Heinz has reimagined one of the most familiar elements of its packaging—the ketchup bottle cap—with a new “Love Lid” that lets consumers control exactly how much ketchup they want. Developed with Wieden+Kennedy London, the limited-edition closure features three settings: Like, Love and Crazy Love.
Japanese cosmetics brand Kanebo recently selected Eastman’s Cristal One IM812 specialty polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin for the overcap of its new Generating Essentials Treatment Lotion.
For the thick-walled black overcap, Kingsport, Tennessee-based Eastman says Kanebo needed a material that could meet demanding performance and design requirements, especially given the cap’s heavier construction. The chemical producer and plastics recycler says Cristal One IM812 met those requirements by passing drop impact testing and maintaining required strength after post-mold painting.
Egypt is preparing to introduce an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system for priority packaging materials as part of efforts to reduce waste sent to landfills, promote recycling and support the transition towards a circular economy.
Local Development and Environment Minister Manal Awad reviewed preparations for implementing the scheme during a meeting with Yasser Abdallah, CEO of the Waste Management Regulatory Authority.
Liquid Death has teamed up with personal hygiene brand Goodwipes to launch a limited-edition range of flushable wipes scented with the brand’s signature sCREAM Soda. The unexpected collaboration combines distinctive branding, product innovation and humour to turn an everyday bathroom product into a conversation piece.
Cold chain packaging manufacturer, Hydropac, is preparing to launch HydroPure™, a water ice pack featuring an innovative built-in freeze indicator that changes the physical appearance of the pack once it has reached optimum freeze temperature.
Cold chain packaging manufacturer, Hydropac, is preparing to launch HydroPure™, a water ice pack featuring an innovative built-in freeze indicator that changes the physical appearance of the pack once it has reached optimum freeze temperature.
UFlex Limited, India’s largest multinational packaging and solutions company, has commissioned its first overseas WPP (woven polypropylene) bags manufacturing plant in Mexico. Established with an investment of approximately USD 52 million, the state-of-the-art facility, spread across 10 acres, marks a major milestone in the company’s global expansion strategy and significantly strengthens its presence in the Americas.
The 1990s rarely get credit as a turning point in packaging history, overshadowed by the plastics boom of the postwar decades and the sustainability wave of the 2020s. Yet look closely and the decade set in motion three forces that still define packaging today: environmental regulation, digital printing, and materials engineered to actively protect what is inside them. Together they pushed packaging away from being a passive container and toward something closer to a functional, accountable product in its own right.
Metsä Group’s Muoto™ products can be used instead of plastic in food packaging for applications that are more demanding, for example. The company is investing in a new production line for Muoto food packaging in Äänekoski, Finland.
As for Metsä’s other innovation projects, the development of the lignin product and carbon capture is continuing as planned, but the conditions for the Kuura textile fibre project are estimated to have changed significantly due to the global market situation.
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