Argos Packaging challenges plastic waste with innovative eco-solutions. The European Union’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation prompts Dutch company Argos Packaging & Protection to launch sustainable alternatives for fresh produce packaging. Their NoW Flowpack paper and new seaweed-based films aim to extend shelf life while meeting 2026 environmental mandates.

Mamata Machinery has launched a new recyclable packaging film technology called RecTech at Plastindia 2026, New Delhi, from 5 to 10 February 2026.

RecTech is a mono-material, fully recyclable flexible packaging film designed to deliver barrier and mechanical performance comparable to, and in some cases exceeding, that of conventional multi-material composite structures such as PET+PE and PET+MPET+PE, which are widely used in the flexible packaging industry.

Adapting the brand for a new microwaveable pouch format, the SoreThumbStudio team refreshed Laila’s visual assets with stronger messaging, clearer flavour navigation, and premium foodie cues across a 10-SKU range.

Leading with the brand’s signature teal, the designers introduced distinctive flavour colours for each SKU.

The packaging also features a handcrafted bowl on coloured napery and bronze metallic detailing was added to the newly introduced brand-identity keyline and established date.

"We are bringing SoniXs to the entry-level segment," announces Christian Zwieb, Sales Engineering Manager at Mosca. As its name suggests, the SoniXs XT is equipped with the high-performance unit that is also used in Mosca 's fully automatic machines. This system can process both PP and PET with maximum availability. Despite the high-quality technological features, the machine remains attractively priced.

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Checkpoint announced SFERO™ RFID Checkout, a world first RFID Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) antenna integrated directly into the checkout lane. The innovation expands the SFERO portfolio and extends RFID enabled protection to the point of sale, bringing deterrence and detection to the area where risk is often highest: the checkout.

Checkpoint will present SFERO™ RFID Checkout as a live preview and world premiere at EuroShop 2026 in Düsseldorf, Germany at the Checkpoint booth, Hall 6, Stand E23, from 22 to 26 February 2026.

ITC alleges that Britannia recently introduced a competing cheese biscuit product (50/50 Cheese variant) with packaging that is identical or deceptively similar to the packaging of ITC's Sunfeast Wowzers.

ITC Limited has moved the Calcutta High Court alleging that rival FMCG major Britannia Industries Limited has infringed its copyright and passed off its products by launching a cheese-flavoured biscuit with packaging and trade dress deceptively similar to ITC’s Sunfeast Wowzers range [ITC Vs Britannia].

n response to rapidly evolving distribution models, rising regulatory demands, and the growing complexity of product portfolios in the beauty and makeup sector, Sleever and Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY) have announced the launch of INVENTRA®, an intelligent packaging solution that integrates RFID technology directly into shrink sleeve labels.

East Dorset, VT — Engineered Printing Solutions (EPS), a leading innovator in Direct-to-Object (DTO) industrial printing, today announced the sale of its 100th single-pass DTO inkjet production system, marking a major step in the manufacturing industry’s shift from analogue decoration to high-speed digital production.

Amazon works with IIT Roorkee to convert agricultural waste into biodegradable paper mailers, addressing stubble burning problems while creating sustainable alternatives to plastic packaging.

India generates 500 million tonnes of agricultural waste every year—but a collaboration between Amazon and IIT Roorkee is turning it into more sustainable packaging.