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Food for thought for SMEs when funding automation projects

Peter Lange, business development manager robotics at OMRON, discusses the options available when it comes to financing your new cobot SKILLS shortages, digitisation, sustainability, and...
Mettler-Toledo pet food labelling guidelines

New pet food labelling guidelines: how to comply with future regulations

By Miriam Krechlok, segment marketing manager, Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection THE pet food market is booming, valued at $120.87 billion in 2023 and projected to reach...

The new packaging trend meat processors are in touch with

Global supply chain disruption has led to meat processors increasingly embracing a ‘touchless’ trend of packaging automation. Stephanie Poole, senior business development & retail...

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...

Why it’s not too late to get FMD-ready

The clock is ticking for pharmaceutical manufacturers to comply with the FMD (Falsified Medicines Directive). Aimed at reducing the number of falsified medicines infiltrating...

The new premiumisation: learning from the luxury markets past and present

By Graeme Williams, creative director, Equator UK WHAT is luxury in 2022? Not too long ago, more was more. To be distinguished as a luxury experience,...

Pandemic accelerates automation plans in injection moulding

By Nigel Flowers, managing director Sumitomo (SHI) Demag UK The pandemic has amplified the focus on productivity and forced injection moulding decision makers to reconsider...
UPM Raflatac labels

Labels have the power to promote circularity

Andrea Irazabal, sustainability manager at UPM Raflatac, discusses how Scottish brand owners can integrate sustainability into the packaging identity MATERIAL evaluation is key for any...

How sensitive is your food metal detector?

By Phil Brown, Fortress Technology’s European managing director THEORETICALLY, many variables will determine the sensitivity of a food inspection metal detector. Among them the aperture...
Winfried Muehling

This Easter, it’s time for new beginnings

Winfried Mühling, general manager, Pro Carton, explains why Easter Egg consumers face a tough choice this year EASTER is a time for new beginnings; a...