Richard Heard

A laser focus on safety in marking and coding

Richard Heard, senior manager at Donaldson, a specialist in filtration products and solutions, tells Packaging Scotland about the safety issues for packaging manufacturers when...
Baker Labels team at Labelexpo

Bakers invests over £1 million in new tech at Labelexpo Europe

BAKER Labels committed to over £1 million in new technology investments during Labelexpo Europe 2025 in Barcelona last week. The Brentwood-based label and packaging manufacturer...

‘Breakthrough’ innovation enables rigid plastic recycling across film portfolio

AVERY Dennison has announced it has removed a 'key obstacle' to plastic recycling with the introduction of next generation AD CleanFlake technology. The label manufacturer...

Making the switch to greener alcohol packs

Stefano Pistoni, senior business development manager of wine, spirits & beverage at UPM Raflatac, discusses how the firm is working with alcoholic beverage companies...

Recycling efforts and collaboration earn Raben and Reganta 2023 RafCycle Award

UPM Raflatac has crowned Raben and Reganta as the winners of the RafCycle Award at Labelexpo Europe 2023 in Brussels. The award was presented in...
Luxury labels from MYTHOS project

Collaborative project represents ‘new benchmark in luxury label design’

FINISHING equipment manufacturer A B Graphic International (ABG) has joined forces with Tomlinson, ALDUS API Transfer Technologies, Berkshire Labels, and Studio Parr to produce...

DataLase awarded funding for label-free plastic bottle project

DATALASE has been awarded funding from Innovate UK for the firm's label-free plastic bottle project. The photonic printing solutions specialist said that plastic labels are...

Brands urged to make use of vegan and vegetarian symbols

ONE in three UK shoppers look for an on-pack vegetarian or vegan symbol when trying to work out whether or not a product is...
PicoJet series

Dantex ‘setting new benchmarks’ in digital UV inkjet market

DANTEX has announced plans to launch a range of new developments in its Pico series at Labelexpo Europe 2025. The firm will introduce a series...

Study shows almost half of alcohol brands voluntarily carry calorie information on labels

ALMOST half (46%) of alcoholic drinks from 'leading' UK brands carry calorie information on labels, an alcohol trade group has revealed. Portman Group carried out...