What will the impact be of standard cigarette packs?
AS smokers and tobacco firms come to terms with the new legislation for standardised tobacco packaging in the UK, two individuals with differing views...
Plastics recycling progress
While the plastics industry traditionally gave little thought to recycling, by 1991 the issue had moved into the spotlight with the emergence of new...
Baltic trip shows early DRS control is “crucial”
With Scotland poised to introduce a deposit return system for drinks containers in the coming years, Packaging Scotland’s Fraser Rummens recently visited Estonia to...
Carbon debate takes centre stage at NEC
ANOTHER successful Packaging Innovations exhibition is in the books. Taking place in late February in Birmingham, just before coronavirus wreaked havoc with trade shows across the UK and beyond, more than 300 exhibitors showed off their latest solutions and innovations at the busy event.
Food safety in the global village
Neil Giles of Mettler-Toledo takes a look at some of the challenges facing companies in the food sector with respect to product inspection.
THE scrutiny...
Parallel packaging events in Paris
NEW materials and concepts for packaging will be highlighted at the Emballage conference and exhibition in Paris on 17 - 20 November. A parallel...
The rum makers with ambition in their arsenal
A group of friends who have travelled the world together – from America to Tartan Army football trips – have revealed ambitious plans of...
Family values pay off for Lanarkshire firm
“NOBODY packs enough any more.” Nigel Fleming, managing director of Lanarkshire-based J.I.T. Industrial Products, heard an export manager utter those very words at a...
Latest plastics recycling trends on show at Amsterdam exhibition
The Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE), the pan-European exhibition and conference dedicated to plastics recycling, returns to the RAI Amsterdam in March. Here, event...
The heat is on for distillers
By Steve Bradley, sales director at bottling and packaging machinery supplier AVE UK
THE way that distillers heat their feedstock has evolved in recent years....
