Glass-sealing adds spice to packaging
Demand for herbs and spices in glass packaging may be good for the planet, but it leads to challenges - particularly when it comes...
How sensitive is your food metal detector?
By Phil Brown, Fortress Technology’s European managing director
THEORETICALLY, many variables will determine the sensitivity of a food inspection metal detector. Among them the aperture...
Hidden ways to reduce your liability for the Plastics Tax
Bernard Sellars, MD of Lindum Packaging, explains the efficiencies that can reduce your liability by cutting ‘hidden plastic’
WITH so many consumers believing plastic is...
5 ways that digitalisation of product inspection helps food safety compliance
Food safety and regulatory compliance are hot topics for food manufacturers. Here, Ian Scott-Mance, technology manager of Mettler-Toledo ProdX considers how digitalised product inspection...
Making pallet wrap a sustainable selling point
Lindum Packaging specialises in the use of transit packaging materials to maximise pallet stability and minimise environmental impact. Rick Sellars, business development manager, explains...
Packaging and digital need to work together to maximise brand awareness
By Scott Baxter, First Internet
THE last few years have seen the retail industry change completely, with an increase in e-commerce being accelerated by the...
Digital age heralds new era of packaging innovation
By Clodagh Hurrell, head of business EMEA at XDS Brand
WHILE packaging has been around for hundreds of years, it has evolved and changed to...
MAP, CAP or vac-pack?
Drying, chilling, freezing, sterilisation and pasteurisation describe just some methods of food preservation. However, all of these have major drawbacks — including the loss...
Increasing participation through effective labels
Mandatory recycling labelling is on hold, but there is no time for complacency. Jude Allan, interim managing director at OPRL, explains what steps brands...
AI and the future of packaging
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the disruptive themes set to influence the future of the packaging industry. With a revolution almost certainly at...
