Alcoa Closure Systems (CSI) has introduced X-Tech, a new
interactive closure system training course available for carbonated
soft drink (CSD) bottlers facing extreme temperature cycling
conditions.
Anheuser-Busch, the world's largest brewer, has introduced
aluminium beer bottles for its Michelob, Michelob Light and
Anheuser World Select brands in certain bars and clubs across the
United States, writes Kim Hunter Gordon.
Russia's OST group, one of the country's biggest alcohol producers,
has built a new bottle plant near Moscow which will supply it with
up to 600 million bottles a year - and save it more than $10
million, writes Angela Drujinina.
Last week Alcoa began commercial production of Vino-Lok, its
glass-on-glass wine closure system. Has upmarket wine finally found
an alternative to the screw cap? asks Kim Hunter Gordon.
Campina, the international co-operative dairy company, has revealed
how it plans to expand sales of its dairy-based beverages arm -
with the introduction of a uniform line of bottle packaging.
Filling and packaging systems manufacturer KHS is focusing its
efforts on developing new labelling, filtration, racking and crate
inspection technologies.
Duvel Moortgat, the Belgian brewing group, has sold its fruit juice
operation Freya's Deli Fruit to compatriot Konings for an
undisclosed sum, a move precipitated by the need for urgent
investment in the company.
Integrated bottling and packaging systems manufacturer Krones is
launching a number of new products including a PET-Asept system
featuring Isolator technology and a new VO-DM-PET volumetric
filling system for water.
The installation of new ACF (Aseptic Cold Filling) line equipment
at Eckes Granini's factory in Bad Fallingbostel, Germany, will
radically change the way in which the firm operates.
Canbra Foods has developed a new line of clear, handled 64-ounce
rapeseed oil bottle. The bottles are Canbra Food's first-ever
application using Eastman Chemical Company's Eastar copolyester for
handleware, a material that...
New pre-designed metal closures for European manufacturers of jams
and honey have been developed by Crown Holdings. The company claims
that the concept will help companies achieve greater
cost-effectiveness while ensuring complete...
A new rectangular PET (polyethylene terephthalate) hot-fill bottle,
which allows for more efficient shipping, has been launched in the
US. This could prove to be a blessing for suppliers, as shipping
rates have risen 10 - 25 per cent...
Cadcam developer Delcam has reported that sales for the year to
31st December 2003 were £20.5 million, an increase of 8.5 per cent
on the previous best annual sales of £18.9 million. Food and
beverage packaging has increasingly become...
Constar International, a leading producer of polyethylene
terephthalate (PET) plastic containers, has successfully packaged
Smirnoff Ice in high performance Starshield barrier PET bottles.
The company claims that the material extends...
Global packaging firm Owens-Illinois (O-I) announced today that it
is to conduct a strategic review of its blow-moulded plastics
operations in North America, South America and Europe. Not
surprising, when you consider the size and...
An innovative container system for flowable materials has been
awarded a patent in the US. Manufacturer Rocky Mountain Business
Solutions believes that the new packaging solution, called
Not-A-Bottle, offers the food and drink industry...
Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods has completed the modernisation and
installation of a new production line for the bottling of juices in
plastic aseptic PET bottles. The new PET line was installed at
Depsona CSJC in Tula, a plant for juice and...
Dairy Crest, the largest dairy food company in the UK, has become
the latest company to choose Amcor FlexCan from Amcor Flexibles for
its new diced cheese product. Dairy Crest is using the patented
innovative flexible container for...
SIG Corpoplast has just completed the installation of its first
ever PET-line at Eckes Granini's plant in Fallingbostel, a small
town in Lower Saxonia, Germany. The plant now produces a complete
range of packaging varieties for...
Grolsch is approaching a milestone on what it claims will be the
most efficient brewery in Europe. The project, which has been a
truly international effort, is the only greenfield brewery under
construction in Western Europe at the...
Sidel will be featuring its latest technological innovations in the blow moulding sector, which will include the Actis treated PET beer bottle for the German market, as well as highlighting its expanded international presence at the forthcoming BRAU trade...
