Navigating a path forward amid the headwinds Welcome to the Ciatti Global Market Report on Substack – a new home, but with the same incisive and actionable market intelligence as before. The latest pricing tables, collectively now called the Global Pricing Grid, will be published separately in a few days. The bulk market was quiet globally through July into early August, as is typical when the Northern Hemisphere is on its summer holidays and/or preparing for harvest. However, the quietness exceeded normal levels in some countries, and speaks to a feeling – borne out by some export statistics – that 2025 has seen an intensification of the sluggishness that has characterised the bulk market since the end of the pandemic’s retail demand spike. The same period last year was also slow, but August 2024’s Global Market Report was able to state: “Shorter crops and the return of China as a buyer in Australia have helped make the landscape app

SANTA ROSA, CA: November 11, 2024 – M.A. SILVA, a global leader in the cork industry, proudly launches NOBELTECH®, a groundbreaking innovation that combines artificial intelligence with premium cork production. As the first cork company to utilize AI to ensure unparalleled product quality, M.A. SILVA sets a new industry standard with its NOBELTECH® and NOBEL CORKSTOPPERS® product lines, merging tradition with cutting-edge technology and sustainability. The NOBELTECH® platform integrates three advanced technologies to deliver the most performant and sustainable corks available on the market. SARA ADVANCED® – Sensory Uniformity A continuous and automatic extraction process ensures the removal of volatiles for sensory consistency. The system uses controlled temperature, pressure, and dry steam to preserve the cork’s elastic memory, safeguarding its structural integrity. BIONICEYE® – AI & Machine Learning This technology employs

Wood pallets have been recognized as a source of haloanisole contaminations for the past 20 years, and the frequency of incidents seems to keep growing. They are most often caused by 2,4,6-tribromoanisole (TBA), gassing-off from wood pallets. TBA has an extremely strong odor, similar to its cousin 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA). Like any other haloanisole, TBA may contaminate winemaking and storage facilities, as well as wine itself. Upon testing done at ETS, it appears that the problem pallets were made of lumber treated with 2,4,6-tribromophenol (TBP). TBP can be transformed into TBA, either by mold activity, or possibly following fumigation with methyl bromide. This second pathway seems the most plausible when pallets appear to be relatively new and free of any evidence of mold growth. In other words, the worst possible combination would be lumber treated with TBP, then fumigated with methyl bromide. How can I spot problem pallets? When receiving a new shipment of cellar or bottling r

ZURICH, September 4, 2024 – Amcor (NYSE: AMCR; ASX: AMC), a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Peter Konieczny as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr. Konieczny has served as Interim CEO since April 2024. The Board also intends to nominate him as a director for election at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders which is expected to be held in November 2024. Amcor Chairman, Mr. Graeme Liebelt, said, “Peter has demonstrated exceptional leadership in every role he has held during his career at Amcor, including as Interim CEO where he has led the Company through a period of strengthening financial performance and set the business up for further progress. The Board and I are confident Peter is the right person to lead Amcor, and we look forward to working with him to build on the strong foundation the Company has established over many years.” Mr. Konieczny said, &ld

Welcome to the August update from our friends at Saxco, on market dynamics in beverage packaging. This update first appeared in August’s Ciatti California Report, which you can find on Substack here.  Despite the macro-economic challenges, the CrowdStrike outage, the geopolitical tensions, and the exciting Olympics, the wine packaging market has remained rather stable for the last month.  However, the US Department of Commerce (Commerce) recently made affirmative preliminary antidumping (AD) determinations regarding glass wine bottles and similar glass bottles (740ml-760ml) imported from China, Mexico, and Chile. As a result of these preliminary findings, imports of in-scope glass bottles will incur AD cash deposit requirements at rates within the ranges indicated below. As with the countervailing duty (CVD) cash deposit requirements announced in May 2024, AD cash deposits represent payments of estimated tariffs, and any final AD tariff liability will be dete

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Global Package Exhibiting at the 2024 ADI Craft Spirits Conference and Vendor Expo - Booth 223 Baltimore MD The global shift toward sustainability is palpable across nearly every sector. Within the wine and spirits industries, this movement has gained remarkable traction, driven by consumers’ increasing demand for environmentally responsible products. 2024 brings about more pressure for industry to put sustainability at the center of all operations, but also provides opportunities for businesses to flourish by staying ahead of the trends in innovative and sustainable advancements. Here are four sustainability trends to keep an eye on in 2024: Regenerative practices for wine and spirits Recent years have seen a boom in conscious agricultural practices through the philosophy that all aspects of agriculture are connected. This philosophy emphasizes the careful utilization of land management to restore and regenerate the ecosystems and land we use, leaving it in better health for fu

More than just a purely marketing element of packaging, a scientific study demonstrates the protective role of capsules and foils on bottles of still and sparkling wine. Like any food product, wine bottles in retail areas and storage locations must ensure impeccable sanitary safety for consumers. To better understand bacteriological contamination on the necks of wine bottles, a laboratory, in collaboration with the Crealis Group—an international specialist in overcapping solutions—conducted a study on wine bottles with and without capsules or foils. The Capsule and Foil AN UNDISPUTED HYGIENIC SHIELD The capsule and foil represent an effective hygienic shield against the transmission of bacteria and mold. This is the conclusion from laboratory tests commissioned by Crealis from the CSI, the European reference center for the verification and certification of material and product compliance. To compare the hygienic quality of wine bottles with and without capsules and foils, a

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