Flexible food packaging proves less is more when battling market uncertainty
By Julia O’Loughlin, group marketing manager at Parkside
AS we approach the halfway point of 2025, most businesses could probably sum up the year so...
Time to work Smart
Timo Schaffrath of CSB-System outlines the six main technologies that can help businesses take advantage of today’s Smart Factory
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...
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...
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....
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...
From complex to kerbside – pushing packaging circularity forwards
Thomas Stevenson, UK & Ireland business development manager at Korozo Group, says the packaging sustainability ‘revolution’ remains far from over
AS the global packaging industry...
Taking your carton packaging from tired to inspired
By Stephen Shortland, managing director at New Vision Packaging Limited
Chances are, when you read the word 'cartonboard', your first thoughts conjure up images of...
Five ways to boost e-commerce packaging performance
By Jo Bradley, business development manager for packaging solutions at Quadient
THE Centre for Retail Research expects e-commerce sales in Western Europe (UK, Germany, France,...
Slashing waste with induction heat seals
According to the latest Food Waste Roadmap Report from WRAP, achieving the shared ‘Courtauld 2030 and UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12.3’ targets to...
