Shrink wrapping ‘essential’ for food packaging industry

Victoria Christen, marketing manager at Liberty Packaging Systems, discusses the important role shrink wrapping plays in food packaging AS the food packaging market continues to...
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Paper under pressure: why testing matters more than ever

Cooper Henderson, director, segment strategy – flexible packaging at Industrial Physics, tells Packaging Scotland why testing matters more than ever GLOBAL demand for paper-based packaging...
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Greener packaging machinery for improved sustainability

THE new pEPR regulations are shining a light on the environmental footprint of manufacturers’ packaging practices.  The focus of the regulations is on materials...

Flexible by design

By Stuart Coulton, marketing manager, OMRON Electronics Ltd Every year, a number of words drop out of the dictionary. That is to say, they become...

Compostability and barrier performance: a match made in packaging heaven

By Mark Shaw, new product development technical manager at Parkside A significant shift in consumer environmental awareness is driving continuous innovation in the high barrier...

New regulations: are they on your radar?

Steve Davis, global director of product management at Industrial Physics, discusses the development in EU packaging and waste regulations as well as the possible...
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 revolutionary potential of the circular economy

By Sandy Dhesi, commercial manager at Ecoveritas  The #CircularEconomy is in full swing — no longer a niche, fuzzy concept. Everyone is looking into it:...

Pharmaceutical trends: 2020

Adrian Pittock, marketing director at pharmaceutical consumables supplier Valley Northern, looks at pharmaceutical trends for 2020 Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an increasingly popular...
Truls Haug, MD for TOMRA Collection Solutions UK & Ireland

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...