Direct-to-Object printing, inks that withstand water immersion, and cylinder embellishments are just some of the innovations helping beverage companies meet their packaging needs.
With just a few weeks of summer remaining — and with coolers full of ice-cold beverages by the lake soon to become a distant memory — I thought exploring how coding, marking, and printing experts are helping beverage companies meet their packaging needs would be fun.
Available through the PantoneLIVE Production – Print and Packaging subscription, the new libraries support aluminum beverage can production using both opaque and transparent inks for a matte effect.
Beyond day-to-day production, Pittston Co-Packers also offers product development and commercialization services, including R&D assistance (on-site pilot runs, plant trials, recipe formulation, and ingredient sourcing), in-house coordination of graphic design, and packaging development.
Hauser’s line was the first to utilize Sidel’s patented Predis™ dry preform sterilization in Germany, which works by using hydrogen peroxide mist to sterilize the preform before it enters the oven to be blown into a bottle; packaging remains aseptic without the need for rinsing with water or any other chemicals.
Designed for versatility, MB2253 excels in marking a wide variety of beverage substrates, including plastics, metals, glass and returnable glass bottles
These findings highlight a surge in investment and innovation — insights that will come to life this fall at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2025, the premier packaging and processing trade show produced by PMMI, taking place Sept. 29–Oct. 1 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Founded in 2023 in Boulder, BevBoost is the brainchild of industry veteran and craft beer visionary Matt Cutter, the founder of the award-winning Upslope Brewing Company.