Food & Drink

Find out the latest food and drink news from the packaging industry

Cans in metal packaging

Metal packaging stakeholders explore impact of evolving regulatory landscape

AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings recently brought together voices from across the metal packaging industry for a webinar that explored how brand owners, canmakers, and coatings...
Biffa's Seaham polymer plant

Biffa completes acquisition of PET bottle manufacturer Esterform

BIFFA has completed the acquisition to merge its UK PET recycling operations with Esterform - an UK PET pre-form and bottle manufacturer. This move has...
Warehouse with packed shelves

Prism eLogistics secures HMRC Duty Suspense Authorisation

THIRD party logistics provider Prism eLogistics has announced it has been granted Warehouse Excise Authorisation for Duty Suspense Services by HMRC. The firm said this...
Iain Gulland, Zero Waste Scotland

Zero Waste Scotland highlights ‘staggering’ impact of food waste on the environment

NEW research from Zero Waste Scotland has revealed food waste is having 'previously unquantified' impacts on the health of the planet in addition to...
Beverage cans

Contract packers support increased demand for drinks with added benefits

THE BCMPA, the Association for Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Fulfilment & Logistics, has reported that demand for drinks that deliver more than just hydration is...
Ketchup with lightweight closure

Lightweight closure selected for premium ketchup range

AMCOR has announced that the 'user-friendly and lightweighted' design of its Sava Flip Top closure are the key reasons for being chosen by Polish...
Panel discussion at ESS Expo

Alupro highlights benefits of metal packaging at ESS Expo

ALUPRO took to the stage at the recent Environmental Services & Solutions (ESS) Expo in Birmingham to champion the circular economy for metal packaging....
Poultry packing gripper

Collaborative project brings automation to poultry packing

POULTRY producer CP Foods UK has teamed up with engineering company Gripple and industrial automation specialist OMRON to modernise one of its key packing...
The Glendronach 40 Year Old presentation cases

Hunter Luxury helps create ‘ultra premium’ packs for Glendronach 30 and 40-Year-Old releases

HUNTER Luxury has helped The Glendronach Distillery and Brown-Forman deliver the 'ultra-premium' presentation for its 30 and 40-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky expressions. Each pack...
Glass bottle range

Croxsons to present new spirits bottle range at London exhibition

GLASS packaging specialist Croxsons is set to showcase its newly launched spirits bottle range at London Packaging Week next month. The range is said to...