When it comes to packaging OTC pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, nutraceuticals, and personal care products, manufacturers have long struggled with the need for multiple machines to handle different product types, formats, and closures. Now, Rotzinger PharmaPack has unveiled a breakthrough solution that promises to change the way the industry thinks about flexibility: the VarioFill platform.
Features company’s patented SimpliSqueeze® valve for ready-to-dispense convenience, focused on reducing mess or drips, as well as premium aesthetics and feel.
XAAR PRESENTATION AT INTERPACK TO HIGHLIGHT HOW INKJET IS HELPING ‘BREAK THE CODING & MARKING SPEED BARRIER’
Branding agency Derek and Eric has partnered with illustrator Joe Whale (also known as Doodle Boy) to re-design Little Dish’s latest pack in an interactive format, encouraging children to colour in and draw on the packaging.
Little Dish produces fresh and frozen meals for children with its Little Dish, BIG Dish and Superstars ranges, with its fresh meals served in wood fibre trays. For the new pack, the sleeve features black and white illustrations and an empty panel for children to fill with their favourite doodle.
Papyrus Australia on track to transition to commercialisation.
Australian Stock Exchange listed company Papyrus Australia Limited has developed a proprietary technology that converts banana plantation waste into a refined pulp intended to be used to produce a broad range of sustainable paper, board, and moulded packaging application products.
Swiss packaging specialist Früh Verpackungstechnik AG has taken a significant step forward in pharmaceutical automation with the implementation o
ProPak Shenzhen 2026 will leverage the strong industry resources of Hotelex Shanghai and HNC Shanghai to tap into the growing demand for processing and packaging solutions driven by the catering and health food sectors.
As the premier trade fair for China’s processing and packaging industry, ProPak China 2026—the 31st International Processing & Packaging Exhibition—will take place at the National Exhibition and Convention Center from 15 to 17 June 2026.
The brand is worth over £44m and found in more than 2.2 million UK households.
Kids’ fruit snacking brand, Bear, has undergone a refresh.
The revamped packaging delivers a more distinctive, harmonised look across the fixture, with a modernised logo and stronger branding to boost in-store visibility and make the range quicker to spot and shop. Packaging updates include new real fruit imagery as well as clear on-pack health messaging.
The US-Iran war has exposed supply chain fragility as India’s Diet Coke shortage highlights risks of single packaging reliance and aluminium can shortages
Of all the impacts on supply chains during the conflict in the Middle East, India’s abrupt shortage of Diet Coke might be one of the most surprising. But should it be?
Disruption from the Iran war has hit global energy supplies hardest. But while oil and gas flows have dominated headlines, the latest shock has exposed a less obvious vulnerability: the movement of industrial materials such as aluminium.