Browsing: Packaging
Food packaging has a major impact all the way through the food and beverage industry, from consumer trends and perceptions, retailers’ needs, as well as export and logistics. Discover news, case studies and interviews relating to the food packaging industry in NZ, food packaging manufacturers, machines, plant and factory, products and food packaging trends.
Know your packaging’s lifecycle
By Natalie Martin, 3R Group Materials Innovation Manager
With the phase-out of several packaging options set to begin from the end the year, and continue through to 2023, many in the industry are undoubtedly seeking alternatives. Continue →
Unique Leak Detection Method for the Cheese Industry
Growing awareness around the importance of a healthy lifestyle is driving demand for ready-to-eat dairy products and its good news for the New Zealand cheese industry. Continue →
Will we see sustainable packaging promises met by 2025?
By Natalie Martin, 3R Group materials innovation manager
Globally and in New Zealand many players in the food and grocery industry have committed to making their packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025. Continue →
TURNING BEVERAGE CARTONS INTO WALLBOARDS
A New Zealand company turning food and beverage packaging into valuable building materials has been given a shot in the arm to go towards building a new facility in Australia. Continue →
BEVERAGE CONTAINERS: IS THERE A BETTER WAY?
Every year New Zealanders use around 2.36 billion single-use beverage containers. Continue →
A BREAK IN AUSTRALIA’S WASTE CHALLENGE
Nestlé and Amcor are among a group of companies that have collaborated to produce Australia’s first soft plastic food wrapper made with recycled content. Continue →
NEW SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING FOR BOBBY BANANA
After extensive trialling with a number of different materials, Dole has changed the packaging of its Bobby Bananas to a new tape that will reduce around 16 tonnes of plastic from going to landfill in New Zealand each year. Continue →
PACKAGING ON THE GO
With snacking rising in popularity, so too is the demand for flexible packaging options. Continue →
COCA-COLA’S PAPER BOTTLE PROTOTYPE LEAVES THE LAB
Coca-Cola’s first paper bottle prototype will be making its way from the lab to the marketplace in the second quarter of this year. Continue →
STUDY SAYS CARTONS ARE THE GREEN OPTION
New research indicates that cartons have the lowest carbon footprint of all beverage and food packaging systems available on the Australian and New Zealand markets at present. Continue →
SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING: LET’S SORT IT OUT
There’s lots of environmentally-friendly solutions to choose from today, but have we over-complicated things? Continue →
SHRINKING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Global packaging company Amcor, which has a number of locations in New Zealand, has launched a recyclable shrink bag for meat and cheese. Continue →
CUPS OF CONVERSATION
Innocent Packaging has used their latest project to support mental health charity I Am Hope. Continue →
Bottled up: Plant-based milk bottles to land on New Zealand shelves next week
In a New Zealand first, Anchor has announced that it will be trialling new plant-based milk bottles. Continue →
TECHNOLOGY THE KEY TO REDUCING PLASTIC WASTE
Effective recycling is more complicated than many realise – that’s why University of Auckland’s associate professor Johan Verbeek wants to make it easier and cheaper with innovative technology. Continue →
LABELLING OPENS AMERICAN DOORS FOR KIWI SNACK COMPANY
New Zealand business owners Tom Dorman and Luke Cooper are taking on the American market with their healthy snack range, thanks to national product catalogue GS1. Continue →
LABEL THAT FLOATS OFF PLASTIC WINS AWARD
A label that simply ‘floats to the top’ when PET packaging is being recycled has won best in category for Industry Development & Creativity at Pride In Print. Continue →
VPZ: WHEN NATURE PACKS A PUNCH
“Our biogenic packaging solutions combine the highest standards of freshness with respect for the environment and are particularly suited to the food industry.These Continue →
The government is investing $3 million in the creation of New Zealand’s first 100 percent recycled plastic food packaging range.
Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage said the grant enables Pact Group to prioritise this project ahead of many others. Continue →
The Sealed Air commitment – packaging with a focus for the future
Sealed Air boasts innovation and sustainability at the heart of its operation. Continue →