All Comment articles – Page 34
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ArticleBeyond the box – the future of packaging
Boxes that vanish, electrics that turn cases into power sources for iPads and shape changing materials are just some of the ways packaging is predicted to reinvent itself as soon as the next decade.
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ArticlePackaging for pets
The pet food market has mirrored trends across CPG over recent years, with new opportunities for packaging to add value. Bernard Meunier of Nestlé Purina shared his story of sustainability, premiumisation and digitisation with (cat owner) Tim Sykes
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ArticleAre global food packaging brands committed to ditching single-use plastic?
As the world’s relationship with plastic is being radically redefined, academics at the University of Surrey investigate bold new food packaging pledges made by some of the world’s most prominent brands.
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ArticleVideo: Sustainable Packaging Summit 2019 - part 1
In the first part of the Sustainable Packaging Summit 2019, Gian De Belder introduces P&G's Ambition 2030 and the 'HolyGrail' project, investigating the potential of digital watermarking to revolutionise plastic packaging sorting and recycling
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ArticleA game-changer for digital print?
As the digitally printed packaging market hesitates to go fully mainstream, a potentially disruptive option for market entry has been quietly establishing itself. Tim Sykes investigates Memjet's low cost / high quality proposition
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ArticleIndustrial Scale Sustainability
Trade in bulk and industrial products tends to be invisible and intangible to wider society, and this perhaps explains the lack of media attention to its environmental impacts relative to those of consumer packaged goods.
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ArticlePackaging as a ‘lighthouse’
Elisabeth Skoda caught up with Kim Cheng, managing director at the German Packaging Institute (dvi) and talked about the ongoing packaging sustainability debate from a German perspective.
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ArticleA smart way to reduce food waste
According to research by the SAVE FOOD initiative, around one third of food produced for human consumption every year worldwide - approximately 1.3 billion tonnes - is wasted.
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ArticleMoving from intention to action by setting clear sustainable packaging goals
Tristanne Davis, Senior Manager, Sustainable Packaging Coalition, looks at how setting corporate sustainability goals can help demonstrate your company's commitment to addressing the climate crisis.
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ArticleWhy retail needs to bring their online service in-line with the instore experience
As 21.7% of the world’s population – that’s 2.14 billion people – are expected to buy online by 2021, the CEO of a global luxury packaging company has said there needs to be a ‘synergy’ between eCommerce and in-store packaging
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ArticleThe promising dance of sustainability and convenience
The global mega trend for greater convenience shows no sign of slowing down, while the growing understanding for the need for sustainable solutions across FMCG brands is increasingly both a legal and an emotional requirement.
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ArticleWhen sustainability and performance go hand-in-hand
Christina Normann Christensen, Product & Application Manager, Non-Food, Palsgaard A/S, shares how Palsgaard’s involvement in a UN initiative helped it create an innovative antifog solution for food packaging.
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ArticleIs your brand ready to meet Amazon’s packaging deadline?
For Amazon vendors and sellers, time is running out to meet the online retailer’s Frustration-Free Packaging (FFP) standard, before they’re hit with financial penalties.
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ArticleConsumer-led convenience – meeting millennial needs
Mark Shaw, new product development manager at Parkside, talks to us exclusively about how millennials are paving the way for consumer-focused packaging in today's markets.
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ArticleFinalist interviews: P&G discusses sustainable design in detergent sector
The countdown is on for the live Sustainability Awards 2019 ceremony, where we will unveil the worthy winners of the most prestigious sustainability competition for packaging innovation.
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ArticleFinalist interviews: popular packaging talks Globe Soap and sustainability strategies
We explore the 25 standout solutions that made it to the finals of the Sustainability Awards, handpicked by our independent, expert judging panel.
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ArticleShrink sleeve label design: Considerations for reducing distortion
By Marsha Frydrychowski of Resource Label Group, a leading full-service label manufacturer with locations throughout the U.S. and in Canada.
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ArticleThe Rapid Interview with SN Maschinenbau
Olaf Clemens, owner and CEO of SN Maschinenbau, is the first to step into the hot seat of the new Packaging Europe Rapid Interview, where we pose fundamental questions to uncover often surprising answers.
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ArticleHow to reduce packaging waste in the catering industry
John Haken, director at W.F. Denny, discusses the problem of packaging waste in the catering industry and asks what businesses can do to address this.
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ArticlePodcast: Nestlé, collaboration, innovation & CEFLEX
Tim Sykes talks to Nestlé's Sokhna Gueye about the brand owner's sustainability challenges, the value chain collaborations and innovation required to meet them, and her experiences as an active participant in the CEFLEX project.