As Australian brands face increasing pressure to reduce waste and prepare for tighter packaging regulations, access to reliable data is emerging as a key enabler of meaningful change. Yet, for many businesses, capturing and managing packaging data at scale remains a complex task.

Phantm has set out to tackle this challenge with the launch of Phantm AI, an image-based technology that converts packaging visuals and documents into structured, usable data – giving FMCG companies a fast, accessible way to identify cost and waste reduction opportunities.

Johnson’s Baby, the baby care brand, has announced a major brand transformation with the launch of its upgraded product range, featuring advanced skin-science-based formulations, refreshed branding, and sustainable packaging — designed to be “Better for Baby, Better for Mum, and Better for the Planet.”

To ease this environmental burden, industry has worked to adopt renewable biopolymers in place of traditional plastics. However, developers of sustainable packaging have faced hurdles in blocking out moisture and oxygen, a barrier critical for protecting food, pharmaceuticals, and sensitive electronics.

Founded in 1981 by former college football national champion and Arkansas Razorbacks legend Jerry Lamb, Lamb & Associates Packaging is the largest independently‑owned corrugated sheet plant in the state of Arkansas, headquartered in Maumelle with an additional facility in Springdale.

The plant in Gujarat has an initial annual production capacity of up to 4 billion aseptic carton packs, meeting the highest environmental standards while creating more than 300 local jobs.

SIG, headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and a global leader in aseptic packaging and filling solutions, announces the grand opening of its first production plant for aseptic carton packs in India. This Euro 90-million investment, completed in just 20 months in Ahmedabad, marks a major milestone for SIG.

• Türkiye now allows recycled plastics in food contact materials under an amendment to its Food Codex Regulation.
• The update also permits reprocessing of plastic production scraps following good manufacturing practices.
• The move aligns Türkiye with global trends toward sustainable packaging and circular plastic use.

The amendment also includes new rules for the reprocessing of plastic production scraps.

The cage is manufactured using an injection molding process and features a composition of 30% mechanically recycled plastics and 70% bio-circular based raw materials produced with the LYB CirculenRenew portfolio applying a mass balance approach. This collaboration underscores both companies’ commitment to advancing more sustainable packaging solutions.

Danone filed a lawsuit this week against dairy rival Chobani over the look and slogan of the latter’s cold brew coffee brand.

Danone, according to Reuters, accused Chobani of infringing on its trademarks in the filing in Manhattan federal court. The complaint contended that Chobani’s La Colombe coffee comes in “strikingly similar” yellow-and-black packaging compared to that of the French company’s Stok brand.