There’s only so much you can do with a soft drink recipe. While carbonated beverages dominate in terms of market size, they accounted for only 14% of global new product activity in soft drinks in 2012, according to Innova Market Insights. [ + ]

George Wolfe, Agr’s Chief Technical Officer, delivered a presentation on successful lightweighting of PET bottle production at the Packaging Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, in February. [ + ]

Engineering consultancy pitt&sherry met a rigorous design and development project timeline to accommodate the opening of the new $80 million Tasmanian Dairy Products processing facility in Smithton, Tasmania. [ + ]

The turf war between dairy and soy proteins still has some way to go as researchers dig deeper into the proteins and look at essential amino acid content and bioavailability. [ + ]

The use of advanced inline cooking systems is improving product quality and cooking efficiencies among food processors in Australia - and saving on costs. [ + ]

The Abita Brewing Company first selected Stahlin Non-Metallic Enclosures 16 years ago. The brewery’s state-of-the-art facility features a 10-year-old Stahlin N series enclosure that still performs well in the corrosive environment. [ + ]

Toyota Material Handling Australia helped engineer a solution to find the most efficient packing and picking methods for Rathbone Wine Group’s inner-Melbourne distribution centre. [ + ]

The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) will be hosting the 2013 WorldStar Packaging Awards on Thursday May 9 at 6.30 pm in the Novotel at Sydney Olympic Park. The WorldStar Awards 2013, organised by WPO (World Packaging Organisation), are claimed to be the most important packaging awards competition in the world. [ + ]

Having used OFS software on six presses in its label-printing plant, Labelmakers recently decided to extend its OFS rollout at its Somerton facility in Victoria. [ + ]

Hanoi-based TH Milk Group has commissioned Benco Pack to install a new form-fill-seal packaging line equipped with an Integrated Sleeve Applicator (ISA). [ + ]

The old Carlton United Brewery site at the top end of Swanson Street in Melbourne has been revealing its secrets to a team of archaeologists from La Trobe University, the site developer, Grocon, and heritage consultants Godden Mackay Logan. [ + ]

Hennessy has collaborated with legendary graffiti artist Futura to produce the Hennessy VS Futura limited edition bottle. [ + ]

New research is claiming that 3% of all premature deaths can be attributed to the high consumption of processed meats such as sausage products, salami or ham. [ + ]

In order to comply with its trade effluent consent and ensure protection of human health, Britannia Food Ingredients selected Analytical Technology’s products to monitor water quality and suspended solids. [ + ]

Operations Feedback Systems (OFS) has gone live at the Food Plastics Co’s greenfield moulding facility in Campbellfield, Victoria. [ + ]