Miscellaneous

One of Pringles’ most distinguishing features is its packaging. Unlike most potato chips that come in bags, Pringles are packaged in rigid cylinders. This distinctive packaging is not just a marketing choice but a necessity. Pringles chips are formed from potato scratch and other ingredients, making them more fragile than standard potato chips, thus requiring more protective packaging.

he study led by experts from the University of Portsmouth, UK and the Flanders Marine Institute, Belgium, looked at how two different types of plastic break down when tested in extreme conditions.

It's official—tennis champion Serena Williams debuted her makeup line today after hinting that she may be getting into the cosmetics industry, back in 2018 when she was on the cover of Vogue.

Wyn Beauty, a play on the word "win," launched with 10 products in vibrantly colored green packaging, reminiscent of a tennis ball. 

The makeup line's name is fitting. Williams is known as the GOAT of tennis, having racked up over 23 Grand Slam wins over her career. She is widely recognized as one of the best tennis players in the world. 

Pesticides are known for their toxicity and potential harm to human health if not handled carefully. Conventional packaging often leaves behind residues that contribute to environmental pollution, while improper disposal can pose additional risks. POLYVA's water-soluble packaging offers a practical approach to mitigate these issues by minimizing direct contact between the user and the pesticide and reducing packaging waste.

TOPPAN Holdings Inc. and Toyo Seikan Co., Ltd. (Toyo Seikan) will sign a letter of intent (LOI) on the establishment of a joint venture that will manufacture and sell packaging for automotive lithium-ion batteries in Sweden. The joint venture will aim to launch manufacturing operations in fiscal 2026 or later. 

Background
In 2011, TOPPAN Holdings and Toyo Seikan established T&T Enertechno Co., Ltd. as a joint venture manufacturing packaging for lithium-ion batteries used in smartphones and electric vehicles (EVs) in Japan.

Premium Belgian chocolate business, Guylian has delivered an additional packaging refresh for its line of flagship line of seashell-shaped, hazelnut praliné filled chocolates, reports Neill Barston.

As the company explained to Confectionery Production, it first unveiled a major revamp of its branding two years ago, with its latest move going further as part of Chocolate Week (16-20 October) in removing plastic film from the outside of each box.

The new solid perfumes Miss Dior Mini Miss are now available in a vibrant pink translucent stick, an innovative alcohol-free formula. The texture is contained in a seven-piece packaging, all made 100% in PP by Albéa teams at Parigné L’Evêque, the company’s Center of Excellence for the design and manufacture of fragrance caps.

Zotefoams, a UK-based producer of cellular materials, has entered into a licencing agreement with Censco, a US-based mechanical design company. Censco will start manufacturing equipment for the production of Zotefoam’s mono-material barrier packaging, called ReZorce.

Censco will manufacture under licence the proprietary gas injection equipment marketed by Zotefoams under the MuCell brand. The equipment is installed on plastic extrusion lines to inject atmospheric gases during the melt phase.

Milkio Foods Limited had descriptions like '100 per cent Pure New Zealand' and 'from the clean green pasture based dairy farms in New Zealand' on its ghee products - despite using butter imported from India.

It also used false and incomplete information to retain approval to use the FernMark logo - a trusted symbol to identify products made in New Zealand.

The Commerce Commission was referred the case by the Ministry for Primary Industries and charged Milkio with 15 breaches of the Fair Trading Act.

The company pleaded guilty to the charges.

Some McDonald’s customers have voiced their complaints over the size of the large fries.

The fast food chain recently faced criticism from customers after one posted a photo of the large fries they received. The user CrewCamel posted a photo of their order, which was a $14 Big Mac meal.

Though the package said “Large Fries,” the bag they came in looked more like a small. Large Fries normally come in a red cardboard carton.

He said he ordered it in the San Francisco Bay Area, but it’s unclear if it was an isolated incident.