Women in packaging take centre stage

PACKAGING Innovations, running alongside Empack and Label&Print, opens its doors in just under a week at Birmingham’s NEC. The hotly anticipated show boasts an expanded...

SUN Automation to unveil unique customer approach at CCE International

SUN Automation Group® will be creating a stir at the CCE International Corrugated and Carton Exhibition (10-12 March, Munich) on stand no 648 with a unique new...

Robot palletisers with bags of versatility

Following a recent surge in enquiries from food packers for versatile palletisers, FANUC UK is working with automation specialists Festo and Pacepacker to develop...

Global One-Pak enjoys record breaking year

Innovative packaging provider Global One-Pak (GOP) has revealed that 2014 was the most successful in the company’s 12 year history, with a massive 25%...

Q & A with Craig-Alexander Wilson

Craig-Alexander Wilson, Head of Strategic Development at Fake Bake Beauty at Home and Beauty Editor at The Sunday Mail will be speaking at the...

Flexible carton packs are filled with advantages

SIG Combibloc now offers an additional long life food packaging option with its heat-resistant combisafe carton pack, to flexibly fill food products such as...

Mixed bag: debate rages over 5p bag charge

As shoppers in Scotland get to grips with the 5p charge on carrier bags, we ask two men on opposing sides of the debate...

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...

Global growth in dairy substitutes market

THEY are among the fastest-growing beverage segments world-wide: plant-based beverages as alternatives to dairy products. And soy is no longer the main driver of this growth....
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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,...