New products tipped to light up packaging exhibition
ORGANISERS of Packaging Innovations, Empack and Label&Print 2018 have revealed that over 100 new launches are scheduled to take place at this year's exhibition.
These...
Macfarlane Group reports rise in both revenue and pre-tax profit
MACFARLANE Group's 2022 preliminary results show a 10% rise in revenue and a 7% increase in pre-tax profit.
The protective packaging specialist revealed that revenue...
TRNSMT pop-up restaurant to highlight benefits of tinned food
FREE South Asian-inspired dishes are to be served at the upcoming TRNSMT festival at Glasgow Green in a bid to highlight the benefits of...
New Linx Spectrum ‘revolutionises’ pigmented ink printing
LINX Printing Technologies has launched the Linx 8000 Series Spectrum CIJ printer, described as 'revolutionising' pigmented ink printing.
The coding and marking specialist said the...
‘Still work to do’ on educating businesses about outlawed packaging
MONTHS after the UK's ban on single-use EPS/XPS foodservice packaging, Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) said it believes there’s still work to do in educating businesses...
Round table addresses recycling
FLUMMOXED by waste flows? Mystified by materials recycling?
The recent conference of Recoup (RECycling Of Used Plastics), an independent expert on plastics recycling, unveiled a...
Macfarlane Packaging launches new branding service for mailers
MACFARLANE Packaging has joined forces with specialist print-on-demand company, Print On, to launch the UK’s first print-on-demand branding service for its off the shelf range...
‘Anti-plastic rhetoric’ poses ‘substantive threat’ to sector
LDPE recycler Chase Plastics has warned of the 'substantive threat' that 'widespread anti-plastic rhetoric' poses to the UK plastic packaging industry.
The firm said the...
Operator announced for Scotland and wider UK’s deposit return schemes
UK Deposit Management Organisation Ltd (UK DMO) has been announced as the operator of the deposit return schemes for single-use plastic and metal drinks...
New document highlights ‘vital’ role of plastics in a net zero future
THE British Plastics Federation (BPF) has published a new document which examines the 'vital' role plastic can play in the move towards lowering carbon...
