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...

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...
Selig Lift ‘n’ Peel lid

PFAS-free: challenges and clarity ahead of deadline

With the countdown to the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation underway, packaging professionals across the UK and beyond are taking a closer look...

Packaging is key to a cleaner future

By Iain Gulland, chief executive at Zero Waste Scotland AS we continue to take steps back to normality following the pandemic, Scotland’s rural and green...
X-ray inspection of cans

X-ray inspection in high-speed canning applications: enhancing safety, quality and compliance

By Mike Pipe, head of global sales and product management, Mettler-Toledo Safeline X-ray WITH thousands of cans rushing through production lines every hour, even the...

Plastic packaging tax — will we be ready?

To accelerate the recycling of plastic, the UK Government has issued a policy paper on the introduction of the plastic packaging tax, which is...
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...

The necessary shift within sustainable packaging

Although the public has widely supported the switch to sustainable forms of pack materials, more adoption of appropriate machinery is required to allow greater...
Stephanie Walker

Transparency as authority: when the process is the proof

By Stephanie Walker, head of technical at James Cropper Paper & Packaging AS horologists (or watch collectors, to you and I) will tell you, high-end watchmaking...
James Cropper's paper mill

The innovation within: lessons from 180 years of papermaking

Gareth Fisher, sales director at James Cropper Paper & Packaging, discusses lessons learned from the firm’s 180 years of papermaking THERE’S no substitute for experience. It’s...