Beverage

Fast-growing craft brewery Little Bang has used HP Indigo variable data printing to give its beer cans presence on the shelves and personality in the eyes of the consumer.

Aiming to support the emerging trend of using closures to manage quality of wine throughout its shelf-life, Jet Technologies has grown its range of solutions for ANZ wine producers.

This year’s limited release of the 2019 ‘The Creation’ Cabernet Sauvignon by Hentley Farm, exclusive to members, will use digital packaging technology powered by Cellr to deliver an art showcase.

Metsa Board has designed a light, but strong, easily recyclable packaging for the new Chopin Organic Rye Vodka range at its Excellence Centre in Aanekoski, Finland.

Sidel's survey on consumers’ environmental perceptions about caps shows that participants place more importance on safety and user-friendliness than green credentials.

Bookings are now open for the AIP's new ‘Packaging in the Beverage Industry’ virtual training course, which will be held on 30 June, and headed up by Dr Martin Orzinski.

As part of its vision to be a sustainability leader in consumer-packaged goods, Corona has become the first global beverage brand to achieve a net zero plastic footprint.

The PIDA 2021 Beverage Packaging Design of the Year recognised innovative packaging design and materials for liquid or dry beverage products.

Diageo’s pre-mix range UDL has unveiled a redesigned look for its range of fruity flavours, in a 6-pack and new mixed 10-pack offering, with a bright and retro design.

In an Australian first, Endeavour Group’s wine bottling and packaging arm Vinpac International has partnered with Australian glass packaging company Orora on a new lightweight 750ml sparkling bottle.

The unprecedented supply chain challenges of 2020 were the catalyst for Lion to reinstate its annual supplier awards. Award winners included Visy Glass, Foodmach and Labelmakers.

New Zealand craft brewer Behemoth Brewing turned to FB*Propak for its turnkey solution, which included the brewhouse, canning line, labeller, tanks, auger and milling systems.

Eco, flat bottle packaging company Garçon Wines will increase its production investments in Australia and the US as it secures AU $1 million of investment in parent company Delivering Happiness Limited.

Johnnie Walker has launched The Next Steps initiative, which is a wide-ranging action plan that will see the whisky maker become more “sustainable by design from grain to glass”.

Exchange for Change is changing the fixed price per material type for supplier contributions that fund the Return and Earn NSW CDS, while a new simplified approach will be taken on in the ACT.

Corona has launched a new, circular form of packaging for its six-packs, harnessing surplus barley straw to create a sustainable paper packaging solution.