Green goals, automation and digital technologies: what’s in store for 2022?
After the challenges of 2021, industry specialists tell Packaging Scotland about their hopes and expectations for the year ahead
FROM Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic...
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,...
Serialisation beyond compliance: the gateway to competitive differentiation
Product-level serialisation has historically been associated with compliance mandates within highly regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and tobacco. Its central premise was...
Checkweighers of the past, present and future
Fortress Technology explores why we have always needed weighing technology throughout food production history. From manual weight checks using balance scales to advanced automated...
The heat is on for distillers
By Steve Bradley, sales director at bottling and packaging machinery supplier AVE UK
THE way that distillers heat their feedstock has evolved in recent years....
Delivering an enhanced opening experience in FMCG
By Ian Beresford, head of marketing and development at Essentra Tapes
What was once a nice-to-have is fast becoming standard in a heavily saturated FMCG...
A circular approach to filmic packaging
Promoting a circular economy in flexible film packaging is essential and is leading the development of new products across a wide variety of market sectors, explains Julie Eller, sales director at RPC bpi protec
The packaging challenges posed by an ageing population
Industry faces the challenge of creating packaging that is secure and tamper-proof, but also easy to open for elderly consumers and those who lack...
COP27: alternative materials must be on the agenda
By Daphna Nissenbaum, co-founder and CEO of compostable packaging solutions company TIPA
COP27 is back in the news yet again, as world’s leaders gather in...
Dispelling the myths of digital corrugated printing
In recent years, the corrugated industry has experienced a surge in demand for short and medium runs of high impact packaging, driven by growth...
