Food & Drink

Find out the latest food and drink news from the packaging industry

DS Smith programme sees 313 million pieces of ‘problem plastics’ designed out

DS Smith has announced that is has designed out over 313 million pieces of 'problem plastics' in the last two years. It comes as part...

Sponsored content: The Sky Garden Gin Project case study

Dark Art Distillery talk about the positive impact working with Berlin Packaging UK has had on its Sky Garden Gin brand.

Co-op to encourage freezing milk via on-pack message

THE Co-op is to introduce a 'freeze me' message on the packaging of its own brand milk products. It comes after WRAP figures revealed that...

Sector urged to help drive closed loop food packaging

Klöckner Pentaplast (kp), a specialist in recycled content products and high-barrier protective packaging, has revealed it is celebrating the second year of its kp...

No one-size-fits-all solution to waste issue

GOVERNMENTS must look beyond just recycling materials in the fight against plastic waste, the CEO of TIPA has told Packaging Scotland. Daphna Nissenbaum, who co-founded...

Packaging trend meat processors are in touch with

PROMOTIONAL FEATURE Global supply chain disruption has led to meat processors increasingly embracing a ‘touchless’ trend of packaging automation. Stephanie Poole, Senior Business Development &...

Poultry processor plucks new solution to meet expectations

ISHIDA has revealed how one of the firm’s multihead weighers has helped improve quality and consistency of packaging at a Polish poultry processor. Roldrob SA...

Thanks a Myllyn: cobots help automate processes

FINLAND food manufacturer Myllyn Paras has automated its palletising operations by utilising collaborative robots designed for tasks that are heavy or too strenuous for...

Equipment specialist has spirits raised by whisky sector order

ENTERPRISE Tondelli has revealed it recently received an order for a new blower/filler/capper for the Scottish whisky market. The machine, which is due for delivery...

Trade body lifts lid on chip shop packaging challenges

THE president of the National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF) has told Packaging Scotland of his desire to work with the packaging industry to...