The most important strategy to make packaging more sustainable is to reduce the amount of plastic.
Beverage Manufacturers Respond to Consumer Trends on Plastic Packaging
Plastic has become an issue for consumers, particularly related to plastic waste in the environment. This directly impacts the beverage industry, which is made up of 45% rigid plastic packaging, only 25% of which ends up being recycled in the US.
Jun 17th, 2021
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Beverage Suppliers Facing Post-COVID Challenges and Opportunities
Jun 9th, 2021
Most beverage sales are coming from Asia Pacific, North America, and Western Europe.
Beverage Trends Driving Change in 2021
Jun 3rd, 2021
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Business is Booming for On the Rocks Ready-to-Drink Cocktail Brand
May 20th, 2021
Corona Six-Pack Carrier Employs Barley Straw Waste for Sustainable Break-Through
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Apr 20th, 2021
PepsiCo's new brand of cocktail mixers: Neon Zebra
PepsiCo Launches New Canned Cocktail Mixers
In a move to meet consumer trends, PepsiCo is launching ‘Neon Zebra’ cocktail mixes in aluminum cans, which are due to hit shelves on Monday.
Feb 26th, 2021
After discovering how the technology renders pathogens in food inert without compromising taste, it was a no-brainer for The Drinks Co. to use HPP to launch Expressed Juice, its first brand.
Expressed Juice's Landfill-Biodegradable Bottles Withstand HPP Pressure
Florida-based premium juice distributor finds the perfect mix of technology and shelf appeal with its biodegradable bottles.
Jan 21st, 2021
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Counting Down the Top Three AmeriStar Awards: #3 Coke Rolls Out Paperboard Carrier
This top 2020 AmeriStar Award winner makes the packaging industry proud by giving consumers great interactions and experiences with creative pack designs.
Jan 1st, 2021
After evaluating the club store format of its Keurig McCafe carton (left), KDP redesigned the packaging for e-commerce (right), working specifically with Amazon SIOC specifications.
Keurig Dr Pepper Helps Guide CPGs Through Amazon Packaging Compliance
Having braved its own journey into Amazon’s Ships in Own Container (SIOC) certification demands, KDP packaging engineers explain what’s required to ready products for e-commerce delivery.
Nov 19th, 2020
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High Pressure Processing Helps Emerging Brands
Join Jeff Williams of Universal Pure, and ProFood World’s Joyce Fassl as they discuss high pressure processing and the shelf-life benefits it brings to brands seeking broader distribution and the importance of Cold Pressure Council certification.
Nov 20th, 2020
Bendt No. 5 is Bendt Distilling Company’s first blended whiskey release, blending five different whiskeys made in-house.
Craft Distiller Turns Waste From Whiskey Process Into Revenue
A waste byproduct becomes a useful livestock feed for farmers by using a centrifugal sifter to dewater the stillage, the grain/water mixture stripped out after the fermentation process.
Nov 19th, 2020
Coca-Cola HBC has successfully begun the roll out of KeelClip™ technology in The Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Austria.
Coca-Cola Bottler Rolls Out KeelClip
Coca-Cola HBC has successfully begun the roll out of KeelClip™ technology in The Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Austria.
Nov 19th, 2020
Packaging operations at Pelican include a full canning line and a full bottling line, each capped by its own combination stretch wrapper/palletizer.
Craft Brewer Grows into Two-In-One Palletizer, Stretch Wrapper
Automation often begets more automation. That was certainly the case with Pelican Brewing Co., whose fast filling operations soon necessitated end-of-line palletization.
Nov 18th, 2020
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Paperboard Can Handle Applicator
This modular paperboard can handle applicator accommodates latest in aluminum can and beverage trends.
Nov 11th, 2020
XpressBulk can also be customized for a wide variety of high-velocity grocery items, with dolly and trays designed to fit the product being transported.
Bulk Merchandising System Displayed at PACK EXPO Connects
The XpressBulk Milk Delivery System combines delivery efficiency with merchandising ease.
Nov 10th, 2020
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Beverage Industry Overview Nov. 2020
Beverage Institute shares data on soft drinks, water, both sparkling, still, and flavored; dairy and alternatives; juices; coffees and teas; enhanced still drinks, such as energy drinks, sports drinks, nutraceuticals, and powders and blends.
Nov 10th, 2020
The CB50C counter-pressure filler joins the Pneumatic Scale Angelus inline canning system portfolio with an integrated 6-head filler and single-head can seamer, rated for continuous operation at speeds up to 50 cans per minute (CPM)
Counter-Pressure Integrated Craft Beer/Beverage Canning Line
Using true isobarometric filling technology, the CB50C counter-pressure canning line answers the call for carbonation in Craft beverage.
Nov 10th, 2020
Wineries sometimes face potentially unreliable yields, and any issues that compromise batches during extended fermentation periods equate to several years’ worth of lost time, materials and cost. This where the proper valve selection is crucial. Photo courtesy of Emerson Automation Solutions.
How to Select the Optimal Valve for Beverage Processing
Controlling the temperature during heating and cooling in beverage processing plays a critical role in pasteurization, sterilization, cooking, fermentation and many other beverage applications. The proper valve can precisely control your process.
Nov 2nd, 2020
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PepsiCo Appoints New Senior Leadership
Athina Kanioura has been tapped to lead company-wide transformation and end-to-end strategy, including the company’s digitalization and data strategy.
Sep 14th, 2020
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Room to Grow for Can Market
Even with the current addition of new plants and expanding production lines, there is plenty of room for growth in the market.
Sep 8th, 2020
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Can Shortages Hit Food and Beverage Industries
Supply chain issues with aluminum, steel, and tin cans are ramping up as COVID-19 changes buying patterns, resulting in a trickle-down effect on product offerings and time-to-market.
Jul 28th, 2020
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Boston Beer Company Announces Expansion
Company is planning major changes to its Cincinnati, Ohio brewery to increase production of its popular brands.
Jul 26th, 2020
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Coke Plans to Dump More “Zombie” Brands
In an effort to cut costs, Coca-Cola is cutting underperforming brands, products, flavors and packaging that are not delivering on returns.
Jul 22nd, 2020
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Prime Beverage Group Building Manufacturing Operation in North Carolina
Contract beverage manufacturer chooses Gray, a fully integrated service provider specializing in engineering, design, and construction, as partner on the project.
Jul 9th, 2020
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Nestlé Canada Inc. Selling Pure Life Bottled Water Business
Move will allow the company to focus on its international water brands San Pellegrino, Perrier, and Acqua Panna.
Jul 1st, 2020
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Despite COVID-19 global packaging market expected to grow.
Euromonitor International analysts anticipated growth in 2020 for most key goods categories that use packaging, despite the impact of COVID-19, at Webinar organized by EXPO PACK México and Mundo PMMI.
Jun 23rd, 2020
Jorge Izquierdo breaks down the present state of the industry, with a positive eye towards a post COVID-19 world.
OEM COVID-19 #11 - State of the Packaging & Processing Industry
PMMI's Jorge Izquierdo predicts promising times ahead for packaging and processing despite current COVID-19 climate
May 29th, 2020