At the beginning of next year, magazine publishers will be paying about 25% more for paper than they did just 18 months earlier — assuming they can find any paper to buy. There are no signs that the scarce supply and rising prices afflicting all U.S. buyers of publication papers will abate in 2019. Magazine-quality […]
Corrugated, CPG, Retail, Sustainability
Finding the Sweet Spot in Aseptic Packaging
In developed and maturing markets, food and beverage manufacturers are struggling with slowing growth and are therefore, seeking new growth opportunities. The challenge is establishing the right consumer space to identify the right customers and create the right kind of products. It’s a similar story for emerging markets where the challenge is to provide relevant […]
Innovation, Sustainability, Trends
Corona Launches Sustainable Beer Pack Made Using Barley
Corona launched a new, circular form of packaging for six-packs — harnessing surplus barley straw to create a sustainable paper packaging solution. Barley seed will continue to make the beer, but barley straw, a leftover from farmers’ harvests, will now be used through a unique pulping process built to handle its relative fragility. Corona is reportedly the […]