Key trends to look out for in plastic pallet industry in 2022

Jim Hardisty, MD of Goplasticpallets.com, gives his take on what the year ahead might hold for the plastic pallet industry Sustainability I think that 2022 will...

The 3 C’s behind the UK’s acceleration towards automation

Tom Bouchier, MD of robotics and automation specialist FANUC UK, explains why there has never been a better time for UK firms to invest...

How packaging frustration is forcing some to seek inspiration

By Sarah Rutland, market development manager at Filtrona Tapes Are you finding yourself exasperated with battling packaging that you just cannot open? Well, you are not...

Automation adapts to sustainable packaging

By Patricia Torres, industry marketing manager food and commodities, OMRON Europe Have you ever ordered a small item online, and then felt incensed when it...

GS1-128 barcodes – setting the standard now and into the future

Greg Kasprzak, senior product marketing manager for drop-on-demand printing lines at Markem-Imaje, explains how barcode evolution and deployment is adapting to modern market demands BARCODES...
Kate Rattigan

Empowering the workforce of the future with employee-centric approach to robotics and automation

In manufacturing, as in other industries, advances in robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence (AI) have brought with them concerns over worker displacement, job loss,...

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...

Celebrating 30 years of TTO innovation

By Andy Gray, product marketing manager at Markem-Imaje We are delighted to celebrate the 30th anniversary of our first innovation in thermal transfer overprinting (TTO)....

The evolution of product coding for brand protection

By Steve Tallant, director, market development, at Markem-Imaje THE barcode – a ubiquitous mark on almost all products, in every region of the world. Since...
Coloured paper

Evolving tradition: preserving colour for six generations

By Mark Cropper, chairman of James Cropper FOR as long as humans have existed, we’ve been using colour to express ourselves. Social interactions have evolved, whole...