Now is the time to innovate and engage
AS the war against single-use plastic wages on and the Brexit deadline edges ever closer, innovation will play a key role in ensuring many...
The evolution of product coding for brand protection
By Steve Tallant, director, market development, at Markem-Imaje
THE barcode – a ubiquitous mark on almost all products, in every region of the world. Since...
Winning the war on waste
The task of reducing our carbon footprint still has huge untapped potential but some firms are stepping up to the plate.
THE latest figures from...
Innovation at the heart of UK’s biggest packaging event
THE UK’s leading packaging show, Packaging Innovations, running alongside Label&Print and Empack, will be opening its doors in less than a week, on 25 & 26 February...
Buying by the scoop: the rise of unpackaged grocery shopping
As a business model, selling groceries loose isn’t a new- fangled approach. It’s what market stalls have done for decades. Farm shops, food cooperatives...
Expanding PRSE show proves to be worth the wait
Packaging Scotland's Gary Moug recently spoke to Matt Barber, event director for the Plastics Recyling Show Europe. Following the success of last year’s inaugural...
Is packaging making or breaking your store conversion rates?
By Joe Simons, director and investor at Gap Systems
What is it that secures a sale? Online, many would say that fulfilment is a deal...
Blending the old with the new
When the world’s largest drinks company decided to re-brand one of its most popular spirits nothing was left to chance.
THE spirits aisle is more...
Injection moulded for the job
Jim Hardisty, managing director of Goplasticpallets.com, discusses how the increase in automated facilities demands more from today’s plastic packaging
THE rapid rise in “e” and...
Packaging designers of the future to be showcased at Pro2Pac
Pro2Pac 2015 has announced the return of its hugely successful Student Packaging Design Challenge.
Pro2Pac is challenging design students from Leeds Beckett University to design...
