A material with clear advantages? Lynn Sidebottom’s guide to glass
Glass seems to have a bright future in packaging. Lynn Sidebottom of Beatson Clark looks at its properties and some of the capabilities to...
Compostable polymers challenge plastics debate
What are we doing about plastic wrapped consumer goods? With the use of polypropylene films under attack, sales and marketing director Tony McDonald of...
Finding flat flakes in foods
LAST year Fortress Technology unveiled a metal detector that inspects low profile, high value foods vertically and horizontally concurrently to achieve the 'highest sensitivity...
Don’t ignore the materials that are already available
Tony Hitchin of Pro Carton – the European Association of Carton and Cartonboard manufacturers – tells Packaging Scotland why choosing environmentally-friendly packaging materials does...
Tayside firm sets sights high
From humble beginnings, Tayside Machinery Limited has grown to become a highly significant supplier of new and used machinery, with the firm’s professional approach responsible for over three decades of solid growth
Winning the wireless wager
By Jonathan Wilkins, marketing manager of European Automation
Imagine a world where all electrical and electronic devices are connected together using a wireless link. It’s called...
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...
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 mark of success in the packaging industry
The need to increase production, cut costs and secure greater efficiency has never been more pressing.
SUPPLIERS of product identification and traceability solutions are faced...
Serving up solutions to the Scottish market
PROMOTIONAL FEATURE
2019 is a year of double celebration for Glasgow-based Murray Packaging. The supplier and installer is marking 100 years in business, as well...



















