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Aseptic cartons stage a comeback.

Juice boxes are a mainstay for aseptic cartons, and flat category growth is a discouraging trend for suppliers of aseptic packaging. But there's a little spring in those firms' steps these days, thanks to inroads in nontraditional categories.

Soy-based nutritional mixes, concentrates for foodservice and foods with heavy oil content are among the categories that are opening up to aseptic, and companies that wrote off aseptic years ago are returning to the fold.

Double-digit growth in foodservice packaging is driving sales for Columbus, Ohio-based SIG Combibloc Inc., with concentrates for iced tea drinks and smoothies among the most notable successes. The company also ...

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