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Zotefoams will supply Refresco with its ReZorce monomaterial HDPE carton packaging, made by nitrogen-injected extrusion, as Refresco's first adopter. The article reports 100 million cartons.
Refresco is partnering with Südpack to deliver 100 million ReZorce cartons annually. Südpack will contribute its functional film to the carton concept.
Refresco signed a joint development agreement with Zotefoams to develop ReZorce, a monomaterial barrier packaging substrate for beverage cartons. The partnership aims to trial the cartons at a major European retailer.
Refresco is trialling Zotefoams' ReZorce mono-material barrier beverage carton with an unnamed major European retailer, converting a machine for traditional cartons to run the new material. Zotefoams says the carton is fully recyclable and cuts energy and water use by half versus liquid packaging board.
Albert Heijn will use Avantium's PEF polymer for various packaging, starting with fruit juice bottles produced by Refresco once Avantium's commercial plant in Delfzijl is operational.
Avantium signed a cooperation agreement with Albert Heijn to develop more sustainable packaging using its PEF bioplastic, with Refresco producing a new PEF fruit juice bottle for Albert Heijn's own-brand products. Financial details were not disclosed.
Avantium Renewable Polymers signed two additional conditional offtake agreements for PEF resin with Toyobo and Terphane, bringing the total to four contracts, which together cover 30% of the planned flagship FDCA plant's capacity. Refresco is also among the offtake partners.
Refresco France bought the Nissan-lez-Enserune fruit juice bottling plant near Béziers from Britvic in early October 2020, along with two other French juice sites in La Roche-sur-Foron and Château-Thébaud.
Refresco acquired AZPACK, a contract manufacturer of bottles and containers for the food and beverage industry headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, on November 14, 2019. Terms were not disclosed.
The UK Competition & Markets Authority accepted Refresco's undertakings to sell Cott's Nelson plant, so the $1.25bn Refresco-Cott merger will not be referred for an in-depth investigation.
Sunmagic Juices bought Cott's aseptic PET bottling facility in Nelson, Lancashire, as a remedy required by the UK competition authority for the Refresco-Cott merger. The plant is the only UK Cott site using a preservative-free aseptic process.
Refresco is building a new bottling plant at Le Quesnoy in Hauts-de-France, France, with a 27,000 sq m plant and a 10,000 sq m logistics hub to replace its current site. The facility is scheduled to come online in 2020.
Refresco announced that the European Commission and US and Chinese authorities cleared its sale to PAI Partners and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation. Shareholders had until 19 March to offer their shares.
Refresco Group agreed to buy rival bottler Cott Corp for $1.25 billion; the UK Competition and Markets Authority opened an in-depth investigation into juice drinks overlap, and Refresco said it would propose remedies.
Refresco agreed to acquire Cott's bottling activities for USD 1.25 billion, creating the largest independent bottler in Europe and North America, with completion expected in the second half of 2017.
