20 May New stretchable paper as plastic alternative
There are many claimed cost-effective and environmentally-sound alternatives to plastic, and the latest is called FibreForm – the first 3D formable (stretchable) paper.
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06 May Developed in Japan: the non-stick yoghurt foil
Japan-based Morinaga Group has developed a world-first technology that prevents yoghurt from sticking to the pot lid - no more dissonant debate on whether "to lick or not to lick"!
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04 Mar Unveiling a new look at Cape Town’s Cibapac
Fast forward into flexibles – that's the future direction for Cape Town food packaging specialist, Cibapac, as the company unveils a new management team and fresh structure.
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20 Jan PepsiCo’s transformative R&D and its impact on food-bev packaging
Since he became the head of R&D about seven years ago, Dr Mehmood Khan has led what many at PepsiCo refer to as an R&D transformation. Evidence of his transformative thinking is abundant in packaging, as he believes that packaging now more than ever must be...
30 Oct Plastic bag levy adds R1.1bn to govt coffers
The total quantum of funds collected since the introduction of the plastic bag levy scheme in 2003 up to August this year is R1.1bn, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene has told parliament.
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30 Oct New wood-effect plastic crate set to transform fresh produce aisles
Underpinning its commitment to innovation in the field of retail-ready packaging, UK-based Polymer Logistics has globally launched the world's first wood-effect crate, perfect for stores who want to boost the look and feel of their fresh produce aisles.
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23 Oct Dairypack Tubs launches retortable barrier tub
There's the retortable can, the glass jar, the tube and the stand-up pouch...
01 Oct An ingenious tactile bio-reactive food label
Food date marking—best before's and sell-by dates—are currently a topic of major controversy in light of statistics which have uncovered the enormous amount of global food waste. Americans for instance, are reported to throw nearly half their food in the garbage. Most people take these...
22 May US: The 2014 DuPont Packaging Awards
Last week DuPont presented 16 awards at the 26th DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, the industry's longest-running, global, independently judged competition highlighting innovative packaging solutions and collaboration throughout the value chain. Most of the winners are food and beverages - and note how prominently flexible...
24 Apr Mpact’s R10m investment offers dairy industry new cost-effective packaging
A R10-million investment by Mpact in its FMCG plastics plant in Pinetown, KZN, will enable the Group to produce a new type of packaging, especially for the dairy industry. ...
27 Mar UK: Plastic packaging a cracking solution for Tesco
Tesco, UK supermarket giant and Britain's biggest egg retailer, believes it will save more than one million free-range eggs a year as it replaces pulp or cardboard cartons with recyclable plastic ones....
14 Mar Smart labelling: heralding the new-era barcode
The 40-year-old barcode has a new, more intelligent rival that can store information, display and transmit it...
14 Mar UK: Artisan butter pack disrupts category norms
Introduced in the UK by global dairy brand Arla, an innovative new package replicates an elegant butter dish and feeds consumers’ growing desire for authentic, artisan foods while elevating a commodity product to a premium position. [Click pic to enlarge]
20 Feb Concerns over chemicals in food packaging misplaced, say scientists
Concerns about synthetic chemicals in packaging and plastic bottles contaminating food and drink are largely misplaced, scientists have said in response to calls for greater monitoring of the long-term effect on human health.
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13 Feb Mission to promote SA packaging design and supply
Paul Raphaely, co-founder of chic foodie company, NoMU, is putting some of his boundless creative energies into a new mission: promoting SA's packaging design and supply sectors. His vehicle, which includes a website and portal, has the funky name of The Lucky Budgie...
12 Feb What’s up with LiquiGlide?
LiquiGlide, the super-slippery lubricant developed by MIT scientists and that makes anything - syrup, ketchup, paint - slide right out of the bottle so not a drop is wasted, created an internet deluge of attention when news of it broke some two years ago....
27 Jan Demand for active and intelligent packaging set to boom
Demand for active and intelligent packaging is expected to outstrip total packaging demand growth, according to a new study from Freedonia Group. Active and intelligent packaging demand is forecast to expand 8% annually to $3.5 billion in 2017 in the US alone, the research predicts....
22 Jan Consumers care about packaging almost as much as the brand
Even as middle class consumers are tightening their budgets, companies are finding ways to tout “everyday luxury” products—from food to shampoo—that cost 30-50 percent more. The trick: packaging. ...
05 Dec On-trend cereal packaging
Specialist FMCG packaging company, Blackie and Associates, has created functional and fashionable new-look packaging for two South African cereal brands, one mass market, one more niched....
19 Nov New take on sugar packaging in shapely, table-worthy canister design
How do you differentiate a commodity like sugar? With packaging, of course - as just very neatly done in the US by Domino Foods. Two brands of its sugar now come in a shapely new package with an easy-to-use flip-top dispenser. [Click pic to enlarge]