Category: Media

29th July, 2026

Frugalpac and Siemens Financial Services agree new lease-purchase deal to accelerate global paper bottle production

The Frugalpac team at its Ipswich HQ celebrate the launch of the FBAM-2 Frugalpac, the British sustainable packaging innovator behind the world’s first commercially available paper bottle for wines, spirits and oils and the machines that make them, has entered into an agreement with Siemens Financial Services (SFS), part of Siemens AG, to support customer […]

10th March, 2026

Reshaping the Bottle

Glass bottles have dominated the wine and spirits industry for centuries – but that’s starting to change. Our new report, Reshaping the Bottle, reveals how rising costs, new regulations and consumer demand for sustainability are accelerating a major shift in drinks packaging. As energy prices rise and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes reshape the economics […]

6th January, 2026

CALLING ALL RETAILERS 🍷♻️

Since CBS Weekend News aired its feature on our Frugal Bottle Assembly Machine and the paper bottles they produce at Monterey Wine Company on network US TV, the response has been extraordinary. MWC has been inundated with calls from retailers and brands asking one simple question: “Where can we buy the Frugal Bottle?” This growing demand builds on the fact that US […]

16th April, 2025

Target becomes first major US retailer to commission sustainable wine in paper bottles

The Collective Good range of wines on sale in Target stores across the US. Target is the first major USA supermarket retailer to commission a range of sustainable wines in revolutionary low carbon paper bottles that will save the equivalent of nearly 100 tons of carbon dioxide. The Collective Good wine range, which is bottled […]

18th March, 2025

Global wine industry faces ‘existential crisis’ unless it appeals to a younger audience

Frugalpac, makers of the world’s first paper bottle for wines, say the global wine industry faces an ‘existential crisis’ unless it appeals to new drinkers, following a BBC report on the challenges facing the global wine industry. The PM programme on Radio 4 revealed global wine consumption has decreased by 12% since its peak in […]

25th February, 2025

Frugalpac on Channel 4 News

Frugalpac CEO Malcolm Waugh and Channel 4 News Correspondent Keme Nzerem. A new report from the Confederation of British Industry says the net zero sector is growing three times faster than the overall economy. It grew by ten percent last year – adding £83 billion, supporting almost a million full-time jobs and boosting some of […]

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