New York-based Pet Plate has raised $9 million in a Series A round co-led by 301 Inc., the venture capital arm of Golden Valley-based General Mills. Other investors included DFE Capital Management, Marco Polo and Fernbrook Capital Management, along with existing investors, The Yard Ventures and Castor Ventures.
Paper Converting Machine Company is offering a tour of its facility during Converters Expo in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Registered attendees attend free, with travel to and from the facility and Lambeau Field, just prior the Welcome Reception at the Green Bay Hall of Fame.
Prairie Farms Dairy has partnered with the Humana Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon and Marathon as the chocolate milk refueling partner for the race. The Humana miniMarathon and Marathon mark the largest road races in Kentucky, with over 12,000 participants.
The NextGen Cup Consortium, an effort driven by McDonald's and Starbucks, is debuting reusable cup pilot programs at independent coffee shops around San Francisco and Palo Alto, California. The consortium is managed by Closed Loop Partners' Center for the Circular Economy.
P&G’s Lenor, Unstoppables and Fairy brands will become the first commercial implementations of HolyGrail intelligent packaging in Europe. HolyGrail digital watermarks are imperceptible to the human eye but can be detected by optical scanners at MRFs.
Haney, a global leader in package prototyping, has produced first-of-its-kind sustainable fashion packaging for designer Heron Preston using HP Indigo printing and cellulose-based materials from Futamura.
PepsiCo, Inc. recently announced plans to achieve 100% renewable electricity for its U.S. direct operations this year. The U.S. is the food and beverage company’s largest market and accounts for nearly half of its total global electricity consumption.
Nestlé has entered into a joint collaboration with Merit Functional Foods and its technology partner Burcon NutraScience to utilize their plant-based proteins. This will enable Nestlé to develop and commercialize the plant-based proteins for use in its food and beverage applications.
Colgate-Palmolive Company has agreed to acquire Hello Products LLC, one of the fastest-growing, premium oral care brands in the United States. Hello has a distinct “naturally friendly™” lifestyle positioning with strong appeal among younger consumers and across broad segments
Does your package have what it takes to earn a Packaging Innovation Award? Dow is pleased to announce that once again the search for the world’s most innovative packages is on. This is the third year Dow is the title sponsor and will be assembling an international panel of independent judges from a range of industries.
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