The packaging trends shaping the future of pharma

By Erwin Klünder, head of sales  - healthcare & flexibles at Graphic Packaging MANY surveys have shown that consumers want to make more sustainable purchasing...

Making responsible packaging choices

Sabert UK & Ireland MD Alex Noake says plastic bans, taxes and other legislation have created a great deal of confusion for operators and...
FANUC UK curved arm robot

Time to automate: shifting the manufacturing narrative towards productivity

By Oliver Selby, head of sales for FANUC UK and chair of BARA (British Automation and Robotics Association) THE latest IFR figures show just how...

Convenience is king in our effortless economy

By Christopher Morgan, global sales director at Filtrona Tapes Seamless, frictionless customer journeys are not a fad that's here today and gone tomorrow; they're more...

Green goals, automation and digital technologies: what’s in store for 2022?

After the challenges of 2021, industry specialists tell Packaging Scotland about their hopes and expectations for the year ahead FROM Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic...

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...
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Brands must act now to improve sustainability of packaging

By Teresa Del Re, NE head of marketing and innovation at DS Smith THE environmental impact of our industry has been thrust into the media...

Achieving stand-out in a crowded spirits market

Andy Christie, sales director at packaging print specialist, Herbert Walkers, discusses trends in the luxury drinks market and the considerations for creating packaging that...

Boxing clever for the recovery

Packaging’s role in encouraging sales and supporting brand positioning will be all the more important as business seeks to recover from the coronavirus pandemic...
Richard Daley

The truth about plastic and chemical recycling

THE Blue Planet II effect may well have become shorthand for growing public desire to tackle plastic pollution of the natural environment, but as one of the most versatile materials at our disposal continues to be demonised, there is a real risk of blinding ourselves to the opportunities that already exist which can help to solve the problem.