As portions of the United States deal with challenging weather patterns, water conservation continues to become a more prominent issue.

Honest Tea, an independent operating unit of The Coca-Cola Co., refreshed its glass-bottled line of teas to deepen the brand’s mission and broaden its impact, the company says.

Pernod Ricard USA introduced the Limited Edition Andy Warhol Absolut bottle, which celebrates the brand’s past collaboration with the artist.

Next year, PMMI, the Reston, Va.-based owner of the Pack Expo tradeshows will bring the latest packaging and processing solutions to the East Coast with the debut of its newest Pack Expo event: Pack Expo East. The new show will take place Feb. 16-18, 2015, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.

Woodinville, Wash.-based Redhook Brewery, a part of the Craft Brew Alliance (CBA), has seen its water savings add up following the integration of a dry-run bottling conveyor from Emerson Power Transmission Solutions.

Long Island City, N.Y.-based eSense LLC announced that Caleb Berridge has joined the company as a sales executive for the New England region.

In the beverage market, brand owners are changing the rules when it comes to packaging.

Polar Beverages announced that all of its carbonated beverage lines will adopt Closure Systems International’s (CSI) lightweight, one-piece Omni mini XP 28-mm linerless closures.

This fall, PMMI, the Reston, Va.-based Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, will host Pack Expo International 2014 from Nov. 2 through 5 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Some consumer packaged goods products take a cue from their competitors and play it safe at retail by blending in. But in the increasingly competitive beverage space, many brands are daring to be different.