#processing & packaging

Corona announces net zero plastic footprint globally

Corona has put effort into recovering plastic as part of its brand identity: and says its collection amounts have now been verified externally against the 3RI Corporate Plastic Stewardship Guidelines from climate solutions provider South Pole. Mitigations efforts include a major investment in Mexico Recicla, a recycling facility in Mexico. It has also been reducing its plastic footprint: for…

Canpack to build US aluminum beverage can body manufacturing plant in Muncie

The project represents a $380m investment in Delaware County and the State of Indiana and will create around 345 jobs by 2023. This has the potential to expand to 425 jobs and a $490m investment by 2025. The site will be located on 139 acres of land on the southwest corner of South Cowan and West Fuson Roads in Monroe Township in Muncie. Construction of the 862,000-square-foot facility is…

The market introduction will begin in Europe and will later be expanded to other regions. The company said the new OmyaPET is a cost-effective opacifier for the production of white opaque PET bottles or white opaque BOPET film and ensures a lower environmental footprint in, for example, UHT milk bottles. The company added OmyaPET improves the production costs for bottles without compromising on…

SIG’s combismile carton pack debuts in France with new Volvic range

The company said the new products are easy to grip and use, and also include a single-action and re-closable combiGo closure for convenient opening, closing and secure bag storage. Nathalie Abrahamian-Deudon, vice-presidente marketing at Danone Waters France, said, “We are delighted to be the first in France to use the new combismile carton pack for our two new flavored drink ranges Volvic Kids…

The line is the final piece of equipment required to launch NEXE’s fully-compostable Nespresso-compatible pod in early Q3 2021. SATs are used to validate the functionality of equipment on-site following its installation. “With our proprietary assembly line successfully installed, this will enable us to commercialize our Nespresso-compatible, compostable pods on schedule,”​ said Ash Guglani,…

Advancement for beverage carton recycling

EXTR:ACT expects ongoing activities in recycling to separate the valuable non-fiber components (PolyAl rejects) from beverage cartons after having gone through the process of fiber extraction in the paper mill. The current European projects for PolyAl-recycling are: Ecoplasteam’s recycling plant in Italy; ReconPolymers in the Netherlands; Plastigram in the Czech Republic; and Palurec in…

Industrializing paper bottle production: Pulpex and Stora Enso join forces

Alongside venture management company Pilot Lite, the companies are aiming for large-scale production of renewable and recyclable paper bottles and containers that can degrade easily in nature. While a number of paper bottle prototypes have been revealed and are already being piloted in certain markets, scaling up to mass production is the next challenge for the tech. ‘The long term potential…

Can do approach: Fast-growing China firm Genki Forest unveils canned sparkling water strategy for Singapore and US

The company produces ready-to-drink beverages ranging from sparkling water, milk tea, and oolong tea and is one of the fastest growing beverage companies in China, with an expected valuation of RMB14bn (US$2bn) this year.​ The eight canned water products are inspired by global fruit flavours which include plum, grape, lychee, peach and yoghurt among others. The canned varieties are the same…