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Lalique Beauty’s ‘Tales of Light’ launches with new packaging design

Lalique Beauty, rooted in the heritage of the iconic Lalique crystal house, has enlisted the expertise of DS Smith to design and manufacture folding boxes and inserts in support of the launch of its new home fragrance collection, Tales of Light. The Tales of Light collection is the first to feature Lalique Beauty's new visual identity. It comprises a set of six scented candles, including L’Escapade, L’Atelier, La Comédie, La Demeure, La Muse, and La Verrerie, alongside thre

5 hours ago2 min read

Klöckner Pentaplast launches kp Infinity HP3, its most robust Hotpac yet

Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) has launched kp Infinity HP3, the largest and most rigid addition to its Hotpacs range. Developed in response to customer demand, the HP3 is purpose built for hearty, generous portions of food to go that have stretched existing formats to their limits – until now. Manufactured in the UK, the HP3 supports operators seeking locally made, reliable packaging solutions. Foodservice operators serving loaded fish and chips, burgers and chips, jacket pota

1 day ago2 min read

Folding carton and leaflet combined into a single unit

With its Combi Pack, Faller Packaging combines folding carton and leaflet into one pre-assembled packaging unit. This two in one solution reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO) and improves the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). The largest share of costs does not arise in procurement but remains hidden in day to day operations on the packaging line — like an iceberg beneath the surface. Pharmaceutical manufacturers and CDMOs are under considerable pressure: increasi

2 days ago2 min read

AquaHeat allows full colour printing on high temperature food packaging

Sun Chemical has announced the launch of the AquaHeat platform, a new generation of food safe, bio based printing inks. The new inks enable full colour printing for high temperature food applications, unlocking commercial baking and food service packaging opportunities previously not possible, while supporting sustainability, productivity, and regulatory confidence. Formulated with food safe ingredients, the AquaHeat range of inks has been tested at temperatures of up to 22

3 days ago2 min read

Keep it cool with Lotus Pod metal applicator

Quadpack’s best selling Skin-Up Bottle is now available with a new generation of cold touch applicator that enriches the beauty ritual with a cooling sensation A cool touch that feels like a mini spa moment. Lotus Pod is the first metal tipped applicator to join the exclusive flock tipped options for the Skin-Up Bottle. The latest innovation to come out of the Creative Hub enriches skincare and makeup rituals with a cooling sensation, allowing users to indulge in instant fr

Apr 22 min read

Beatson Clark brings trusted UK made glass packaging to Making Pharmaceuticals 2026

Beatson Clark will be exhibiting alongside its sister company Pont Packaging Group at Making Pharmaceuticals on 21 and 22 April 2026 at the Coventry Building Society Arena. Co-located with Distributing Pharmaceuticals and Making Nutraceuticals, the event brings together manufacturers, suppliers and specialists to explore every stage of the pharmaceutical supply chain, from development through to distribution.  The company supplies a wide range of standard healthcare cont

Apr 11 min read

Sun Chemical to showcase ‘Metal Packaging Transformed’ at Metpack 2026

Sun Chemical is to present its latest innovations for metal packaging on stand 3A39, hall 3 at Metpack 2026 (5 to 8 May 2026 in Essen, Germany). Under the theme ‘Metal Packaging Transformed’, the company will demonstrate how its comprehensive portfolio of materials and services supports metal packaging manufacturers with solutions that balance brand evolution, efficiency, risk mitigation and sustainability. The Sun Chemical stand will feature the well established metal decora

Mar 312 min read

PulPac unveils fibre based, plastic like caps

PulPac continues to expand the possibilities of fibre based packaging, now introducing a new generation of caps currently under development. The caps will be presented publicly for the first time at interpack 2026, demonstrating how fibre can move into one of the most widely used and technically demanding components in packaging. Caps and closures represent a significant opportunity within packaging, used across a wide range of applications and industries. Building on years

Mar 302 min read

GrabLok crowned winner of Innovation Gallery 2026 at Packaging Innovations & Empack

Packaging Innovations & Empack 2026 has announced GrabLok from Westpak Group as the winner of this year’s Innovation Gallery. Selected from a shortlist of ten innovations curated by an expert judging panel, the final decision was placed in the hands of attendees on 11 and 12 February 2026. Visitors explored each finalist on the dedicated Innovation Gallery feature wall before scanning a QR code displayed alongside the entries to cast their vote. GrabLok tackles one of fo

Mar 272 min read

Noirmoutier Sea Salt transitions to Sonoco’s paper based GreenCan

On the Atlantic coast of France, where sea salt has been harvested by hand for centuries, the Noirmoutier Sea Salt Cooperative is taking a new step to ensure that the values behind its products are reflected all the way to the packaging on the shelf. The cooperative has begun transitioning its Agri-Éthique labelled sea salt range to Sonoco’s GreenCan, replacing its previous plastic sprinkler container with a high paper content alternative featuring an integrated paper lid.

Mar 263 min read

The magic behind a great pack: the London Packaging Week Innovation Awards 2025

The 2025 Innovation Awards revealed the creativity, craft, and magic behind great packaging, with entries for 2026 open until 24 April. At first glance, packaging might seem like just a container. But step closer, and the story unfolds: the precision of a mechanical lift, the sheen of a perfectly finished label, the thrill of sustainable innovation. The winners of the 2025 London Packaging Week Innovation Awards reveal the unseen craft, creativity, and collaboration that tr

Mar 254 min read

UPM and Paramelt introduce bio based food packaging concept

UPM Specialty Materials and Paramelt have jointly developed a bio and paper based food packaging concept. It provides strong grease protection and improved end of life performance, making it particularly suitable for bakery, fast food and convenience applications. UPM’s advanced barrier base papers combined with Paramelt’s innovative bio based heat seal and barrier technology deliver a recyclable paper based solution with the grease barrier and sealing performance required fo

Mar 242 min read

Croxsons launches Rightweight packaging to support sustainability initiatives

Croxsons has launched Rightweight, an innovative glass packaging solution which balances both sustainability and practicality in glass bottle and jar design. Rightweight works by engineering packaging that has no excess weight or unnecessary material whilst retaining the packaging’s strength, function and shelf appeal. By reducing the weight of glass packaging by potentially up to 30%, Rightweight approach ensures that bottles and jars are engineered to be as light as po

Mar 232 min read

Regenerative farmer bottles UK’s first oil in paper bottle

Regenerative farmer Adam Palmer, founder of Littleseed, is using Frugalpac’s low carbon Frugal Bottle, made from 94% recycled paper, to deliver British rapeseed oil made exclusively from regeneratively farmed crops at his farm in Malton, North Yorkshire. Littleseed Naturally Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil has gone on sale in all 25 Booths stores, to become the first oil in the UK packaged in a paper bottle. While olive oils have previously launched in the Frugal Bottle in contin

Mar 202 min read

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Unboxing creativity

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professionals in both commercial and packaging design and print.

Since its launch, numerous designers, printers and publishers have made the switch to Pergraphica design papers – and are delighted by the results.

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