Plastic Packaging Tax is coming: how ready are you?
The Plastic Packaging Tax is due to come into force in April 2022. Here, Jason Poxon, Antalis’ packaging technologist manager, explores what the new...
DRS brings opportunities and challenges
The Scottish Government has opened a consultation period lasting until 10 December 2019 on the nation’s deposit return scheme (DRS), expected to come into...
Where does 3D printing fit into the plastics manufacturing mix?
3D printing - also called additive manufacturing - is often touted as a trend and technique to rival injection moulding
Plastic pallets could ease supply chain ‘woes’ this Christmas
PLASTIC pallets could help tackle supply chain challenges this Christmas. That's the view of Goplasticpallets.com (GPP), in light of concerns over price rises and...
Small packs on fast flow wrapping lines: how to comply with weighing legislations
In modern food manufacturing, where speed and precision intertwine, those manufacturers navigating horizontal flow wrapping lines encounter a distinct set of challenges. As production...
The gift instinct: why luxury packaging is hardwired into human emotion
By Paul Hamilton, head of sales & marketing at Hunter Luxury
WHEN the Voyager spacecraft were sent on a mission to explore alien worlds billions...
Leasing vs buying equipment: what’s right for your business?
Rob Toolen, sales manager at strapping machine manufacturer Mosca England, discusses why businesses should consider leasing, rather than buying new equipment
AS we begin the...
Are you FMD-ready?
Pharmaceutical manufacturers must now comply with the Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) which is aimed at reducing the number of falsified medicines infiltrating the European...
Perfection ready: the inspection tech keeping ready meals safer, compliant and delicious
By Miriam Krechlok, segment marketing manager, Mettler-Toledo
Ready meals today offer more than just convenience. From dehydrated noodles to sauced pasta dishes and frozen lasagne,...
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,...
