Sustainable sweets progress slows
CONFECTIONERS have been urged to redouble their efforts to slim down the packaging around chocolate Easter eggs, after a report in March found that...
A sticky question: wet-glue or self-adhesive labelling?
THERE are many factors to weigh when making the choice between wet-glue or self-adhesive labelling.
Wet-glue (WG) still dominates in the food and beverage world,...
Premium pack takes Grampian design gong
Luxury biscuit brand Mary Steele has been awarded a Grampian Food Forum Innovation Award for its packaging design.
Designed by Edinburgh based creative branding...
Remmerco range wins FPA award
The Food Service Packaging Association (FPA) held its awards in March, including the FPA Product Innovation of the Year Award which went to Remmerco...
In the bag: US awards for flexible pack innovators
THE annual awards of the US-based Flexible Packaging Association in March showcased recent advances in printing, packaging and sustainability for a wide range of...
Scotland set to support standardised packs
SCOTLAND will be the first part of the UK to support standardised packaging for cigarettes.
The announcement in late March is intended to build on...
Shiny new laminator for Smurfit Kappa
CORRUGATED producer Smurfit Kappa has bought a new in-line laminator for its Massa Lombarda plant in Italy.
The company said the new machine was suitable...
“Protein” means healthy on US packs
“PROTEIN” is the buzzword being used to sell many kinds of foods in the US at the moment, reported The Wall Street Journal in...
Latin pulp plans to have wide-reaching impact
SIGNIFICANT capacity expansion plans in South America are set to add between 20 and 30 million metric tons of chemical pulp to the global...
Smoke alarm package changes buyer behaviour
A new way of packaging a smoke alarm was discussed at the Packaging Innovations conference in February, in a presentation on how packaging can...
