Packaging
RAP launches ‘significant’ range made entirely from plant waste
UK sandwich packaging designer and manufacturer RAP has launched a range produced entirely from agricultural waste.
Flexible web solution
FlexFilms, the global film manufacturing arm of India’s largest multinational flexible packaging solutions company Uflex, has launched an e-commerce website that it says will make its range of offerings available to EU customers at the click of a button.
Antalis offers sustainable packaging for chilled and frozen goods
Antalis offers a cost-effective and eco-friendly packaging solution for transporting chilled and frozen goods with its new WrapPack Protector system.
Beck’s launches limited-edition labels
Beck’s beer is launching six limited-edition label designs as part of its “Be Kreativ” campaign.
Mondi create reclosable packet for Orkla Group
Mondi has designed a new reclosable meat package for Norway’s Orkla Group to help the company enhance consumer convenience and reduce food waste.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Sustainability
Industry commits to halve UK food waste
The UK’s largest retailers, food producers, manufacturers, and food service companies have committed to ambitious milestones to reduce the UK’s food waste problem.
Cargill launches new potato starch range
Cargill has expanded its portfolio of functional native starches with the addition of three potato starches designed for meat, meat alternatives and culinary applications.
Round Up: Processing
Here is your weekly round-up of Processing news. Next week’s round-up will focus on Product news.
Full Stream ahead for drinks firm
A manufacturer and supplier of home carbonation systems has installed a new Zetes logistics execution solution in its Israeli production campus, to ensure ‘precise identification of stock and full visibility of its production line’.
New labels mean sweet news for confectionery firm
Label manufacturer Source Labels says it has used a new system to slash confectionery brand Blockhead’s label backing requirements in half.
Carlsberg snaps up ‘world premier’ packaging solution
Carlsberg has unveiled what it’s calling a ‘world premier’ sustainable packaging solution.
Round Up: Packaging
Here is your weekly round-up of Packaging news. Next week’s round-up will focus on Processing news.
Basket case
I’m still trying to get my head around a story this week that an Asda store in Cambridge has had to order more shopping baskets, as customers are waltzing off with them rather than pay 9p for a bag. You couldn’t make it up.
PepsiCo vows to boost recycled content in its plastic bottles
PepsiCo has announced that it plans to achieve 50 per cent recycled plastic (rPET) in its bottles by 2030 across the European Union, with an interim target of 45 per cent by 2025. Through this target, the company will more than triple the amount of recycled plastic it uses, equating to over 50,000 tonnes of rPET.