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End-of-line investment boosts volume for drinks maker

Aetna describes how one of its clients, Sunderland-based CBL, has managed to increase production on its soft drinks bottling lines over the past couple...

Antalis steps up new products investment

Antalis Packaging works with customers across the UK, offering a range of specialist products including void fill, tapes, shrink and stretch films, packaging boards,...
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Milking the value of robotics

They have been used for some time in automatic milking sheds. Now pick and place robots are becoming more common in dairy production environments,...

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...

Packaging’s data evolution: from simple wrapper to sophisticated data carrier

The concept of product packaging has evolved from humble beginnings as a plain, loose wrapper, to a sophisticated, branded and data-marked means of providing...
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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,...

‘Value for all’ is key to deposit return in Scotland

THE Scottish public is to have its say on a deposit return scheme (DRS) after the Scottish Government recently officially opened a public consultation...
Erema’s Corema system can turn plastic recyclate into a filtered melt which then goes directly to a co-rotating twin-screw extruder

Plastics recycling progress

While the plastics industry traditionally gave little thought to recycling, by 1991 the issue had moved into the spotlight with the emergence of new...
Shrink (left) and stretch (right) hooders, in this case the OMSAT53 and IS43 respectively (both from Gordian Strapping)

Stretch and shrink hooding: Approaches compared

Stretch hooding and shrink hooding are used to package palletised products of all kinds, from building materials to food and beverages. Gordian Strapping offers...
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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