Scots firm goes for gold at packaging awards

A Lanarkshire-based labelling firm has won a prestigious award at the recent DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation. Insignia Technologies, which develops labelling technology to detect...

Packaging firm co-founder up for top award

The co-founder of Lancashire-based reusable transit packaging support provider Packaging Services Europe (PSE) has been nominated for a top business award. Jane Gorick is in...

Beatson Clark makes mini Vimto bottles for Middle East market

British soft drink Vimto has been made available to consumers in the Middle East in special miniature bottles designed and manufactured by UK glass...

Glass tops class in food safety and recycling survey

More than half of UK consumers want food and drink in glass packaging, according to a recently published survey. The independent survey, which was commissioned...

Packaging Scotland turns 30!

1987 was the year Margaret Thatcher secured a third term in office, Three Men and a Baby topped the box office and stock markets...

CPI puts forward policy asks of new government

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has released a position paper in which is puts forward five key policy asks of the new government. The...

APEAL backs report into reducing food waste

APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, has welcomed a European Parliament report on reducing food waste and improving safety The report, titled...

Putting the posh in popcorn packaging

SAICA Pack has completed a total rebrand of Tyrells shelf ready packaging (SRP) for its Poshcorn popcorn range. The entire portfolio of products in the...

interpack 2017 posts record international attendance

interpack 2017 recently wrapped up in Düsseldorf and it has now been announced that almost three quarters of the approximately 170,500 visitors travelled to...

Plastique cleans up with modern facility

PROMOTIONAL FEATURE OVER the last  four decades, Plastique has worked with Europe’s leading multinationals to manufacture innovative thermoformed packaging, engineered to maximise revenue, reduce cost...