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The debut, announced during UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s trade visit to India on 9 October, highlights cross-border innovation in the drinks industry.
The project is the result of a three-way partnership between UK sustainable packaging pioneer Frugalpac, Indian conglomerate ITC’s Packaging and Printing Business, and Rhea Distilleries.
The DS Smith corrugated cardboard design can hold between three to five Kalanchoe bouquets, and the boxes incorporate two different lids. One lid contains five holes for smaller bouquets and the other has three holes for the larger bouquets.
The cans not only mark the two-year winning streak for the Brisbane Lions, but celebrate the Brisbane Broncos first premiership in 19 years and the fourth Brisbane Broncos female win since 2020.
XXXX has been a sponsor of the Brisbane Lions for nearly a decade and the Broncos for more than 30 years.
Having debuted the limited-edition commemorative cans in 2024 for the first time as a nod to the Brisbane Lions’ fourth historic AFL Premiership win, XXXX has added a new Brisbane Broncos can as tribute to this momentous year for Queensland’s string of sporting wins.
Tetra Pak has announced the final phase of a three-part 2025 investment programme to upgrade food and beverage carton sorting capabilities in the UK: the installation of AI-powered optical sorting technology for the first time in Scotland.
The draft regulations, titled the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Amendment Regulations, 2025, introduce two new stringent general requirements under regulation 3.
Proposed Chemical Prohibitions
The draft mandates the following restrictions on food packaging manufacturers:
In a heartwarming blend of local collaboration and customer care, South West Nissan has announced a brand-new partnership with Kingdom Tea Brokers & Tea Packing Specialists bringing an exclusive, organic tea experience right to their Wellington dealership.
Ahlstrom equips converters and brands with an adaptable platform for paper-based flexible packaging. LamiBak™ Flex is ideally suited for further processing, such as coating, metallization, or extrusion, delivering superior barrier properties across food applications, including pouches, sachets, and flow packs. Its advanced design enables reduced primer coating needs, achieving exceptional barrier properties while optimizing costs and maintaining a sustainable and recyclable profile.
To meet increasingly stringent sustainability targets, manufacturers worldwide are pushing ahead with single-material packaging solutions. The European Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) has accelerated the shift toward recyclable, lightweight materials such as polyethylene (PE). This transition can present a critical but often overlooked challenge: increased static buildup and contamination risks in manufacturing processes.
Through the collaborative development of an innovative decontamination technology, currently at an advanced validation stage, both companies are laying the groundwork for the reintroduction of recycled polystyrene into the food circuit, complying with the most demanding safety and quality requirements.
Coveris, a leading European manufacturer of paper and plastics packaging, has partnered with SABIC to launch a groundbreaking circularity project in healthcare packaging.
The initiative successfully demonstrates that used medical plastic packaging can be recycled and transformed back into new, contact-sensitive medical packaging, marking a major step forward in sustainable healthcare solutions.