Dairy pallet wrapper

Rotating arm pallet wrapper boosts milk bottle stability for dairy farm

A Lancashire dairy farm is said to have secured stability for its pallets of milk bottles following the purchase of a semi-automatic rotating arm...
Veggie burger

Concerns over EU’s plans to ban ‘meaty’ terms on plant-based product labelling

EU proposals to ban 'meaty' names on the labels of plant-based foods could adversely impact farmers, meat companies, and plant-based food pioneers, ProVeg International...
Laundry packaging

New packaging aims to help change the way consumers think about laundry

SENSITIVE skin laundry brand Surcare has unveiled new packaging designed to help change the way consumers think about laundry. Under its ‘love your laundry, love...
Peter Farrer of Scottish Water and climate action secretary Gillian Martin. Image credit: Paul Devlin / SNS Group

Scottish Water hails success of Top Up Taps in reducing single-use plastic

SCOTTISH Water has revealed its network of Top Up Taps has saved the equivalent of 20 million 330ml plastic bottles.  The utility hailed the success...
Mike Gibson

James Cropper appoints new head of business development

JAMES Cropper Paper & Packaging has announced the appointment of Mike Gibson as head of business development. The move comes as the company accelerates its...

ELFBAR celebrates raft of design awards for nicotine reduction kit

VAPE brand ELFBAR has been awarded three design awards for its ELFA Pro Nicotine Reduction Kit. Billed as a first of its kind, the kit...
Susan Graham and Michiel Molenaar

Michiel Molenaar appointed president of Print Scotland

PRINT Scotland has appointed Michiel Molenaar, a director of Irvine-based packaging solutions business Kennedy Smith, as its new president. Michiel succeeds the trade body's long-serving...
Craft beer advent calendar

Craft beer club raises to glass to advent calendar creativity

SMURFIT Westrock UK has helped craft beer club Beer52 to deliver the 'wow factor' for its 2025 advent calendar. The calendar provides 24 craft beers...
Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2025

Entry deadline extended for Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2026

THE deadline for entries to the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2026 has been extended to 18:00 CET on Friday, 12 December. The seven award categories for...
Glass packaging

Glass packaging hit ‘disproportionately hard’ in early months of pEPR

INDUSTRY body British Glass and glass packaging manufacturer Beatson Clark are urging brands not to make 'hasty' material switches, after claiming that an 'unintended...
Colin Harbinson (operations director, First Labels) and Zenna Parfaniuk (MD, The Label Makers)

The Label Makers completes acquisition of First Choice Labels

THE Label Makers has completed the acquisition of Redcar-based First Choice Labels. The move, which brings together two specialists in the self-adhesive label market, is...
Alison Gales, Fenton Packaging Solutions sustainability manager

Fenton Packaging Solutions takes gold in international environmental awards

FENTON Packaging Solutions is celebrating after been awarded National Gold in the International Green Apple Environment Awards for Paper & Packaging: Innovation. Sustainability manager Alison...