Giving sustainability a luxurious look

Luxury and sustainability can go hand in hand, explains Graeme Riddell, commercial director, Pusterla Pollards UNLIKE many of the wealthy celebrities and influencers who post...

Rewind, play, fast forward: coding past, present and future

This year, Rotech Machines, the coding integration and feeding systems specialist, celebrates its 20th anniversary. Director Richard Pether looks back through the decades on...
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Man vs machines: Unlocking opportunities

AN ITV Tonight report earlier this year suggested that by 2030 a third of British jobs will be automated. At the recent PPMA show,...

Offline coders deal with awkward packaging designs

By Richard Pether, Director of Coding and Marking specialists Rotech Offline coders are quietly handling the awkward jobs that would otherwise hold up production. Packaging designs...

Ergonomics in food packaging

ABOUT as useful as a chocolate teapot. We’ve all heard the phrase — probably from a disgruntled spouse when we’re being a little uncooperative....

Future-proofing pharmaceutical packaging for an ageing population

WHILE pharmaceutical and nutraceutical plastic container packaging has come a long way in terms of tamper evidence and hermetic sealing, there is now increasing...

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...
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Keeping track of high value items in shipment

RELEASED in August, GWP’s Tracker Case – described as the world’s first fully trackable protective case – has since picked up the “Innovation in...
SATO, which has extended its range of labelling products, has published a white paper highlighting ways the packaging industry can boost efficiency and reduce costs.

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...
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A different sort of solution

TOMRA Sorting Recycling launched the new Innosort Flake at PRS Europe this year