Controversial beer firm BrewDog is using stuffed animals to package what it says is the world’s strongest and most expensive beer.
The Scottish brewer’s The End of History beer has a 55%ABV alcohol content and the 12 330ml bottles that have been made cost £500 each.
The beer bottles are packaged in stuffed animals – seven stoats, [...]
I’d love to hear the views of a PET producer as to whether this is a genuine ‘green’ saving. It sounds convincing – Aluminium is infinitely recyclable, but is it still a benefit when energy is taken into consideration? I hope it is. (Martin).
German retail giant Penny Markt is swapping the company’s ten PET beverage [...]
Here’s an interesting new development from Chesapeake. A great way of adding vitality both to their product range and to the packaging segment (Martin)
Chesapeake has launched a new paperboard packaging range for the drinks and healthcare markets that can be formed into pods to hold liquids.The Impressions range of packaging is manufactured using a low-energy [...]
Resealable cans are making their debut on the UK market this month with the launch of No Fear Extreme Energy.Ball Packaging first launched the ‘twist and shut’ can technology on the French market in 2008 for the Coca-Cola energy drink brand Burn.Made of plastic and aluminum, the Ball Re-sealable End has a flat opening mechanism [...]
Really interesting artice about stand-up pouch development (Martin)
In the 1950s cellophane was the only clear film material available as flexible packaging material. In the 1960s, flexible packages started to evolve, with new processes and material innovations introduced at a daily basis. While many bags and pouches were made of coated papers, polypropylene and polyethylene came [...]
Smurfit Kappa has created novel secondary packaging for Adnams Champion Beer Selection pack, which aims to highlight the company’s 137-year history plus its environmental credentials
Europe’s paper-based packaging manufacturer says the packaging helped it achieve ‘most successful new product’ status in 2008.
via Food Processing : History wrapped in novel packaging.
The Coca-Cola Company has unveiled a new plastic bottle made partially from plants. According to information from the company, the new PlantBottle™ is fully recyclable, has a lower reliance on a nonrenewable resource, and reduces carbon emissions, compared with petroleum-based PET plastic bottles.
via Coca-Cola unveils plant-based bottle | Greener Package.
Sheffield-based Smartstak, a division of the supply chain innovator Loadhog Limited, has won a 2009 Queen’s Award for innovation for its revolutionary glass bottle transportation and storage system.
via Queen’s Award goes to Smartstak – Packaging International.
Not really a packaging story, more a story about the news of packaging and how misinformation can take hold in our ‘immediate’ world (Martin)
It’s all the bloggers fault. There’s a lot of talk now that blogs and various social media are in the process of killing the mainstream media as we know it, and in [...]
Packaging these days is often perceived as an evil of modern living, contributing to mountains of waste that will eventually destroy the planet. It’s high time that the record was put straight about the enormous benefits that packaging offers, particularly to the food and drink industry.
via Maureen Byrne: Packaging in perspective | FoodBev.com.
