Cans: the unsung hero of the sustainable economy?

Marcel Arsand, chairman of The Can Makers, tells Packaging Scotland about the benefits of permanently available cans PACKAGING has a key role to play in...

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...
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Glass-sealing adds spice to packaging

Demand for herbs and spices in glass packaging may be good for the planet, but it leads to challenges - particularly when it comes...
Food featuring advanced packaging materials

How material selection can help fulfil your responsibilities

There are some obvious ways in which materials selection helps companies to reduce their environmental impact and therefore their pEPR obligations. However, there are...
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The power of partnership: why trust is the new currency in luxury packaging

Paul Hamilton, head of sales & marketing at Hunter Luxury, explains why trust is the new currency in luxury packaging LUXURY packaging isn’t just about...
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DS Smith vows to keep innovating in 2026

As 2025 draws to a close, Ashwin Moorthy, head of design & innovation at DS Smith, tells Packaging Scotland about the key trends, challenges...

The medication lifecycle

Once medication is packaged, a wealth of regulations become applicable, including NICE guidelines and General Pharmaceutical Council standards of conduct. Here, Dale Pittock, sales...

Pandemic accelerates automation plans in injection moulding

Nigel Flowers, MD of Sumitomo Demag UK, explores the impact of the pandemic on automation trends within the injection moulding sector THE pandemic has amplified...

Don’t leave it too late to automate

Unlike many of our European counterparts, the UK has been slow to automate. But a perfect storm of Brexit and Covid-19 is set to...

Food fraud: taking action to preserve public trust

By Mike Seed, IRMS sales and product manager, Elementar UK THE Covid-19 pandemic has created significant challenges for the food industry. From reduced consumer demand...