Islay Distillery reveals eye-catching new look for all its permanent whiskies.Ardbeg Islay single malt Scotch whisky today unveils a dram of soft smoke and creamy harmony its first permanent 15-year-old, Ardbeg Trudernish. Inspired by the ancient settlement of Trudernish on Islays Enchanted Cape, this beguilingly silky whisky is aged in bourbon, new charred oak and Oloroso sherry casks for an ind
Mondelz, PepsiCo and pladis join a Belgium-wide trial testing digital watermarks to improve sorting and support food-grade flexible packaging recycling.Mondelz International, PepsiCo and pladis are taking part in a Belgium-wide trial assessing whether invisible digital watermarks could improve the sorting of flexible food packaging and support greater use of recycled material in food-contact appli
On the website, restaurants can choose the dish to be served and explore suitable packaging materials with information on which material handles that food category the best and why. The website can then connect restaurants with verified suppliers, with a range of sourcing options.Zomato gives examples such as a biryani box which needs to deal with steam, a curry container which has to be spill pro
A new technical guide examines carton failure points, load direction and the role of reinforced tape in long-distance shippingA carton can leave the packing line looking perfectly secure and still arrive with an opened seam, torn corner or distorted sidewall. Export shipments add repeated handling, warehouse stacking, forklift movement, vehicle acceleration and braking, and long periods of compres
East Dorset, VT Engineered Printing Solutions (EPS) has enabled MasterCut Tool to build a scalable, cost-focused decoration strategy for its industrial tooling packaging, using a combination of multi-pass and single-pass direct-to-object (DTO) inkjet technologies to optimize production across tens of thousands of part numbers.MasterCut Tool, a U.S. manufacturer of precision carbide cutting tools
Auburn, AL, August 25, 2026 Aptar Active Material Science, part of AptarGroup, Inc. and a global leader in active material science solutions, announced its first use of Activ-Film technology with a commercialized capsule-based Dry Powder Inhalation (DPI) drug product.The capsule-based DPI leverages Aptar's Activ-Film technology to help safeguard the drug and support product performance throughout
Reportedly, single-dose detergent packaging is expected to grow more than 6% annually through 2035. The market is set to reach $6.3 billion over time.While consumers increasingly demand both convenience and sustainability, many mono-dose formats such as laundry pods and dish detergent tabs are made from polyvinyl alcohol (PVA).SmartSolve warns that PVA formats are sometimes marketed as biodegradab
No other event in the Americas offers more opportunities to explore the latest in packaging, processing and automationthan PACK EXPO International. Held only once every two years, its your biggest opportunity to experience live product demonstrations, discover breakthrough technologies, gain fresh inspiration and strategic insights, compare solutions side by side, and accelerate your projectsall i
In packaging development, the journey from an initial concept to a market-ready product can be both time-consuming and expensive. Before investing in molds, tooling and large-scale production, brands need confidence that the design not only looks appealing but also has the right shape, proportions and user experience.This is where 3D-printed prototypes are becoming an increasingly valuable tool.By