Plastic pallets could ease supply chain ‘woes’ this Christmas

PLASTIC pallets could help tackle supply chain challenges this Christmas. That's the view of Goplasticpallets.com (GPP), in light of concerns over price rises and...

All hail the hidden heroes of plastics

Pete Beavis, senior sector specialist and materials scientist at R&D tax credit specialist ForrestBrown, explains why we need to stop demonising plastics, approach new...

The future of manufacturing: five key trends to watch out for in 2024

Technological advancements, climate change, and geopolitical tensions have transformed the global manufacturing landscape in recent decades. Here, Carl Haycock, UK operations director, Domino Printing Sciences,...

Think your contract packing or manufacturing operations are digitalised? Perhaps it’s time to think...

Josephine Coombe, Managing Director of Nulogy in Europe, highlights how many contract packers rely on inflexible legacy systems and processes that are unable to deliver the wider opportunities that true digitalisation delivers.

Food fraud: taking action to preserve public trust

By Mike Seed, IRMS sales and product manager, Elementar UK THE Covid-19 pandemic has created significant challenges for the food industry. From reduced consumer demand...

Plastics are no newcomer to sustainability schemes

In the need to create a more sustainable world, plastics are very much part of the solution says Katherine Fleet, sustainability manager at Berry...

Walking wisely into a new era of packaging compliance

By Andrew McCaffery, chief strategy officer at Ecoveritas There’s a proverb that states: "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to...
Ashwin Moorthy

DS Smith vows to keep innovating in 2026

As 2025 draws to a close, Ashwin Moorthy, head of design & innovation at DS Smith, tells Packaging Scotland about the key trends, challenges...

Raving in the rubbish

Fields littered with abandoned tents and plastic bags, bottles and containers. These are the images people often see on the TV after a large...

Sustainable challenges for closures

Darren Dodd, service and marketing director at Selig, discusses how the environmental agenda is bringing into question how beverage companies use packaging seals in...