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EU pushes CLP rule updates to 2028 to ease industry burden
EU pushes CLP rule updates to 2028 to ease industry burden
The Council of the EU has approved pushing back the start date for several updated rules in the EU’s Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation. The newly adopted law provides more time and legal certainty to businesses and will now take effect in January 2028. The “Stop-the-clock” legislation postpones all the dates of application of transitional provisions for relabeling, mandatory formatting requirements, advertisements, online and distance sales, and labeling of fuel pumps. “The newly adopted law thus provides more time and legal certainty to economic operators active in the chemicals sector, including the packaging industry,” an EU official tells Packaging Insights. 
Premium luxury packaging: Aligning brand experience, performance and sustainability
Premium luxury packaging: Aligning brand experience, performance and sustainability
Premium luxury packaging is increasingly balancing visual appeal, tactile quality, and functionality while meeting logistical and sustainability requirements. From e-commerce to festive gifting and F&B launches, we explore how brands use packaging to elevate consumer experience and reinforce premium credentials and environmental responsibility. Innova Market Insights data indicates an increase in premium product launches for F&B, with an average annual growth rate of 7% between October 2020 and September 2025. The majority of these launches occurred in the Hot Drinks, Snacks, and Confectionery categories. Meat Substitutes with a premium claim recorded the strongest growth rate over the five-year period. 
Greiner Packaging highlights PPWR-ready solutions at Future Packaging Day 2025
Greiner Packaging highlights PPWR-ready solutions at Future Packaging Day 2025
Greiner Packaging is building a packaging portfolio that will be ready when market demand and regulatory clarity converge, according to Jörg Sabo, global director for Marketing & Innovation at Greiner Packaging. Under the theme “Navigating change, creating impact,” Greiner hosted its Future Packaging Day 2025, showcasing the latest product innovations across its packaging range. The event took place at the company’s R&D hub in Oberwaltersdorf, Austria, and was attended by value chain leaders who explored emerging trends and what is next for the industry. At the event, Packaging Insights interviewed Sabo to discuss Greiner Packaging’s innovation progress, how the company tackles regulatory shifts, and its ambitions for the upcoming year. 
Premium luxury appeal
Premium luxury appeal
Innova Market Insights data indicates an increase in premium product launches for F&B, with an average annual growth rate of 7% between October 2020 to September 2025. The majority of these launches occurred in the Hot Drinks, Snacks, and Confectionery categories. Meat Substitutes with a premium claim recorded the strongest growth rate over the five-year period.
The Future of Steel Drums: Building Sustainability Into Every Component
The Future of Steel Drums: Building Sustainability Into Every Component
From the steel body to the closures and linings, Greif offers a configurable solution that helps companies advance carbon reduction, chemical safety, and operational performance in one integrated package.This Technical Paper is brought to you by Greif.
Meadow pushes aluminum circularity with US production partnership
Meadow pushes aluminum circularity with US production partnership
We speak to Victor Ljungberg, co-founder and CEO at Swedish packaging technology company Meadow, about its latest collaboration with Stephan Gould, a US-based packaging and supply chain solutions provider. We discuss scaling aluminum production in the US amid rising EPR legislation and advancing aluminum circularity in product categories such as personal care and FMCG.

