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Label Makers & Boundless revamp Double Dutch packaging

Vasu Goyal
September
13
/ 2025

The rebrand was driven by a desire to elevate the brand’s premium positioning and create packaging that is modern, distinctive and impactful, whether on shelf or behind the bar.

Working with packaging design agency Boundless on the creative direction, Double Dutch set out to deliver a new look that could capture attention visually and also improve functionality for trade customers.

 

Raissa De Haas, Double Dutch co-founder, said: “The new labels bring our brand to life in a more contemporary way, while retaining the colour and brand cues our customers know and love. They’ve really exceeded our expectations in terms of vibrancy, finish and overall impact.”

Ben Robinson, sales director, The Label Makers, added: “The premium nature of the label, with gold foil and emboss embellishments, played perfectly into the capabilities of our MPS presses, ensuring a smooth print process.”

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The Label Makers has collaborated with Boundless on a Double Dutch mixer brand project to produce labels as part of the company’s recent rebrand.

Spouted pouches added to Sirane’s range of recyclable plastics

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Grania Jain
July
14
/ 2022
Spouted pouches added to Sirane’s range of recyclable plastics

The RePEat range – which includes stand-up pouches and films – is all made from pure PE, which means it can be recycled in the LDPE recycling stream.

Peter Ralten, chief commercial officer, said: “Our RePEat range has proven to be very popular. Spouted pouches are widely used, and so offering a fully recyclable version has been an important development for us.

“We can supply a range of different sizes and different spout types, and the pouches can be either filled through the spout or top-filled – with the spouts placed in either the corners or the centre of the pouch.

IIT Roorkee develops plant-based plastic packaging material, alternative for single-use plastics

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Komal Sharma
July
14
/ 2022
IIT Roorkee develops plant-based plastic packaging material, alternative for single-use plastics

Researchers at the Department of Paper Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT (Roorkee) have developed a substitute for single-use plastics packaging manufactured by 60 percent plant-based polysaccharides without using chemicals. This substitute for synthetic plastic is fully biodegradable within a week, and it is non-toxic and suitable for different packaging applications.

CEMEX unveils next generation cement packaging

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Grania Jain
July
13
/ 2022
CEMEX unveils next generation cement packaging

The new weatherproof packaging solution meets growing demand from builders for robust packaging solutions, to reduce the potential for damaged bags and wasted product. The new high-strength packaging ensures the integrity of the product is uncompromised and clearly labelled for maximum visibility. This solution also helps to free up additional shed capacity for stockists, as the new all-weather packaging can be stored indoor or outdoor, alongside linked products such as bricks, blocks and sand.

NIH: Exposure to ‘forever chemicals’ found in food packaging can lead to premature births

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Grania Jain
July
13
/ 2022
NIH: Exposure to ‘forever chemicals’ found in food packaging can lead to premature births

The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, analyzed data from more than 6,000 pregnant women in the United States. Researchers found that the women who had higher traces of phthalates in their urine were more at risk of a premature birth, typically three or more weeks before the due date.

The samples from these women were collected for over 30 years. Researchers noted that despite their findings that high exposure to phthalates could cause premature births, most of the women in the experiment recorded having dramatically high levels of the harmful chemicals. 

Resembling volcanic rock, this hand cream packaging looks even better after squeezing

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Grania Jain
July
12
/ 2022
Resembling volcanic rock, this hand cream packaging looks even better after squeezing

Most of the packaging lining our daily lives has a sell-by date. After a certain amount of squeezing, scraping, pouring, and emptying, even the most well-designed toothpaste tubes and pantry products start to look far from advertised. Designer Han Gao’s recent solution, is to embrace this degradation. Working with Shanghai-based independent fragrance studio Démi Bai, the creative director has recently delivered its rebrand, plus packaging for a new line of fragranced hand cream that embeds the process of using the product into its design story.

CelluComp & DTI Collaboration on fiber-based packaging

Grania Jain
July
12
/ 2022
CelluComp & DTI Collaboration on fiber-based packaging

The packaging, called Curran, is a result of the collaboration between the Danish Technological Institute and Scottish-based CelluComp. The packaging is based on fibres extracted from sugar beet, and the organisations claim it is compostable and biodegradable.

Christian Kemp-Griffin, CEO of CelluComp, explains: “We have developed a method for extracting micron-sized platelets from the sugar beet pulp (a co-product stream from sugar production), which we call Curran. After this process, we produce a product that is in granular form – similar to grated cheese.

Nefab-FiberFlute, an eco-friendly alternative to foam.

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Komal Sharma
July
12
/ 2022
Nefab-FiberFlute, an eco-friendly alternative to foam.

Fiber Flute is a sustainable packaging solution that is now available to companies all around the world, thanks to a partnership between Nefab Group AB (Nefab) and Corruven Canada Inc (Corruven). Through Nefab’s global footprint and exclusivity of Corruven’s Fiber Flute, customers can protect their products while minimizing total costs and environmental impact.