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...

Don’t underestimate the green power of plastic

By Paula Birch, global sales director, Parkside FLEXIBLE plastic packaging delivers significant sustainability benefits. Aside from protecting and preserving goods, it also requires significantly fewer...
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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...

Labour crisis: cobots can lend a helping hand

By Stuart Coulton, UK market development manager, Omron Industrial Automation LABOUR shortages have reached chronic levels in the food and drink industry. Can manufacturers automate...
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What does Amazon’s Frustration-Free Packaging (FFP) standard mean for your brand?

Amazon’s Frustration-Free Packaging (FFP) standard has transformed the way Amazon vendors and sellers think about their packaging. Marlena Hardy, e-commerce packaging development manager at...

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...
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How digital link barcodes can enhance supply chain management and help address bottlenecks

Stephen Gryczka, director strategy and corporate development at Markem-Imaje, explains how digital link barcodes can enhance supply chain management and help to overcome packaging...

The packaging trends shaping the future of pharma

By Erwin Klünder, head of sales  - healthcare & flexibles at Graphic Packaging MANY surveys have shown that consumers want to make more sustainable purchasing...
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Sustainability: the bigger picture

By Tony Hitchin, general manager of Pro Carton, the European Association of Carton and Cartonboard Manufacturers 'SUSTAINABILITY'is a term everyone is familiar with, but few...

Fortune favours the brave in the alc-bev sector

By Renan Joel, MD, packaging at Easyfairs Premiumisation. After you've tried saying that mouthful, you should know we're now seeing the shift towards more premium...