Kirkcaldy firm helps customers to ‘save more and waste less’

KIRKCALDY-headquartered Kwikpac is investing heavily in its website after seeing online sales quadruple since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak. The packaging materials and machinery...

Young designers tasked with creating innovative glass packs

A new competition will offer design students and designers under the age of 30 a chance to design using innovative glass packaging decoration. The O-I:...

New film offers ‘improved thermal resistance and shrinkage properties’

INNOVIA Films has announced it is launching a new film in its Propafilm range of transparent speciality packaging films. CHS is described as offering 'improved' thermal...

Markem-Imaje launches new solution for coding porous boxes

Marking and printing manufacturer Markem-Imaje has launched a new solution for coding porous boxes – the 4500. The 4500 coder offers “intuitive, simple and cost-effective”...

Awards finalists to be announced at online event

THE finalists in seven categories of this year's Plastics Recycling Awards Europe will be announced during a livestream event on Tuesday 15 June. The keynote...

Waitrose unveils new recycled strawberry packs

WAITROSE has unveiled new 80% recycled packaging for its British strawberries range in a move which it says will eliminate 16.89 tonnes of plastic...

DS Smith extends recycling partnership with local authority

DS Smith has announced a renewed partnership to manage around 7,000 tonnes of paper and card for recycling from Reigate & Banstead Borough Council...

Applications open for £7.3m scheme to support Scottish food & drink producers

APPLICATIONS can now be made to a fund aimed at supporting Scottish food and drink suppliers and producers to invest in future growth. A total...

Ewing toasts good health of industry

ENTERPRISE minster Fergus Ewing raised a glass to Scotland’s thriving whisky industry when he toasted the success of one of the country’s distillers. The BenRiach...

Waste materials from cannabis could be made into packaging

RESEARCHERS at Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) have found that waste materials from wood and hemp biomass can be processed into sustainable foams for packaging. The team,...