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LOVE lends an arm to BrewDog in new packaging design

BREWDOG founder, James Watt, has had his cousin honoured in the packaging design of the firm’s new Rogue Wave vodka

Out of the Blue: Scots manufacturer unveils new £3m facility

DESIGNER and manufacturer of rigid presentation boxes Blue Box Design has unveiled its new multi-million pound base in Stirling. Blue Box Design, a subsidiary of...
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Conquering the art of can coding

A traditional soft drink canning line processes enough beverage to fill two Olympic-size swimming pools every week, could your coder keep up the pace?
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Weedon group sees i2i with retail giant

  i2i europe has been appointed to oversee the Co-op's own brand store packaging. The creative services arm of the Weedon Group of independent corrugated packaging...

Lidl to alter cereal packaging to ‘alleviate pressure’ on parents

LIDL has announced that it is to remove cartoon characters from all of its own brand cereal packaging by spring 2020. The move comes after...

Scotland’s deposit return scheme delayed until 2022

The introduction of Scotland's deposit return scheme (DRS) has been delayed by a year in order to allow businesses more time to prepare and...

Slashing food waste with induction heat seals

Food waste has been in the headlines for a long time and in this season of supply chain challenges, making the most of such...

Asda unveils fully recyclable crisp tube

ASDA has unveiled fully recyclable packaging for a line of their own brand crisps, in a move described as a UK supermarket first for...

Recyclable paper straw launched for drinks cartons

TRANSCEND Packaging has unveiled a fully-recyclable and biodegradable U-bend paper straw for drinks cartons. Ribena will be the first UK juice drinks brand to introduce...

Study finds ‘surge’ in demand for Bag-in-Box wine this year

NEW research from Smurfit Kappa has revealed a 'surge' in consumer demand for Bag-in-Box wines this year, partially caused by changing behaviour due to...