Boxed Water is Better, the sustainable boxed water company, announces the company has opened a new bottling and distribution center in Holland, MI. The new 11,000 square foot building is nearly seven times larger than the facility it leaves behind.
Canadian food manufacturer Lassonde Specialties is making the move to carton packs from SIG Combibloc. From now on, the company’s Canton brand fondue bouillons, traditional canned classics, will be offered exclusively in carton packs. The ready-to-serve bouillons in combiblocStandard 1,100 ml come in Beef/Onion, Original, Oriental Delight, Red Wine and Thai varieties. To make them easy to open, the carton packs feature a V perforation. Further products are set to follow.
Nature’s Coffee Kettle is a coffee brewing system for campers, hikers and coffee connoisseurs. Now the company’s updated spouted pouch from Flair Flexible Packaging helps Nature’s Coffee Kettle better communicate the unique brewing method and the freshness of the custom-roasted gourmet coffee.
New and exciting option emerges in retort packaging
May 22, 2013
The National Food Lab, a consulting and testing firm, expands its product and process development capabilities by offering Tetra Pak’s Tetra Recart retortable cartons in its R&D Pilot Plant.
Online resource unveiled to fulfill growing demand for carton recycling access
May 22, 2013
In response to the increasing and widespread demand for carton recycling access in communities large and small, the Carton Council of North America has unveiled a new website, CartonOpportunities.org, designed to provide comprehensive information on the opportunities created for recycling professionals, elected officials and the entire packaging supply chain through carton recycling. The site also supplements an existing and popular website, RecycleCartons.com, which is focused on educating consumers.
School-based carton recycling programs added to KAB Recycle-Bowl, nets over 16,000 pounds of cartons
May 17, 2013
Every day, large quantities of milk and juice are consumed in schools across the country, so it’s a natural fit for schools to develop and implement school-based carton recycling programs. Recognizing the fast-growing pace of carton recycling, this year Keep America Beautiful created a special category for carton recycling in its popular annual competition called Recycle-Bowl.
Unox brand soups now offer seven varieties in one-liter catons from SIG Combibloc
April 29, 2013
A range of soups from the traditional Unox brand is now available in aseptic carton packs for the first time. Unilever’s Unox-brand soups, in SIG Combibloc’s combibloc Standard 1,000 ml carton packs, are now available in the Netherlands. They represent an innovation on the Dutch soup market, where most ready-to-eat soups have previously been available only in food metal cans and pouches.
Del Monte mixes it up with ‘Occasions’ in combifitMidi from SIG Combibloc
March 28, 2013
Del Monte has brought out a new product range, ‘Del Monte Occasions’, in combifitMidi 1,000 ml carton packs with screw cap combiSwift from SIG Combibloc. The new line-up of fruit-based juice drinks comes in the exceptional varieties Pineapple Mojito, Spicy Tomato and Orchard Zest, and offers a stylish drink that works just as well without alcohol.
Dei Fratelli debuts not from concentrate Truly Tomato! & Truly Veggie! juices
March 13, 2013
Hirzel Canning Company & Farms, a fourth-generation, family owned and operated company and producers of the Dei Fratellli brand, announces the addition of Truly Tomato! and Truly Veggie! Juices to its extensive line of tomato products. Consumers can find the ready-to-drink juices on their grocers’ shelves beginning spring 2013.
More than 47.9 million U.S. households can now recycle cartons thanks to efforts led by the Carton Council, a group of carton manufacturers committed to reducing the environmental impact of cartons. This is an increase of 128% in just three years.