Recovering high value products helps food factories maximise returns
By Matt Hale, International Sales Manager, HRS Heat Exchangers
When processing any kind of remotely viscous food product it is inevitable that a certain amount...
Diageo supplier’s ambitious move
DIAGEO’S status as a world-renowned operation means companies throughout the world are eager to do business.
Manchester-based contract packer AKW is one firm fortunate...
Interesting times ahead for packaging sector in 2018
2018 looks destined to be another fascinating year for the UK packaging sector, with challenges and opportunities aplenty. Packaging Scotland recently asked three leading...
Understanding brand DNA is key to business growth
Chris White, founder and managing director of brand design specialists This Way Up, who have an office in Glasgow, tells Packaging Scotland how to...
Compostable packaging takes seed in the capital
INSPIRED by a simple cornstarch spoon, Joe Frankel is now the Managing Director of the fourth fastest growing firm in Scotland. The founder of...
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...
Setting a new benchmark
GARÇON Wines is looking to “revolutionise” home delivery with a new bottle capable of fitting through a letterbox.
The packaging designer and wine wholesaler has...
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...
Growing exhibition capitalises on demand for plastics recycling innovation
The 2022 edition of the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) returns to Amsterdam in June. Packaging Scotland recently spoke to Matt Barber, PRSE event...
