OPRL awards ‘Recycle’ label to seaweed-based packaging

A start-up business in Wales has become the first company to use the OPRL ‘Recycle’ label for seaweed-based packaging. PlantSea’s packaging comes in a range...

Avery Dennison launches landmark decorative linerless solutions

AT Labelexpo Europe 2023, Avery Dennison will launch AD LinrSave and AD LinrConvert – described as the first generation of decorative linerless solutions enabled...

New labelling solution found to meet customer need

DENNY Bros has announced the launch of a new labelling solution, which came about following dialogue with a customer. The Print and Protect is a...
Colin Harbinson (operations director, First Labels) and Zenna Parfaniuk (MD, The Label Makers)

The Label Makers completes acquisition of First Choice Labels

THE Label Makers has completed the acquisition of Redcar-based First Choice Labels. The move, which brings together two specialists in the self-adhesive label market, is...

Avery Dennison makes plastic pallet commitment with new partnership

AVERY Dennison Labels and Packaging Materials (LPM) has announced a new partnership with Tosca, a specialist in reusable plastic packaging and pooling solutions for...
Linerless print and apply labelling system

Cobalt Systems unveils new linerless print and apply range

COBALT Systems, a manufacturer of print and apply labelling systems and barcode solutions integrator, has announced the launch of its new NEXUS20 linerless print...

Macfarlane completes sale of labels division to Reflex Group

MACFARLANE Group has announced the sale of Macfarlane Labels Limited and its subsidiaries, Macfarlane Group Ireland (Labels & Packaging) Limited and Macfarlane Group Sweden...

Packaging’s data evolution: from simple wrapper to sophisticated data carrier

The concept of product packaging has evolved from humble beginnings as a plain, loose wrapper, to a sophisticated, branded and data-marked means of providing...

The evolution of product coding for brand protection

By Steve Tallant, director, market development, at Markem-Imaje THE barcode – a ubiquitous mark on almost all products, in every region of the world. Since...

Sainsbury’s says label change could stop millions of food products going to waste

THE removal of best before dates on the packaging of a raft of Sainsbury's fresh produce could save up to 17 million food products...