.
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Glass lightweighting and reuse are converging in European wine packaging. Vetropack has developed a 350g Rhinewine bottle and a 514g reusable variant for Austria’s wine bottle pooling scheme, targeting lower glass use, transport weight, and returnable packaging infrastructure.
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Low-carbon aluminium is entering European aseptic carton production at scale. Elopak is using renewable-electricity-based aluminium in standard ambient cartons made in the Netherlands, Denmark, and Ukraine, cutting the footprint of a Pure-Pak aseptic carton from 53g to 49g CO2e.
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Berlin Packaging has expanded its UK packaging services footprint further. The BlueSky acquisition adds containers, closures, dispensing, printing, and decoration capability across beverage and specialist markets.
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The BSDA has elected new leadership ahead of regulatory change. Peter Charles becomes president as soft drinks manufacturers prepare for DRS and public health measures.
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Exchange For Change has expanded support for UK DRS implementation. The package includes retailer exemptions and £60m in reverse vending machine grants.
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The Food Works has added canning capacity for drinks scale-up. The Weston-super-Mare line supports trials and limited runs.
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Momo Kombucha is now scaling production through custom fermentation vessels. The London move targets capacity, consistency, and safer handling.