The items featured in this Food & Drink Technology packaging roundup cluster into three groups: brand-led collaborations, material and recyclability innovation, and sector‑wide strategic or regulatory shifts. Together, they map a packaging landscape that is simultaneously experimenting with new substrates, tightening its sustainability claims, and responding to geopolitical and legislative pressures.

Brand & design collaborations

These stories highlight how companies are using design partnerships and format innovation to sharpen identity and consumer engagement.

• Amberley Labels partnership — a design‑driven collaboration that reinforces heritage branding for Henderson’s Relish.
• MPMA award win — recognition for Core Republic’s multi‑use gifting design, signalling how premiumisation and reusability are converging in metal packaging.

Material shifts & circularityadvances

A strong sustainability thread runs through the roundup, with several items focused on recyclability, substrate changes, and next‑generation material recovery.

• DePoly’s scale‑up — a major step forward for chemical recycling infrastructure, enabling PET depolymerisation at industrial scale.
• Florette’s switch to cartons — a move away from PET towards carton‑based soup packaging, reducing plastic dependency.
• Frylight’s recyclable spray pump — tackling consumer confusion with a fully recyclable dispensing format.
• Confectionery wrapper innovation — a technical exploration of how to crack the recyclability challenge for multilayer sweet wrappers.

Industry, automation & geopolitical forces

The final group captures broader structural shifts affecting packaging manufacturers, from automation alliances to geopolitical instability.

• Automate UK joins EUROPAMA — a new federation linking European automation leaders, strengthening cross‑border manufacturing capability.
• Geopolitical shockwaves — an analysis of how global instability is reshaping supply chains, materials availability, and cost structures.
• Tetra Pak fermentation scaling — a breakthrough in equipment design enabling more efficient fermentation processes, with implications for alt‑protein and cultured products.

Here is your roundup of the latest packaging news.

To submit an item for inclusion, please contact Rodney Jack at [email protected] or Inês Coutinho at [email protected].

• Amberley Labels partners with Henderson’s Relish
• MPMA names Core Republic’s multi‑use gifting design as award winner
• DePoly enters its scale‑up era
• Florette switches from PET to cartons in soup packaging overhaul
• Amcor warns beverage sector to prepare for shift to reuse
• Frylight tackles recycling confusion with fully recyclable spray pump
• Cracking the confectionery wrapper
• Automate UK joins European titans to launch EUROPAMA Federation
• Geopolitical shockwaves strike food and drink packaging
• Tetra Pak cracks fermentation scaling code