Goa's Rhea Distilleries launched India's first paper bottle, the Frugal Bottle, for its Fidalgo Premium Cashew Feni, in a partnership with UK's Frugalpac and ITC's packaging business, announced during the UK Prime Minister's India visit on October 9.

Manjushree Technopack launched a two-compartment PET fusion jar for Tata Global's Tata Tea Fusion, storing two tea types in one pack, reported as the first such jar by an Indian FMCG company.

UFlex, an Indian flexible packaging company, launched its ASEPTO aseptic liquid packaging brand for juices, milk and dairy products, with an aseptic packaging plant due to be commercially operational by April 2017.