The 44th edition of BRAU Beviale, to be held in Nuremberg, Germany
from 12 to 14 November 2003, should prove a showcase for the SIG
group, with three of the main divisions being represented.
Alcoa is to launch three new pieces of capping equipment at Pack
Expo Las Vegas, which will be held 13 to 15 October 2003. One
capping machine, one elevator sorter and two rotary cap sorters
have been added to the Alcoa CSI capping...
Alcoa Closure Systems International has introduced two new closures
designed to improve the seal integrity of carbonated beverage
packaging under extreme temperature conditions.
A small US water bottling company, Kolob claims to have tripled
productivity and significantly reduced costs following investments
it has made in automation equipment sourced at last year's Pack
Expo in Las Vegas.
In Australia, Amcor has launched a new closure, the Self-Piercing
Sipper Cap, which is said to be make drinking from push-pull
closures a simpler and less messy business.
Packaging producer TricorBraun has created a new 'bulb' shaped
glass bottle design for a pomegranate juice product which it claims
reflects the unusual nature of the juice itself.
Although nearly two thirds of the world's beer continues to be
distributed in refillable glass bottles, the real dynamism in the
drinks packaging market as a whole is coming from PET, claims a new
report from beverage analysts...
Fogg Filler Company, a leading manufacturer of rotary liquid
filling systems, has launched new Neck Rail and Neck Grip
technologies to add to its line of Fill Pro filling systems.
Alcoa has announced plans to expand its plastic closure division
for bottle caps and lids by increasing the manufacturing capacity
in North America and China.
Belgian brewer Interbrew has introduced a new innovative beer
packaging, Pivopack. The launch marks the first monolayer barrier
enhanced PET bottle worldwide and will be making its debut on the
Russian market.
Procomac, the Italian beverage processing equipment provider, has
just shipped the first orders for its new hot fill equipment to
beverage plants in China and Switzerland.
A revolutionary new pourer which sits neatly inside the neck of a
bottle and pops out when necessary has been created by Israeli
company Dania Plastics - and it will probably be popping up on
supermarket shelves very soon.
US company Agr TopWave LLC has announced the launch of the Gawis
automated thickness and dimensional system for plastic containers
and preforms.
The equipment is a non-contact laboratory device designed to
provide accurate,...
Sidel, the French company specialising in machinery for liquid
packaging, has announced a new service which it will be previewing
at the forthcoming Emballage World Packaging Exhibition, held in
Villepinte, France this November.
German soft drinks company Thuringer Waldquell (TWQ) is hoping that
a new PET bottling line will help it increase sales of its popular
Vita Cola brand.
Sidel, the French manufacturer of machinery for bottle producers,
is expected to return to profitability in 2002, after last year's
€47.5 million net loss.
Portola Packaging, the US based bottle and closures manufacturer,
has reported a fall in its 3Q sales to $53 million (€55,4m)
compared to $57.6 million for the same quarter last year. The
figure represents a drop of a of 8 per cent.
US-based Portola Packaging, a manufacturer of closures and bottles
for the beverage industries, reported an 8 per cent drop in sales
in the third quarter of 2002 from $57.6 million in the same period
last year to $53 million (€56m).
The Fridge Vendor, Riverwood International's newest packaging
product for soft drinks, is being introduced in selected US markets
with Dasani bottled water.
Amcor, the Australian packaging company, is now positioning itself
to become a global leading in beverage packaging production. Chief
executive, Russell Jones is playing a major part in cleaning up a
fragmented and underperforming...
US-based Crown Cork & Seal, one of the global leaders in
beverage packaging and design, has launched a new closure for the
beverage industry aimed at the sports and general activities
markets.
Crown Cork & Seal has completed the sale of the metal closure
assets of its Danish subsidiary, Crown Cork Company Scandinavia, to
Pelliconi Scandinavia. The Danish business manufactures metal
closures for glass bottles to the...
