Aptar Closures launches liner-less sport cap for hot-fill beverages

      Aptar Closures has introduced Harmonic, a new liner-less flip-top sport cap designed for hot-fill beverage applications. The closure is intended for beverage manufacturers seeking a cap that combines consumer convenience, visible tamper evidence and compatibility with high-speed production processes. The product was announced from Crystal Lake, Illinois.     The Harmonic closure …

Aptar expands e-commerce-ready closures portfolio for beauty, personal care and home care packaging

      Aptar Closures has expanded its portfolio of e-commerce-ready closures for beauty, personal care and home care applications, responding to growing demand for packaging designed to withstand parcel shipping while reducing the need for additional packaging components.     The portfolio comprises four closure solutions—Embrace, E-Simplicity, Future Disc Top and E-Disc Top—developed to …

HERMA launches Essential Line for cost-sensitive standard label applications

        HERMA has launched its Essential Line of self-adhesive label materials for price-sensitive standard applications, offering paper- and film-based options for food packaging, cosmetics, shipping cartons, logistics and other common uses.     The range is intended for label printers seeking lower-cost materials where additional performance features are not required. According to …

Epson launches ColorWorks CW-D3800 and Label Boost suite for on-demand colour packaging labels

        Epson has introduced the ColorWorks CW-D3800, a desktop colour label and badge printer designed for low-volume, on-demand label production across packaging, retail, healthcare and visitor management applications. The launch also includes the Label Boost software suite, expanding Epson’s in-house colour labelling offering for businesses requiring short-run production and variable label printing. …

Avery Dennison launches ReadyDPP to support apparel labels for EU Digital Product Passport compliance

  Avery Dennison has introduced ReadyDPP, a digital product passport (DPP) solution designed to help apparel brands comply with forthcoming European Union product transparency requirements while creating new opportunities for label converters and smart identification suppliers. The platform integrates physical product labels with cloud-based digital information, enabling brands to assign unique digital identities through QR …

Fedrigoni evolves SH6020-W PLUS for reusable wine bottles

      Fedrigoni Self-Adhesives has introduced SH6020-W PLUS, an evolved adhesive solution for wine, spirits and craft beverage labels, designed to combine established label performance with end-of-life wash-off functionality for reusable glass bottles.     Built on the company’s SH6020 PLUS adhesive technology, the new SH6020-W PLUS has been developed for use with selected …

Baumer hhs marks 40 years of industrial gluing innovation

Baumer hhs has marked its 40th anniversary, highlighting four decades of technological development in industrial adhesive application, quality assurance and production process optimisation across multiple manufacturing sectors. The milestone was celebrated on 12 June 2026 at the company’s headquarters in Krefeld, Germany, attended by employees, management and company founders. Today, the company employs more than …

KHS advances adhesive-based multipack solution for beverage packaging

        KHS is promoting its Nature MultiPack system, an adhesive-based secondary packaging solution that groups beverage cans and PET bottles without the use of shrink film, cardboard wraps or plastic rings.     The system uses a series of adhesive dots to bond individual containers into multipacks of four, six or eight …

Guala Closures develops MAGNEX closure using electromagnetic forming technology

    Guala Closures has developed MAGNEX, a closure for premium spirits that uses electromagnetic forming technology to support product protection and brand differentiation in the spirits market.     The development comes as brand owners continue to address risks linked to counterfeit and illicit alcohol. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 25% …

Huhtamaki collaborates with Hesburger on fibre lids for beverage packaging

  Huhtamaki and Hesburger have introduced a new fibre-based beverage lid developed as part of a packaging collaboration aimed at replacing conventional plastic lids in foodservice applications. The new lids will be used on Hesburger’s hot and cold beverage cups and represent a further step in the company’s transition towards fibre-based packaging formats. Manufactured from …