Mini Babybel adopts new packaging. French food group Bel has launched a worldwide rollout of recyclable paper, designed to gradually replace the biosourced cellophane currently used. The changeover, announced as complete by 2027, concerns all five of the brand's production sites and its markets in some 50 countries.

PM Adhesive Materials, Kurz, and Eurostampa have released a neuromarketing study that reveals how tequila label design significantly shapes consumer perception and purchase behavior.

Conducted by SenseCatch in Texas—one of the world’s largest tequila-consuming regions—the research evaluated 27 unique packaging concepts for a fictional tequila brand. Using real-world shopping simulations, the study tracked visual attention, emotional responses, and implicit perceptions to understand how consumers interact with different label materials and finishes.

“We’re now looking to push both Dry and Wet bottles as part of our portfolio,” said Alvin Lim, CEO and founder of NBCo. “The Bottle Collective is a natural extension of our mission to scale regenerative fiber systems. By combining PulPac’s innovation with our manufacturing expertise, we can broaden what’s possible for fiber bottles and bring circular packaging to more brands around the world.”

Participants may adopt either a collective model or an individual model. The law covers primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging and includes plastic plates, cups, and cutlery. Packaging covered by other reverse logistics systems (e.g., pesticide containers) and mixed packaging that contains paper or cardboard are exempted from this new reverse logistics system.

Installation of these systems is part of Genera’s large-scale expansion of its manufacturing facility in Vonore, Tennessee, where locally grown grasses are transformed into packaging solutions.

ANDRITZ supplied key equipment for the pulping and stock preparation process to ensure the supply of high-quality pulp to the facility’s thermoforming systems, which produce sustainable molded fiber packaging for food applications. These compostable, high-performance packaging solutions support the circular economy and the shift away from fossil-based plastic packaging.

The Turin-based company Fiorentini has been guarding its proposal by handing down the secret of creating excellent products, carefully growing the impressive plant that founder Leonildo Fiorentini germinated back in 1918. Since then, four generations have made food their passion, and thanks to constant innovation and attention to the consumer, the company is now leader on the Italian market of crackers and healthy snacks.