Spirit Label Solutions invests £5m in new facility near Glasgow Airport
FIVE Scottish print industry specialists have launched Spirit Label Solutions, a new premium spirit label production company.
In response to growing demand from the craft...
PFAS-free packaging is a cause for Celebration
FOODSERVICE packaging specialist Celebration Packaging has warned that man-made ‘forever chemicals’ called PFAS (per – and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are likely to become a growing...
Automation, technology and cost pressures will take centre stage in 2024
2023 was a testing year for the packaging industry with skills and labour challenges prevalent across the sector and continued uncertainty and delays plaguing...
Benefits of outsourcing are ‘immeasurable’
Emma Verkaik was appointed CEO of the BCMPA – the Association for Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Fulfilment & Logistics, in May 2023. Here, she tells...
Variety is the spice of life for Scottish contract packer
CONTRACT packing specialist RESCU Solutions is gearing up for growth after investing heavily in its Eurocentral HQ to increase capacity.
The business, which has predominantly...
Smurfit Kappa named as early adopter of TNFD recommendations
SMURFIT Kappa Group has announced it is one of the first companies to adopt the recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).
The...
Pringles unveils new ‘designed for recycling’ tube
THE Pringles tube has been given a sustainable redesign with its metal bottom replaced with a paper fibre-based alternative.
Kellanova Europe worked with paperboard container...
SEE launches paper-based food packaging to reduce plastic usage
SEE has developed a new paper-based bottom web to support food processors and retailers reduce plastic usage and meet consumer demand for paper packaging.
The...
Storopack unveils new paper cushion system
STOROPACK has revealed that its new PAPERplus Shooter³ paper cushion system can process up to 160m of recycled paper a minute and create cushions...
OPRL MD to head EPR scheme
OPRL managing director Dr Margaret Bates has been appointed head for the UK Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) for Packaging scheme administrator.
She will take up...
