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Efficiency, inflation, and regulation shape packaging industry outlook

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Weetabix and XPO Logistics extend warehouse management partnership

The partnership covers two state-of-the-art UK warehouses in Burton Latimer near Kettering, and Corby, Northamptonshire. The automation across the sites has brought new visibility into their operations and encouraged more proactive decision-making, thereby improving efficiency. Both warehouses have also maintained an AA+ BRC audit score, the highest level possible to achieve, for the second year.

 

Producers launch second wave of containerboard price increases in 2026

Article by Packaging Dive

Several competitors have joined the June price hike wave that Smurfit Westrock initiated. This comes as executives report rising input costs and demand improvements.

 

What the industry thinks as CEOs appeal to clarify and push back PPWR rules

Article by Packaging Europe

Last week, industry CEOs asked the European Commission for more time to comply with the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Is the request justified, or could it have industry-wide repercussions? We heard from a range of industry players about the outcome.

 

Kraft Heinz pilots UV tags to track real-time recycling

Article by Packaging World

Kraft Heinz is piloting Polytag’s UV Tag technology on select lines of Heinz Beanz and Heinz Ketchup in the U.K., gathering real-time insight into those packages’ post-consumer journeys.

 

Ministers review packaging levy as food price fears mount

Article by Grocery Gazzette

Ministers are reviewing a £2bn environmental packaging levy amid concerns it could add further pressure to household grocery bills. The government is said to be looking again at the extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme, which makes food producers and online retailers pay charges linked to the packaging used in the products they sell.

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