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Zero touch strategies help F&B firms improve safety, quality and efficiency

By Patricia Torres, industry marketing manager food & commodities EMEA at OMRON PLEASE do not touch! You have probably encountered prompts like these while shopping....

Intelligent energy management: your key towards sustainable manufacturing

By Sam Tilley, regional general manager (UK, Ireland & Nordics), OMRON Whether working in automotive or logistics, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) or food and drink,...

The changing definition of good packaging design

Parisa Maleki, community & content manager at Easyfairs, discusses how packaging design needs to adapt to its new responsibilities, what this means for the...

Sixth sense: a time to act

The recent update to the BRCGS Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging Materials has put the safety and quality of packaging materials - and...

How coding technology delivers better legal compliance for packaging

By Thomas Pinnington, technical sales manager at Newcode Partnership IN modern industry, product packaging is much more than simply a container for an item that...

The plastic packaging financial time-bomb

By Dom de Ville, senior consultant at Sancroft, an international sustainability consultancy, which works with companies to improve their environment, ethical and social impact Plastic...

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...

Outsourcing comes of age

Emma Verkaik, membership & marketing director of the BCMPA, the Association for Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Fulfilment & Logistics, predicts the already growing role that...

The road ahead for packaging

By Sujan Shah, CEO, Rocaba Packaging Ltd The packaging industry has made seismic shifts over the last two years. E-commerce played a role in this. Most...

The future of food packaging

From your favourite childhood sweets to your perfect bottle of wine, food and beverage packaging can be as evocative as the food itself. But...