All Comment articles – Page 27
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The adhesives sustainability challenge
Prior to the Bostik webinar on March 24th at 15:00 GMT on the role adhesives can play when creating sustainable cardboard packaging for consumer goods, we catch up with speakers Tyler Derus and Pascal Peroni.
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Packaging and Covid-19
The world has watched the spread of the coronavirus largely in a state of powerless concern. As the pandemic unfolds, we ponder the implications for the packaging world.
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An exclusive interview with DS Smith’s new plastics replacement lead
We spoke to Dr. Susana Aucejo about her new role, as well as the challenges and potential presented by fibre-based products.
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Determining the true ROI of robotics
Calculating the total cost and ROI of a robot isn’t straightforward, as Nigel Smith of TM Robotics explains.
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Amazon: Addressing the challenges of e-commerce
In this column, Kim Houchens, director of customer packaging experience at Amazon shares how the company continues to address the specific challenges of e-commerce.
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Researching the pressing packaging issues of today
In times where packaging challenges are becoming ever more complex, a cooperative, multi-faceted approach to finding new solutions is emerging as a promising way forward.
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New study from Mondi suggests brands face losing customers over excessive packaging
Recent research undertaken by leading paper and packaging group, Mondi, sounds a warning bell for excessive packaging.
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Reduction of material usage – a different path to the same goal
As Stefan Scheibel of MULTIVAC argues, might the reduction of materials be a potential solution to the issue of plastic waste?
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The IKEA packaging challenge
Ahead of PACE Packaging and Converting Executive Forum in Vienna on March 11th and March 12th, 2020, we catch up with Allan Dickner, range engineering leader packaging at IKEA.
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Introducing 257F – monta’s reliable splicing tape
monta has developed a splicing tape developed to withstand the physical stress of the thermoforming process.
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New report from Kemira maps out the potential future of food consumption and food packaging
A report commissioned by Kemira discusses four possible future scenarios regarding how we will purchase, package and consume food in Europe in 2030.
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Making shipping more efficient
Ahead of his appearance at the PACE Packaging and Converting Executive forum on March 11th and 12th, 2020 in Vienna, Elisabeth Skoda caught up with Nigel Diment, head of global packaging at Norgine, to find out more.
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Packaging in the Anthropocene
In a world heading towards climate crisis, Packaging Europe’s Tim Sykes calls for a radical reframing of the sustainability agenda.
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The Rapid Interview: "Big innovations often come from surprisingly obvious ideas"
Cedric D’Souza, CTO of AeroFlexx talks disruption, misconceptions, and his view on the limitations of LCAs.
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Primitives uses nature as the inspiration for its sensing, compostable thin film material
We spoke with San-Francisco-based start-up, Primitives, about its compostable bioplastic product that can sense and respond to the environment around it.
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"We need to think laterally and in unusual ways" – a conversation with Garçon Wines
Can Garçon Wines’ novel invention challenge the glass bottle for superiority in a notoriously competitive market?
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How to create Instagram-ready packaging
Robert Lockyer, CEO at Delta Global, argues that brands need to be acutely aware of current Instagram-related trends and themes.
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"Only as much packaging as necessary" – an introduction to banding
Thomas Weber, Content Manager at ATS-Tanner Banding Systems AG puts the case forward for banding as a resource-efficient, sustainable solution to the plastic waste issue.
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Albéa and Colgate launch first recyclable toothpaste tube in Europe
Colgate has just launched its “Smile for Good” toothpaste in Europe in a tube made with HDPE (High-Density Polyethylene), a polymer that is widely used for milk containers and other plastic bottles and is recyclable.
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A holistic approach to sustainable packaging
By using different material and packaging concepts, manufacturers can make an important contribution to meeting current market demands regarding sustainable packaging solutions, according to Danny Köppl of MULTIVAC