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The US market for long-life food packaging is in a state of flux. Traditionally, the food metal can is the conventional and most widely-used packaging solution for ready-to-serve soups, broths and tomato products. But today’s consumers have all kinds of criteria by which they judge the quality of a packaging type. And aseptic carton packs are among the top performers.

Industry Intelligence is partnering with BNP Media to secure leading industry professionals to speak at the new Packaging Strategies conference, The Best of Food and Beverage Packaging, April 29-May 1, 2014, at the Marquette Hotel in Minneapolis

Growth in worldwide demand for packaging machinery is expected to climb at a 4.6% annual pace through 2017 to $41.8 billion.

The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, established under the leadership of dairy producers, is now accepting nominations for the third year of the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards.

Most US consumers do not consider sustainability when grocery shopping and are largely apathetic compared to European counterparts, according to an in-depth research report from The Big Picture, a design research agency based in New York and London.

According to a report from Reportlinker, World demand for caps and closures is projected to rise 5.3% per year to $46 billion in 2016. In volume terms, demand will grow 4.1% annually to 1.9 trillion units.

Messe Düsseldorf will participate in IBIE 2013 in order to promote its international trade fair for the packaging industry: interpack PROCESSES AND PACKAGING 2014, to be held from May 8 - 14, 2014 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Affinnova, Inc., a global marketing technology company that dramatically improves innovation and marketing success rates, today released its first Package Design Audit, illustrating the importance of package design, specifically in the vodka industry.

MillerCoors is using less and less water to brew its beers, according to the 2013 MillerCoors Sustainability Report released today. The nation’s second-largest brewer decreased water use by 6.1 percent to a record low 3.82 barrels in 2012.

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, has launched JumPPstart, an initiative that calls on members to come together to tackle what many see as a shrinking pool of qualified workers.