Scottish charities launch campaign to have braille on food packaging

A cohort of Scottish charities have launched a campaign calling for new requirements for braille labelling to be included on the packaging of food...

Inspection technology specialist to launch new training academy

LOMA Systems is set to launch its new training academy later this month in what the company said will deliver a 'much-enhanced' training experience. It...

McLaren Packaging donates boxes to local Warm Hand of Friendship initiative

PORT Glasgow-based McLaren Packaging has donated boxes in support of Inverclyde Council/Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP)’s £130,000 Warm Hand of Friendship initiative. Care packages...

Cullen Packaging owner honoured with top entrepreneur accolade

DAVID MacDonald, owner of Glasgow-based Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging, has been crowned the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2022 UK Transformational Leader. He won the national...

Vegware confirms appointment of new MD

EDINBURGH-based packaging company Vegware has confirmed the appointment of Helen Mathieson as its new managing director. She succeeds the company's founder Joe Frankel, who is...

Spirit of adventure: ‘stunning’ labels boost start-up business

THE Label Makers has revealed details of a project it embarked on with start-up spirits business, the Adventurers Drinks Company, which recently launched its...

New testing lab predicted to speed up food packaging projects

BERRY Superfos has revealed it has established an in-house material testing lab to provide customers with 'fast and reliable' assessment and quality testing of...

Ecoveritas warns of ‘vast unnecessary’ waste created by Black Friday sales

ENVIRONMENTAL compliance data specialist Ecoveritas has urged e-commerce retailers not to overlook the 'vast unnecessary' waste created by Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The organisation...

Macfarlane trading ‘in line with expectations’

GLASGOW-based Macfarlane Group has issued a trading update in which the protective packaging specialist revealed it expects financial results for 2022 to be ahead...

Scottish corrugated packaging business confirms major investment plans

EAST Kilbride-based corrugated packaging specialist Boxshop, a member of the Logson Group, has announced it has embarked on a major investment programme to 'transform'...