News in Brief
Crowns European tinplate business rebrands to Eviosys
Eviosys has launched as a newly formed, independent company. The business is Europe’s largest manufacturer of steel and aluminium food packaging, with hundreds of global and regional food and consumer product customers. Eviosys will focus on unique, smart packaging solutions by combining a rich heritage with an enhanced, market-leading focus on innovation, research and development. Sustainability…
Blue Moons pale ale Moon Haze launches nationally
Blue Moon Brewing Co.’s gold-medal winning hazy pale ale is going national. Moon Haze, which beat out 136 competing entries from breweries across the U.S. to be named best juicy or hazy pale ale at last year’s Great American Beer Festival , is set to be released this week. The beer, available in 6-packs and 12-packs…
Aluminium packaging for new beauty product
A British cosmetic brand founded by makeup artist Madeleine White, with the aim to combine luxury, high performance, and green beauty, has launched a lip care product housed in palm-sized aluminium recyclable packaging. Juni offers a blend of water-binding and skin-plumping active ingredients including amino acids, peptides and pineapple enzymes. The Rejuvenating Lip Treatment promises…
El Dorado Amber Ale now available all year round
The only brewery in the world combining over 260 years of Irish brewing experience with American beer creativity has announced a permanent addition to the Mid-Atlantic beer market: Guinness El Dorado Amber Ale. From the brewers at the home of Guinness in the U.S., the Open Gate Brewery in Baltimore, El Dorado Amber Ale is…
Ardagh earns emissions award
Ardagh Metal Packaging’s (AMP) Olive Branch, MS, beverage can manufacturing facility has been awarded a 2020 Carbon Emission Award from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for having the lowest CO2 emissions across the region’s industry segment of Primary Metal and Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing. The award recognises exceptional emission performance across specific industrial categories throughout the…
Pepsico start work on £188m sustainable plant in Poland
PepsiCo has started work on a new £188m food manufacturing plant in Poland, which it claims will be its ‘most sustainable facility’ in Europe. The new project is set to create a new food manufacturing facility on a 30-hectare plot located in Swiete close to Sroda Slaska within the Legnica Special Economic Zone in Poland.…
Waterloo Brewing’s salted caramel porter returns
Waterloo Brewing is bringing back its Salted Caramel Porter for the fourth year in a row. Making its original debut in 2018, this small-batch seasonal brew hits you with the smooth, creamy taste of caramel complemented by a subtle hint of sea salt. When paired together with the rich flavour of roasted malts, the result…
Served hard seltzer joins UK wine retailers shelves
Premium British hard seltzer brand Served has announced that it has secured shelf space within wine retailer Majestic. The partnership, which launches this month in selected Majestic stores, is the latest milestone in what has been a bumper year for the brand which is co-owned by Ellie Goulding. Served will be available to purchase in…
Arkansas brewer fires up first canning line
Beer bottles are going on the back burner at Bentonville Brewing Company as the craft beer-maker fires up its first canning line. Owner and Chief Operating Officer Katie Boykin has said the initial test runs of the brewer’s new Twin Monkeys canning line were successful and in the coming weeks Bentonville Brewing’s product will be…
Lidl Portugal introduces canned wine
Lidl Portugal has launched two Portuguese canned wine SKUs under its exclusive brand, Adega Mãe. The launch of Adega Mãe Vinho Rosé Regional Lisboa and Adega Mãe Vinho Branco Regional Lisboa comes at a time when consumers are increasingly looking for products, which are packaged for easy consuption, the retailer noted. Made from the Touriga Nacional (61%)…
