Miscellaneous

Thomas Blaige, Chairman and CEO of Blaige & Company, commented: "It was a pleasure working with the Shah family. Soteria is the ideal partner for Hamilton, providing a seamless ownership transition, workforce stability, and expanded opportunities for its customer base. It will benefit greatly from adding a top-tier, innovation-driven barrier film producer to its platform.

Dr. Squatch’s newest collaborative soap is inspired by Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.  

Godzilla Grit is a heavy grit bricc packed with juniper, mint, smoked cedar, sand, and sea salt.

Kong Krush offers a medium grit cleanse and blends bergamot, nutmeg, and incense for a bold, earthy scent. 

Godzilla Grit and Kong Krush are limited edition scents and are available individually for subscribers only, as a 2-pack (one of each), or as a 4-pack (2 of each). 

Equipped with cutting-edge technology, the facility is designed to optimize efficiency while maintaining the highest standards of hygiene and quality. It is dedicated to the packaging of pulses and a wide range of organic food products.

Bristol-based strategic brand design agency, Outlaw, has redesigned Peroni Nastro Azzurro’s secondary packaging, the first global update to the brand’s core packaging since 2018. The striking new design unleashes the brand’s eponymous blue ribbon – ‘Nastro Azzurro’ – to deliver shelf impact with characteristic Italian flair.

Komori India had reported 35 orders from India at drupa24 (held from 28 May – 7 June in Dusseldorf, Germany). The company already had a dozen orders for installations in hand by the end of April 2024. The remaining 23 machines were actual deals finalized during the printing and packaging show.

The Komori Group received orders for 150 machines during the show out of which one-fourth of the orders were from India, Jun Sudo, president, Komori India said in a previous interaction with Packaging South Asia.

Pune’s Chitale Bandhu Mithaiwale has filed a case against a local businessman for allegedly selling a version of its popular sweet and spicy crispy deep-fried snack, bakarwadi, under a deceptively similar brand name.

Deputy police commissioner Sandip Singh Gill said Chitale Sweet Home proprietor Pramod Prabhakar Chitale has been booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita’s sections 318(2) (cheating) and 350 (making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods) and the Information Technology Act’s sections 66C and 66D (identity theft).

The new wordmark features elegantly crafted letterforms, drawing inspiration from the original Freixenet façade at the winery entrance in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia. By integrating these historical elements into contemporary design, Freixenet demonstrates its commitment to food and drink sustainability while appealing to a broader audience.