Amcor announced the opening of its greenfield packaging facility in Tuas, Singapore. The dedicated healthcare packaging facility will address a current and future market need, as demand for healthcare packaging is rapidly increasing across the region. Amcor’s new Tuas facility comprises cleanroom manufacturing environments, capability in three-, seven- and nine-layer co-extrusion blown film, and state-of-the-art flexographic printing. It is also fully certified to ISO 13485, ensuring the ability to fully satisfy industry regulatory requirements.

Stora Enso invests EUR 23 million in the Varkaus containerboard site. The aim of the investment is to increase the flexibility of the product range available for customers and to grow the site’s total capacity by approximately 10%. This will also increase the use of recycled fiber in the production in addition to fresh wood fiber. The Varkaus site produces unbleached softwood pulp and high-quality brown and white top containerboard for corrugated board, i.e. kraftliners. In addition to unbleached softwood pulp, the paper mill currently uses about one third of the total board packaging recycled in Finland as its raw material. The investment will further increase the use of recycled fiber in the site.

PepsiCo’s Simply NKD snacks feature bold white bags, highlighting their clean-label claim: no dyes or artificial flavors. The growing movement to eliminate synthetic dyes from foods and beverages sold in the United States is making a mark on packaging design. Consider the disruptive white bags PepsiCo Foods chose for its new Simply NKD line of dye-free Cheetos and Doritos. The new product line will launch at retail starting December 1, 2025. Products include: Doritos Simply NKD Nacho Cheese, Doritos Simply NKD Cool Ranch, Cheetos Simply NKD Puffs, and Cheetos Simply NKD Flamin’ Hot snacks. Consumers can pre-order the products from Walmart.com. The Simply NKD products’ key claim is the absence of dyes and artificial flavors. The new line complements PepsiCo’s regular, artificially dyed Cheetos and Doritos as well as the company’s Simply snack brand, which includes Cheetos and Doritos variant