Packaging unboxing experience

Packaging power: how digital printing for packaging elevates brand impact and loyalty

With nearly four in five (77%) consumers thinking more favourably of brands with prominent packaging, according to Macfarlane’s Unboxing Survey 2024, brands are keen...

Convenience is king in our effortless economy

By Christopher Morgan, global sales director at Filtrona Tapes Seamless, frictionless customer journeys are not a fad that's here today and gone tomorrow; they're more...

Induction heat sealing of glass jars containing high-fat foodstuffs

Products with high oil/fat content pose special problems when tamper evident seals are applied to their containers – no more so than when these...
Bottles on a packaging line

Why process optimisation matters as much as materials for sustainable packaging

ACCORDING to Water UK, a dripping tap wastes 5,500 litres of water every year. That same process of quiet, cumulative waste can impact the...

Hidden ways to reduce your liability for the Plastics Tax

Bernard Sellars, MD of Lindum Packaging, explains the efficiencies that can reduce your liability by cutting ‘hidden plastic’ WITH so many consumers believing plastic is...

The future of food packaging

From your favourite childhood sweets to your perfect bottle of wine, food and beverage packaging can be as evocative as the food itself. But...

Flexible by design

By Stuart Coulton, marketing manager, OMRON Electronics Ltd Every year, a number of words drop out of the dictionary. That is to say, they become...

Tale of the tear tapes

By Sarah Rutland, market development manager at Filtrona Tapes There is no room today for the pleasantly old-fashioned in a congested, fast-paced packaging world anymore....

Why plastics are still a sweet solution

By Brian Lodge, design manager, Berry Global PLASTICS have played an important role in the continuing development of food packaging, helping to deliver products safely,...
Shelley Pierre

Small changes can make a big impact when it comes to sustainability

Shelley Pierre, commercial director of IPP, argues the case for positive chaos in the battle against climate change A hummingbird flapping its wings in one...