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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...
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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...
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Importing goods after Brexit – what have we learnt and what’s to come in...

By Jim Hardisty, MD of Goplasticpallets.com AT the start of 2021, the political landscape across Europe changed. It was the start of a new era...

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:...

Custom packs can help small firms stand out

Steve Brownett-Gale of Lifestyle Packaging explains the role custom packaging can play in maximising impact for independent businesses IN today’s marketplace, where 42% of consumers...

Meeting the demand for e-commerce packaging

By Julian Freeman, VPK’s sales & marketing director - UK & Ireland THE demand for e-commerce packaging has gone through the roof, delivering challenges to...

Creating a ‘green by default’ agenda for packaging

Naomi Stewart from Packaging Innovations & Empack organiser Easyfairs, explains why the promise of a ‘sustainable future’ creates many questions that can only be...
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How smart design overcomes checkweighing challenges in plastic cup applications

By Jörn Migge, head of product & market management, Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection The integrity of dairy products, especially those packaged in plastic cups such as...
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Pro Carton champions fibre-based packaging this Zero Waste Week

Winfried Muehling, marketing & communications director at Pro Carton, urges the UK to lead on sustainability with fibre-based packaging during Zero Waste Week 2024 As...

Pandemic accelerates automation plans in injection moulding

By Nigel Flowers, managing director Sumitomo (SHI) Demag UK The pandemic has amplified the focus on productivity and forced injection moulding decision makers to reconsider...