Cracking the code
Choosing the right coder can play a key role in a successful food packing operation, says Charles Randon, senior product manager of Linx Printing...
Southgate growth owes much to innovation
Southgate Packaging recently reported ‘significant growth’ despite the challenges of the past year. The firm, which dates back more than 50 years, has earned...
How coding technology delivers better legal compliance for packaging
By Thomas Pinnington, technical sales manager at Newcode Partnership
IN modern industry, product packaging is much more than simply a container for an item that...
EasyFairs does it for Dundee stalwart
Scots firms rubbed shoulders with thousands of industry players at one of the biggest packaging shows on the calendar.
IN the thick of the easyFairs...
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...
Packaging tech and the future of food waste
Philip Simpson, commercial director at ReFood, discusses how the latest developments in state-of-the-art product packaging are playing an instrumental role in reducing food waste
TO...
Produce more with less: Minebea Intec harnesses the benefits of automation
PROMOTIONAL FEATURE
The ‘perfect storm’ of labour shortages and the pandemic has accelerated the demand for automated equipment in factories across the country.
Increased efficiencies,...
Scotland sprouts wings
Record food and drink exports is a bright spot for packaging suppliers during tough economic times.
THE food and drink supply chain can look to...
Whisky business for Videojet Technologies
TODAY’S rain is tomorrow’s whisky, so goes the Scottish proverb, and it’s just as well. HM Revenue and Customs data analysed by the Scotch...
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...
