MAP, CAP or vac-pack?

Drying, chilling, freezing, sterilisation and pasteurisation describe just some methods of food preservation. However, all of these have major drawbacks — including the loss...

Packaging is key to a cleaner future

By Iain Gulland, chief executive at Zero Waste Scotland AS we continue to take steps back to normality following the pandemic, Scotland’s rural and green...

Giving sustainability a luxurious look

Luxury and sustainability can go hand in hand, explains Graeme Riddell, commercial director, Pusterla Pollards UNLIKE many of the wealthy celebrities and influencers who post...

Foodex 2023 will prove industry’s resilience

Andrew Reed, MD – wine & exhibitions, William Reed, explains what visitors can expect from Foodex Manufacturing Solutions 2023 at the NEC Birmingham AFTER a...
UPM Raflatac labels

Labels have the power to promote circularity

Andrea Irazabal, sustainability manager at UPM Raflatac, discusses how Scottish brand owners can integrate sustainability into the packaging identity MATERIAL evaluation is key for any...

Busting the automation myths: seven reasons to embrace robotics

By Carl Patrick, robot sales manager – machine tool automation, FANUC UK The UK is currently the world’s sixth largest economy and eighth largest...
Winfried Muehling

This Easter, it’s time for new beginnings

Winfried Mühling, general manager, Pro Carton, explains why Easter Egg consumers face a tough choice this year EASTER is a time for new beginnings; a...
portrait Jim Hardisty

Importing goods after Brexit – what have we learnt and what’s to come in...

By Jim Hardisty, MD of Goplasticpallets.com AT the start of 2021, the political landscape across Europe changed. It was the start of a new era...
Bag-in-box packaging

Alternative packaging solutions deliver multiple benefits

Fenton Packaging’s Chris Warren considers the need to look to the future with more sustainable packaging options, such as Bag-in-Box (BiB) IN most manufacturing industries,...
X-ray inspection of cans

X-ray inspection in high-speed canning applications: enhancing safety, quality and compliance

By Mike Pipe, head of global sales and product management, Mettler-Toledo Safeline X-ray WITH thousands of cans rushing through production lines every hour, even the...