Plastic fantastic for award-winning eco designs
ENERGY efficiency initiatives, eco-friendly packaging designs and innovative materials re-use featured strongly amongst the winning entries for this year’s Plastics Industry Awards (PIAs).
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Task force to assist Scottish research
FOLLOWING the referendum, a new task force is to consider the challenges and opportunities with a bearing on the future of the Scottish research...
In-flight boxes ticked
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has recently introduced a new food box made of the folding box board Incada.
Outlining the important factors in selecting packaging for...
White paper clarifies MAP quality assurance
A new white paper addresses quality assurance aspects of modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) for food processing applications. It is available for free download.
Co-authored...
Digital print experts convene in Düsseldorf
ESMA’s inaugural The Inkjet Conference™ (www.theijc.com) was held in early October in Neuss, Düsseldorf. Sponsored by Drupa, the event was described by one attendee,...
Futher PET bottle material savings with line heater
THE beverage industry wants ever lighter PET bottles which also remain stable and ensure the quality of their products. With its line heater KHS...
Food fraud: Sizing up the threat
All eyes are on the food industry following a year of damaging press and increasing reports of fraud and inauthentic produce. Packaging Scotland looks...
Extra push for plastic packaging recycling
EARLY September saw the launch of a national plastics recycling campaign, Pledge 4 Plastics. Led by Recoup (see article above), the initiative is a...
A few highlights from the PPMA awards
A total of 13 award categories were recognised by an independent panel at this year’s PPMA Group Industry Awards on 30 September at the...
Chemicals in plastics
THE BPF is pleased to announce that ‘Chemicals in Plastics’ will take place on 23rd October 2014 at the BPF House in London and...
