Prepare now for supply chain transformation
By Diane Carroll, La Palette Rouge's (LPR) commercial director for the UK and Ireland
Over the next decade, the supply chain is set to undergo a radical transformation,...
What does Amazon’s Frustration-Free Packaging (FFP) standard mean for your brand?
Amazon’s Frustration-Free Packaging (FFP) standard has transformed the way Amazon vendors and sellers think about their packaging. Marlena Hardy, e-commerce packaging development manager at...
Getting their pound of plastic
By Nigel Coates, managing director, LVF Packaging
PLASTIC waste hasn’t been far from the top of the public enemy number one charts since Sir...
The hidden link between food safety and waste reduction
Food safety and waste reduction are becoming closely aligned as food manufacturers embrace traceability, connected packaging, and 2D codes powered by GS1 to protect...
Time to automate: shifting the manufacturing narrative towards productivity
By Oliver Selby, head of sales for FANUC UK and chair of BARA (British Automation and Robotics Association)
THE latest IFR figures show just how...
Outsourcing comes of age
Emma Verkaik, membership & marketing director of the BCMPA, the Association for Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Fulfilment & Logistics, predicts the already growing role that...
Consumers demand action on Earth Day
By Winfried Muehling, marketing & communications director, Pro Carton
EARTH Day 2025 serves as a global reminder of the urgent need to protect our planet....
The necessary shift within sustainable packaging
Although the public has widely supported the switch to sustainable forms of pack materials, more adoption of appropriate machinery is required to allow greater...
Global Recycling Day is moment to reflect on how far the conversation has come
By Krzysztof Krajewski, chief sustainability & innovation officer at RDM Group
THE 2026 Global Recycling Day theme – Don't Think Waste, Think Opportunity – is...
Outsourcing resilience
Rodney Steel, chief executive of the BCMPA, the Association for Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Fulfilment & Logistics, reviews how the outsourcing sector has been key...
