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The smart packaging campaign, featuring Schweppes International’s exotic fruit drinks brand Banga, utilises a web app-based connected experience accessed via QR codes.

Users can play a game where they are encouraged to slice fruit to create fruit juice. Every time users participate, a small donation is made to a local children’s charity.

Wipotec’s HC-A-EX checkweigher is designed for precision checkweighing in manufacturing environments where a mix of gases or flammable substances brings moderate risk for explosion incidents. The machine meets requirements for ATEX, an EU Directive mandating safeguards in these production scenarios. Among other features, the HC-A-EX accomplishes this by nickel-coating all conveyor belts, which helps diminish adverse conductivity.

Korrvu packaging surrounds products with a low-slip film to protect them from shock and vibration without sacrificing visibility. To simplify consumer recycling, the packaging itself is kerbside recyclable with the plastic film attached.

With digital die cutting, it is hoped that lead times will be lowered from months down to weeks. Customers can also place smaller minimum order quantities, SEE explains, which negates the need for customers to store excess packaging on-site.

The trial, which took place earlier this month, saw Bacardi partnering with premium glass maker Hrastnik1860 to innovate technology for a glass furnace powered with hydrogen as its main energy source. This initiative reduces GHG emissions associated with traditional glass bottle production.

Bacardi used the St-Germain elderflower liqueur bottle design for the trial, maintaining an identical appearance to the bottle produced through traditional methods.