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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.

Bemis Company Inc. is the winner of this year’s prestigious FPA Highest Achievement Award for their Molson Coors 12-Pack Cooler Bag. The bag also won two Gold Awards for Expanding the Use of Flexible Packaging and Printing & Shelf Impact, and a Silver Award for Packaging Excellence. The Cooler Bag creates a fresh take on the ubiquitous beer carton.

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.

The European Aluminum Foil Association awarded the Alufoil Trophy in the Product Protection category to Formpack Dessiflex Ultra, in recognition of the enhanced protection provided to the Augmentin product and the positive impact on the patients who use it.

Nestlé’s meatless Incredible Burger is now available in supermarkets in Europe under the Garden Gourmet brand, and near the end of the year, a U.S. version, called the Awesome Burger, will be available where Sweet Earth brand products are sold.

Pregis is announcing another $6 million investment in its facility located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for a third multilayer Windmoeller & Hoelscher (W&H) blown film line to address growing demands for output.