Beverage

AB-InBev has launched a new can design for Corona Extra beer which enables it to do away with external plastic packaging.

Glass container manufacturer O-I Glass has created Millie, a new glass packaging solution for Emma & Tom's, teaming up with the Australian Beverage Council, brand agency Voice and Monash University.

Consumers now demand products that are good for them and the environment, the vice president of sales for Flow alkaline spring water Alina Kerry told Kim Berry today, during the brand’s soft launch in Australia.

Jet Technologies has brought a completely recyclable wine hood to Australia and New Zealand.

When breakfast meets cocktail hour: Australia's most highly awarded distillery Archie Rose Distilling Co. is launching ArchieMite Buttered Toast Spirit. In advance of the May 8 [mate] launch, PKN spoke to Squad Ink branding and design studio about the packaging execution.

An Australian company is printing customised brand labels that consumers can apply to bottles of beer, wine and spirits.

With craft brewers now increasingly canning their products for protection, Barry-Wehmiller will bring its PneumaticScaleAngelus CB50F filler and seamer to stand C180 at AUSPACK 2019.

Lewis Road Creamery in New Zealand has turned to a bespoke bottle from glass packaging company Croxsons for its coffee cream liqueur.

Amcor has developed a new aluminium capsule for wine bottles, which can be removed with a standard bottle opener.

A new project is aiming to give the much-maligned “goon” cask a new lease on life, by pairing it with limited-edition artworks.

KHS has upgraded its Innofill Glass DRS filler with a number of new features, and its first customer, German brewer Badische Staatsbrauerei Rothaus AG, is already seeing the benefits.

Carlton and United Breweries will ditch the controversial ring-pull cap from its Carlton Dry bottles after a consumer backlash.

Production on Sidel’s BoostPrime hot-fill PET solution is underway at a key customer in Mexico, bottling a large variety of beverages including juice, tea, and isotonics.

De Bortoli Wines has won the International Wine and Spirits Competition’s inaugural Innovative Winery of the Year trophy for the closure on its new release Rosé Rosé wine, the first registered colour side-embossed screw cap in the world.

Heineken has installed a complete can line solution at Heineken’s brewery in Tien Gang, Vietnam, significantly increasing its production output.

Just Water’s Tetra Top carton bottle, designed and produced by Tetra Pak, has won Best Packaging Solution at the 2018 Global Bottled Water Congress.