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Wine has found its niche in the aluminum can — and with it, refreshing flavors and packaging design. Winesellers Ltd., a family owned, global importer and marketer of fine wines, just launched Santa Julia Organic Rosé, Organic Chardonnay & Tintillo Malbec Red Blend in 375 ml cans.

Brazilian dairy brand Letti is the first to adopt transparent one-liter PET bottles for its fermented milk products. The custom containers replace the traditional white, opaque high-density polyethylene (HDPE) bottles that have dominated the market.

Many of the pain points consumers experience with upright bottles are addressed by inverted bottles, but inverted bottles don’t prevent the battle that occurs when the bottle is close to empty.

Fischer Paper Products will be launching its TruKraft line, a new line of sustainable products, in June.

Many packaging machinery manufacturers find that implementing PackML across a machine product line isn’t as difficult as first thought and that the rewards exceed expectations. By implementing PackML, OEMs experience:

BeatBox Beverages has added Fresh Watermelon to its wine-based Party Punch range, joining Pink Lemonade, Fruit Punch, and Blue Razzberry. 

Flexible bags remain one of the most popular packaging formats in the snack industry due to their excellent barrier properties, cost-effective production and consumer convenience. High-speed vertical form, fill and seal (VFFS) technology offers significant advantages in this category because it enables manufacturers to maintain ambitious throughput targets and optimum productivity.

Building on its theme covering the evolution of pouches, the 2019 Global Pouch Forum features presentations focused on innovation, sustainability and developing markets.

Flexible packaging — especially the pouch — is still the fastest growing segment globally. Over the last decade, its share of total packaging in the U.S. increased from 16 percent to its current 19 percent.

Triangle Package Machinery Company and JDD Packaging Ltd. have introduced the Triangle/JDD Rotary Pouch Machine, designed to fill three-sided seal, flat pouches and stand-up pouches at speeds up to 50 pouches per minute.