A unique ‘ribbed’ can which keeps Jupiler beer cool in the hand has won ‘Best Can/ Alubottle’ at the 2019 World Beverage Innovation Awards. The ground-breaking design saw Ardagh develop a new tooling technique to achieve super-defined debossed flutes in the walls of the Jupiler cans.

New ingredients and applications are revolutionising skincare products, so why not do the same with skincare packaging? Responding to brands’ demands for products that provide both strong formulation protection and user-friendly experience, Quadpack has launched Twist Up tube.

Testing the physical strength properties of materials, in accordance with international or in-house standards, is a key part of determining their characteristics to better understand the effects of process improvements. With this in mind, Mecmesin has designed a range of static-load Materials Testers powered by intuitive VectorPro™ MT software.

In the food industry, pump dispensers are ideal for portioning out liquid foods and sauces. PKP's food pump dispensers have been specially designed and manufactured in food grade PP, for consistently effortless dispensing of liquid foods in kitchens and customer self-service areas.

Global health and hygiene company RB, maker of popular consumer brands including Mucinex and Enfamil, has announced its partnership with international recycling leader TerraCycle to offer consumers a simple and completely free way to recycle their consumer goods packaging.

Parkway Plastics introduces new plastic jar and cap combo cases - jars and caps come together in one box

Essentra Tear Tapes has launched RE:CLOSE Lite, a slimline mono-printed tape, designed to provide reseal functionality as well as meeting the latest demands for packaging sustainability. The new lightweight, linerless tape solution provides user-friendly reclosability to multi-serving food packs, helping deliver portion control and maintain freshness.

Toly Korea is introducing Netuno, a loose powder compact with a hinged flapper and PP mesh net sifter which solves the occurring mess and issue of loose powder spillages by permitting the powder to remain in place. In line with Toly's commitment towards sustainability, the refillable co

Aptar Pharma's Nanopharm has won an Excellence in Pharma Award at the 2019 CPhI Pharma Awards. Nanopharm, an Aptar Pharma company and part of their expanded services offering, won in the Contract Services and Outsourcing category for its recently launched SmartTrack process.

As part of its ongoing Better Planet Packaging initiative, Smurfit Kappa has collaborated with one of its partners, Mitsubishi HiTec Paper, to create a new type of innovative and recyclable food-safe packaging. A combination of Smurfit Kappa’s expertise in paper-based packaging and Mitsubishi HiTec Paper’s strength in coated papers has led to the first product in the new range being shortlisted as a finalist in the Swiss Packaging Awards.