With eCommerce and functional beverages on the rise, plastic bottle manufacturers are adapting to ensure efficacy remains for beverage brands.

The company also highlighted new developments in cooling and mold temperature control at the tradeshow.

The earth’s carbon footprint not only is top of mind for consumers but also for packaging suppliers.

Whether it’s SKU proliferation, evolving drink habits or packaging solutions, beverage manufacturers are tasked with keeping up with the latest trends and solutions for today’s operations, experts note.

The multi-cavity, blow-molding machine features three-layer co-ex and a magnetic quick change along with effective and efficient blow-molding technology in the high-speed production of consumer packaging.

With Industry 4.0 driving technological innovation and automation, plastic bottle manufacturers are releasing more energy-efficient blow-molding machines that can not only produce high-quality, lightweight bottles but also keep total cost of ownership low.

FIJI Water began rolling out a new, fresh look for FIJI Water bottles featuring a slim, sleek bottle design.

In its July 2015 report titled “Beverage Containers,” The Freedonia Group, Cleveland, forecasted that plastic beverage container demands will account for 148.8 billion units by 2019 in comparison to the 124.9 billion units in 2014, which equates to a 3.6 percent annual growth rate from 2014 to 2019.