Perfect Part’ners

PROMOTIONAL FEATURE Changeparts firm Zept Technologies UK looks to build on a strong reputation of technical knowledge and customer service ORIGINALLY founded by Canadian engineer Frank...

Buying by the scoop: the rise of unpackaged grocery shopping

As a business model, selling groceries loose isn’t a new- fangled approach. It’s what market stalls have done for decades. Farm shops, food cooperatives...
Bimeda UK

Code of success is no secret

A slick production line is essential to the full spectrum of packaging manufacturers. THAT was brought home to Bimeda UK when the pharmaceutical and food...
Tharsus, Brian Palmer and Ekko, Brian Williamson

Winning the war on waste

The task of reducing our carbon footprint still has huge untapped potential but some firms are stepping up to the plate. THE latest figures from...

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...

Peebles bottling firm gears up for expansion

PROVIDER of bottling and packaging solutions Evolution BPS is set to further expand its team this year by taking on its first engineering apprentice. The...

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,...

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....

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...
James Cropper's paper mill

The innovation within: lessons from 180 years of papermaking

Gareth Fisher, sales director at James Cropper Paper & Packaging, discusses lessons learned from the firm’s 180 years of papermaking THERE’S no substitute for experience. It’s...