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...
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...
lunch! 2015 starts to take shape
Top buyers from EAT, Tesco, Waitrose, Superdrug, British Airways, IKEA, Brakes, Elior, Baxterstorey, Sodexo, and Gate Retail Onboard are among the who’s who of...
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....
Rising to compliance challenges is critical
Michelle Carvell, director and COO at Lorax Compliance, tells Packaging Scotland about the business impact of a bottle deposit return scheme
IN a bid 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...
Removing the sticking point
The desire to increase speed and accuracy is at the heart of every labelling project.
LABEL printing and verification is increasingly high-tech and the onus...
Sustainable and luxury packs – that’s the spirit!
Premium spirits packaging can incorporate many sustainable benefits – but that is not a new phenomenon, explains Tan Mahal, creative designer at Pollard Boxes
ENVIRONMENTAL...
Packaging pioneers turn their thoughts to innovation
New ideas are never in short supply when the industry’s packaging pioneers turn their thoughts to innovation.
ONE of the most impressive breakthroughs in recent...
Sustainability the ‘constant companion’ in Clearmark’s 20-year journey
CLEARMARK is celebrating two decades in business. The Nottingham-based coding equipment specialist started life with a team of just three people, but has grown...
