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...
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...
Identifying opportunities to help decarbonise the packaging industry
Jodie Eaton, CEO of Shell Energy UK, examines the complexities of decarbonising the diverse packaging sector Â
Optimising operational energy efficiency remains high on the...
Boom time for pet food packaging innovation
A rise in pet ownership has pet food brands wagging their tails. Here, Howard Wright, executive creative & strategy director, UK, IE & Australia,...
Unpacking sustainability
Hugh Lightbody, chief officer of the Business Gateway National Unit, explains that help is available for businesses looking to invest in more sustainable packaging...
Automation can help businesses respond to future challenges
Smarter technology to help streamline operations, automate processes and provide valuable production data can deliver a critical competitive advantage to food businesses, explains Torsten...
Evolving tradition: preserving colour for six generations
By Mark Cropper, chairman of James Cropper
FOR as long as humans have existed, we’ve been using colour to express ourselves.
Social interactions have evolved, whole...
The evolution of product coding for brand protection
By Steve Tallant, director, market development, at Markem-Imaje
THE barcode – a ubiquitous mark on almost all products, in every region of the world. Since...
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...
EPR delay makes this a dangerous time for recycling
David Wilson is director of compliance at Vanden Recycling, experts in plastics recycling. He shares his thoughts on the EPR delay and the impact...
