Plastics News has honored Dr. Karen Xiao, Vice President of Technology at Macro Engineering, as one of its Women Breaking the Mold for 2025—recognizing her as a trailblazer in plastics innovation and sustainability.
In a spirited nod to sustainability, Goa’s Rhea Distilleries has uncorked a first for India’s beverage industry — its Fidalgo Premium Cashew Feni will now be sold in a fully recyclable paper bottle. As India’s spirits industry looks to modernizeased packaging pioneer Frugalpac, marks a breakthrough moment for eco-friendly packaging in India’s drinks market.
A new pour for Indian spirits
German-based beverage and food manufacturing company Krones on Thursday began setting up its bottling machines manufacturing plant in Karnataka. Being developed at a cost of Rs 315 crore in Vemagal, Kolar district of the state, the facility is expected to generate 550 jobs.
Minister for the Environment and Water Murray Watt declared Australia’s support for the ‘Nice wake up call for an ambitious plastics treaty’ declaration, reaffirming Australia’s commitment to end plastic pollution to protect human health and the environment from its adverse effects.
“Plastic pollution is a major challenge facing our planet, including our oceans, and we are committed to being a full partner in the global fight to solve it,” Minister Watt said.
Ranpak Holdings has introduced the FillPak Mini, a packaging solution designed for businesses with limited space in their packing areas.
The FillPak Mini is Ranpak’s smallest void fill converter.
It is engineered to work alongside Ranpak’s Geami solutions, offering paper wrapping and void fill capabilities.
Key features of the FillPak Mini include a user-friendly interface with multiple operating modes such as batch mode and electronic delivery system mode.
Innovative packaging solution ‘ProDairy’ reduces plastic content to below 10% while maintaining high performance standards.
Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, announces the launch of AmSecure™ thermoformed trays and rollstock, part of the HealthCare™ portfolio. AmSecure™ is a next-generation packaging solution engineered to meet the demanding needs of the healthcare industry. It is less expensive than other materials while maintaining comparable performance and enhancing supply chain efficiencies.
Following a successful pilot that began in 2024, Swedish nutraceutical company Great Earth converted its entire line of supplement jars to fiber-based screw caps developed by Blue Ocean Closures (BOC). This marks one of the first, if not the first, full commercial rollouts of molded fiber closures in the health and wellness sector.
According to Blue Ocean CEO Lars Sandberg, the pilot launch on Great Earth’s top-selling magnesium supplement was “very positively received by both the market and other actors in the value chain.”
“Although people initially claim not to pay much attention to mascots on packaging, their consumer choices often reveal a preference for such products,” Ingrida Košičiarová, Zdenka Kádeková and Dávid Takács, the study authors and researchers at the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, tell Packaging Insights.
The customised portfolio is engineered to support dairy brands in making a smooth transition to packaging that is designed for recycling, helps reduce their environmental impact and carbon footprint, and ensures compliance with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligations in the rapidly changing regulatory environment.
CCL’s newly launched solutions have been developed to integrate with current recycling streams.