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Revolution Foods pilots compostable lunch trays in San Francisco schools
Revolution Foods pilots compostable lunch trays in San Francisco schools
Revolution Foods, a K-12 school meal vendor in California, US, has introduced a compostable school lunch packaging pilot across 95 San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) schools. The initiative, in partnership with SFUSD Student Nutrition Services, replaces plastic meal trays with compostable PFAS-free alternatives developed from a byproduct of sugarcane. 
Tomra Recycling boosts Faerch operations amid European feedstock scarcity
Tomra Recycling boosts Faerch operations amid European feedstock scarcity
Cirrec, Faerch Group’s recycling division, has advanced plastics recycling with Tomra Recycling’s flake solutions. Located in Duiven, the Netherlands, Cirrec aims to transform post-consumer PET packaging into new food-grade trays of the same quality.Simone Tirelli, project manager at Cirrec, says: “We chose Tomra’s solutions for their strong performance, reliable service, and ease of management.”
Borealis and Borouge expand circular portfolio with Recleo brand
Borealis and Borouge expand circular portfolio with Recleo brand
Borealis and Borouge are launching Recleo, a global brand for mechanically recycled polyolefins suited for polyolefin (PO) applications. The brand is designed to meet the growing demand for recycled content, aligned with emerging regulations and brand-owner sustainability targets. Recleo complements Borealis and Borouge’s virgin portfolio by offering a one-stop shop of cost-effective solutions, making it a suitable choice for customers to achieve their circularity goals without compromising on quality or reliability. The brand combines post-industrial (PIR) and post-consumer (PCR) recyclates and compounds into one portfolio, making it simpler for customers in industries such as mobility, building and construction, appliances, infrastructure, and consumer goods to source sustainable materials from trusted global partners. 
Packaging Innovations 2026: Polymateria and eGreen showcase “world first”...
Packaging Innovations 2026: Polymateria and eGreen showcase “world first” biotransformable cup
Polymateria, a polymer science and tech company, and eGreen International are set to present VeriGreen Plusut at Packaging Innovations and Empack 2026, taking place February 11–12 in Birmingham, UK.The company says VeriGreen Plus is a “world first” bio-based biotransformable cup. It is designed to be recyclable, and should it fall outside the recycling stream, it can return to the natural environment. The solution is designed to preserve the functional advantages of plastics, such as strength, flexibility, and durability, while removing the long-term environmental impact.
ArcelorMittal confronted over emissions strategy as demand for green steel...
ArcelorMittal confronted over emissions strategy as demand for green steel proliferates
Opportunity Green has filed a complaint against ArcelorMittal, Europe’s largest and the world’s second largest steel producer. The NGO calls on ArcelorMittal to publish a revised climate strategy that addresses its “massive” climate impact.“Our request is that ArcelorMittal publishes a revised climate action strategy that will ensure its GHG emissions are consistent with the internationally agreed global temperature goal of a 1.5 degrees Celsius temperature limit,” Kirsty Mitchell, legal manager at Opportunity Green, tells Packaging Insights.
EU agrees deforestation regulation delay as review clause leaves industry in...
EU agrees deforestation regulation delay as review clause leaves industry in compliance limbo

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The European Council and Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on a one-year postponement of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), but a mandated simplification review before the new deadline creates fresh uncertainty for F&B supply chains already navigating the balance between compliance costs and competitive advantage. 
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Rewastec CEO explores PPWR-inspired packaging reform in...
The core principles of the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) are “absolutely relevant” to Thailand and the broader Asia-Pacific region, according to Wisarut Chalee, founder and CEO at the Thai material innovation and recycling company Rewastec.Chalee asserts that for the PPWR principles — prevention, design for recycling, higher recycled content, and strong producer responsibility — to work, they need to be adapted to local structural realities.
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ProAmpac to acquire TC Transcontinental Packaging for...
ProAmpac is purchasing TC Transcontinental Packaging (TCP) from TC Transcontinental. The acquisition is said to expand ProAmpac’s global footprint in sustainable packaging and material science expertise. ProAmpac has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the North American flexible packaging company for US$1.51 billion, subject to customary adjustments for debt and debt-like items, cash, and net working capital. “This acquisition is a transformative milestone for ProAmpac and TCP. Through TCP, ProAmpac is broadening its end-market focus to include protein, dairy, and medical segments, and expanding its geographic presence,” says Greg Tucker, founder, vice chairman, and CEO at ProAmpac. 
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November in review: Sealed Air’s US$10.3B buyout, UK pEPR...
Last month, Sealed Air entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by funds affiliated with CD&R for US$10.3 billion. The UK government introduced draft amendments to the country’s packaging EPR (pEPR) before the UK Parliament. In packaging lawsuits, P&G was sued in the US over its toothpaste packaging, and Ineos began to face a new lawsuit over the environmental and health impacts of its plastics facility in Belgium. 

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Alcoholic beverage packagingDec2025

Innova Market Insights data shows a 7% average annual growth in alcoholic beverage packaging launches between October 2022 and September 2025. Europe accounted for nearly half of these launches. Glass...

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Premium luxury appeal Dec 2025

Innova Market Insights data indicates an increase in premium product launches for F&B, with an average annual growth rate of 7% between October 2020 to September 2025. The majority of these launches occurred in the Hot Drinks, Snacks, and Confectionery categories. Meat Substitutes with a premium claim recorded the strongest growth rate over the five-year period.

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Trends in hot drink packagingDec 2025

Innova Market Insight data shows an 8% increase in global Hot Drink packaging launches between October 2020 and September 2025. During this period, 38% of consumers worldwide cited food quality preservation when purchasing Coffee, highlighting the importance of packaging. Folded boxes emerged as the dominant packaging format for Hot Drink launches, with carton materials leading globally, while the adoption of bio-based materials continued to grow.

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