Collaboration helps create new sustainable truffles carton

QUALVIS Packaging and Sun Chemical have collaborated to develop a sustainable chocolate truffle carton for Whittakers. The development has allowed the chocolate manufacturer to transform...

Entries sought for European Carton Excellence Award

NOMINATIONS are now being sought for the 2024 European Carton Excellence Award (ECEA). The award is hosted by Pro Carton and the European Carton Makers...

That’s a RAP for food pack supplier

FOOD packaging supplier RAP has scooped a European Carton Excellence Award in the ‘Innovative Material’ category for its MA RapTray. Judges cited RAP’s use of...

Public votes sought for carton awards

PUBLIC voting is now underway for the 2022 European Carton Excellence Award and Pro Carton’s Young Designer Award. Pro Carton, the European association for carton...
Andy Thomas-Emans, strategic director at Informa Markets Labels & Packaging Group

Folding cartons come to Labelexpo Europe

From this year Labelexpo Europe will be expanded to include folding carton technology. Andy Thomas-Emans, strategic director at Informa Markets Labels & Packaging Group,...
Christchurch’s makeshift cathedral made use of corrugated packaging, allowing Christmas services to run following the 2011 earthquake.

Corrugated renaissance, more than just a medium for making boxes

Corrugated cathedrals, bicycles and racing cars are just a few of the recent creations that showcase the possibilities of this enduringly popular form of...

Huhtamaki seals £80 million Delta deal

Huhtamaki has snapped up Belfast-based Delta Print and Packaging Ltd in a deal worth £80 million. The acquisition includes Delta’s production plant in Poland –...

Waitrose Passata opts for carton pack

Waitrose is changing the packaging for its own label Passata range, from glass jars to SIG Combibloc’s heat resistant combisafe carton pack. The premium food...

The elegance is in the opening

THE latest perfume from the House of Rochas features a stylish easy-open closure from RPC Beauté. Secret de Rochas captures ‘the modern Parisian style of Rochas’...
The robot cell is fitted with a six-axis ABB robot arm which can be fitted with between six and 12 suction grippers to suit a range of product quantities

Automation helps meet shelf-ready criteria

A newly-installed fully-automated case-erecting and robotic-loading solution by Endoline Machinery at Nairn’s Oatcakes has automated a labour-intensive operation, improved efficiency and overcome previous limitations...