Rexam has produced a stylish limited edition can for Latvian brewer Cesu Alus using registered embossing and illustration impact for its Premium Beer cans, which gives the product a completely new look and feel.
Guayaki, based in Sebastopol, Calif., has introduced new packaging for its matés that is compostable and biodegradable.
Fonti Di Vinadio is getting ready to launch 50 million half-liter "biobottles" made from the polylactic acid Ingeo by Natureworks. One-and-a-half liter bottles are also forecast.
It looks like glass and it feels like glass - but glass it isn't and that's why it offers such significant advantages. We're talking here about the Rebhan packagings made of Glass Polymer, an innovative plastic from Eastman Chemicals. What does Glass Polymer mean, we hear you ask? Well, it's a modified copolyester and it was developed specifically for the production of thick-walled glass look-alike plastic containers.
Silgan White Cap Americas announced a few days ago the Honest Tea launch of a new tea line-up with brighter tastes and labels. Each product uses a custom printed, 38mm Plasti-Twist Plus closure. The new line-up - which includes Citrus Green Energy Tea, Honey Green Tea, Lemon Black Tea, Peach White Tea and Pomegranate White Tea with Acai - is USDA Certified Organic and each variety has less sugar and calories than most of the bottle teas on the market.
At 12th International Fair of Plastics Processing PLASTPOL in Kielce, Poland (27-30 May) BASF will demonstrate its new milk bottles made of Polystyrene under the name "Dream Team".
Huhtamaki`s BioWare range has been extended to include bio-coated paperboard packaging for ice cream and chilled dairy products such as yogurt.
A 300-mL bottle made largely of flexible film has a carbon footprint 50% less than the PET bottle it replaces for Belgium's WCUP.
After many years of development work, Ball Packaging Europe is launching an innovation on the market which has what it takes to become a real classic: the resealable beverage can.
McCormick Distilling Co., Weston, MO, commercializes the first PET liquor bottle with a built-in handle. The 1.75-L polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle for the company`s popular vodka brand is being supplied by Amcor PET Packaging.
The Co-operative group is using the renowned Thor Pot from RPC Containers Blackburn to provide high-quality packaging for its best-selling range of chilled fresh soups.
An innovative double?pack concept launched by margarine brand Lätta has been achieved using the thermoforming and pre?printing expertise of RPC Bebo Plastik. The packaging will be shown at interpack 2008 in Dusseldorf.
