Rigid Packaging
News and analysis on the latest technologies and innovations in rigid packaging, including plastics, metal, glass and board and more.
Huhtamaki debuts plastic-free cartons for cooked coloured eggs
Huhtamaki is launching Futuro, a plastic-free carton for cooked coloured eggs, across markets in Europe. This innovation is especially
Lecta launches polyethylene free EraCup Natural
Lecta has presented EraCup Natural, a paper-based solution for single-use cups that the company says is recyclable, biodegradeble
Packaging Trend Focus: A look at the 2021 refill landscape
In the second of a series of articles looking at ThePackHub’s Global Packaging Trends Compendium, Paul Jenkins, Managing Director,
Why choose polystyrene?
It’s a question we’ve explored several times over the past few months – and one that Styrenics Circular Solutions
Smurfit Kappa interview: Back to basics – and grasping the future
When, in March 2020, we last chatted to Smurfit Kappa about its sustainability strategies, perhaps neither the interviewer nor the
Ardagh presents new, consumer-driven jar design
Ardagh Group has created a new shape for Odenwald’s family of fruit sauce jars in three different sizes: 212ml,
Extended Producer Responsibility Part 3: PepsiCo – the Brand owner perspective
In the third part of our series on extended producer responsibility (EPR), in collaboration with CEFLEX, Victoria Hattersley spoke with
Greiner Packaging creates cardboard-plastic hybrid pack for Henkel’s dishwasher capsules
Henkel’s new Somat Excellence 4in1 dishwasher capsules will be packaged in a cardboard-plastic hybrid solution created by Greiner
New technology allows use of clear PET packaging for toothpaste
Invented at MIT by Dave Smith and Professor Kripa Varanasi, the patended LiquiGlide technology removes friction, allowing thick, slow-moving
“Beverage packaging for the 21st century” – a close-up look at Garçon Wines
Garçon Wines has made waves in the industry with its reimagination of the traditional glass wine bottle – a flat bottle
Waddington Europe reveals rPET hot fill product line for soups and sauces
Thermoforming packaging specialist Waddington Europe, a division of Novolex, is augmenting its TamperVisible range of protective packaging products to include
New bottle sleeve from Kite Packaging leverages strength of the hexagon
Kite Packaging has launched a biodegradable and recyclable bottle sleeve that it says can boast “extreme strength and cost-efficiency.