Allied Blenders and Distillers Limited (ABD), a leading name in the Indian spirits industry, has unveiled a rejuvenated look for Officer's Choice Blue, one of its flagship whisky brands. The announcement marks a significant step in ABD's efforts to enhance consumer engagement through innovative packaging.
Yangi gives U.S. converters a proven, scalable wet-molding alternative — with cycle times as fast as 4.3 seconds — to diversify their offering to quick-serve foodservice (QSR) brands.
Yangi, the Swedish developer of Cellera®, a dry-forming technology for fiber-based packaging, is entering the U.S. market with its quick-serve packaging range, as part of an international expansion effort backed in part by a Swedish Energy Agency grant announced earlier this year.
James Cropper will use London Packaging Week to premiere the official trailer for ‘The Last Mill Standing’, an in-depth documentary exploring the UK’s last remaining specialist coloured paper mill
British master papermaker, James Cropper, will launch the trailer of an exclusive new documentary on its stand at this year’s London Packaging Week later this month.
Visitors to London Packaging Week will get the chance to discover the story behind the paper with the first public screening of the official trailer for ‘The Last Mill Standing’ at 1pm on September 16th.
On the website, restaurants can choose the dish to be served and explore suitable packaging materials with information on which material handles that food category the best and why. The website can then connect restaurants with verified suppliers, with a range of sourcing options.
The Italian manufacturer of primary cosmetic packaging was selected by Lancôme to develop and produce a premium container for its latest innovation: Absolue Longevity MD Anticipate The Cream.
Lancôme’s Absolue Longevity MD line is a longevity skincare range designed to reverse the skin’s visible biological age at every stage of life by targeting the underlying causes of the earliest signs of aging.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures show a similar amount for 2025 (38%), and the remaining 63% of plastic packaging tonnage manufactured in and imported into the UK, 51% met the 30% or more recycled plastic threshold, 11% was either exported, intended for export or converted and less than 1% was exempt because it was used for the immediate packaging of human medicines
Plastic Packaging Tax revenue accrued by HMRC in the financial year 2025 to 2026 totalled £250m, decreasing by 4% compared to 2024 to 2025, which totalled £261m.
Packaging has traditionally been judged by what it does before the product reaches the consumer: protect it, preserve it and transport it safely.
But what happens when the consumer actually uses it?
That is where the next wave of packaging innovation is increasingly taking place.
Limited-edition packaging can help brands create stronger consumer engagement and test new ideas, but it can also increase production, inventory and supply chain complexity. This article explores how brands can balance creative packaging with operational efficiency by using flexible packaging systems that support both innovation and long-term consistency.
A new technical guide examines carton failure points, load direction and the role of reinforced tape in long-distance shipping
A carton can leave the packing line looking perfectly secure and still arrive with an opened seam, torn corner or distorted sidewall. Export shipments add repeated handling, warehouse stacking, forklift movement, vehicle acceleration and braking, and long periods of compression that are difficult to reproduce at the packing station.
