Food Packaging

In response to the court ruling, Jonatan Kleimark, senior chemicals and business advisor at ChemSec, highlights the potential impact of the legislative crackdown on PFAS. 

“It is another problem for the PFAS producers and users and shows that the legislative crackdown is justified. We have a severe PFAS crisis, causing health and environmental problems everywhere. We need regulation to reduce the amounts of these chemicals in products and processes,” he tells Packaging Insights.

Capri-Sun recently brought sales and distribution in-house after a long-term relationship with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP).

To meet increased demand, the Princes contract with Capri-Sun will involve a transfer of four production lines from CCEP to Princes Bradford, creating around 50-60 new jobs.

Production will begin in autumn 2024, with all lines set to be fully operational by spring 2025.

Princes will be co-packing two Capri-Sun formats: 200ml pouches with paper straws and 330ml pouches with a screw cap.

Aptar – Food Protection, part of AptarGroup, Inc. and a leader in active material science food safety solutions, has been granted the North American license to manufacture and distribute the Halopack Tray system, designed to enhance packaging sustainability for a wide variety of fresh, frozen, reheatable, grab-and-go and oven-able food applications.

With its Multifol NT packaging film, SÜDPACK broke new ground in material efficiency many years ago. Now the film manufacturer has taken the next logical step by further developing its flexible films for thermoforming applications. The new Multifol Extreme is the perfect combination of maximum functionality and minimum added weight.

Vinca’s 187 ml single-serve cans are filled by canning experts Los Bucaneros who operate both mobile and fixed canning operations in France and Iberia. Henry Blackmann, founder of Los Bucaneros, and his team of passionate beverage experts manage the entire canning process, from helping customers to analyse the product to optimising the quality before and after packaging.

Finnish company Paptic has provided its sustainable gift bag packaging solution for Pernod Ricard Finland’s brand Castillo de Molina’s wine products.

Paptic’s gift bags are a lighter and more sustainable alternative that allows consumers to streamline their purchase processes and prevents the need to buy additional bags or cases to pack wine.

Leveraging Paptic’s material, Packdesign ID, a design, branding, and packaging company, made a single gift bag solution for three different wine products, featuring individualised stickers for each product.

Straight Forward Design has partnered with Clipper to help activate its new brand positioning, which was developed by creative agency Isobel. The new campaign seeks to promote Clipper as the tea that tastes good and does good.

Anchored on the strapline, ‘There’s tea, then there’s GOOD tea’, the campaign acknowledges that it takes more than just taste to make good tea, showing how it also takes ethical and sustainable sourcing, natural ingredients and a fierce commitment to protecting biodiversity to make a truly good cup of tea.

• The eco-friendly Chapter & Verse Shiraz and Chapter & Verse Chardonnay bottles are fully recyclable and designed to easily stack on shelves while optimising storage space
• Aldi’s Chassaux et Fils Méditerranée Rosé is also launching as a recycled PET bottle, in stores from today – Global Recycling Day
• Products hit shelves after the supermarket announced it was launching the UK’s first own-brand paper wine bottle earlier this month

The redesigned packaging took nearly four years to develop, and reflects Tequila Ocho’s commitment to terroir in spirits. A new tapered bottle shape makes it easier for bartenders to handle, while a shorter height makes it a cleaner fit for retail shelves and back bars.

In addition, the label was given a ‘rustic feel’ with ‘fingerprint’ texture throughout, a nod to the brand’s single estate concept. The redesign also includes a custom engraved wood cap, and a new neck label.

The overhaul unifies Tequila Ocho’s packaging on a global scale.