All Comment articles – Page 37
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When it Comes to Packaging, Less (Information) is More for Luxury Brands
In response to demands to include more detail on Duty Free product packing, Nikki Fisher, head of staffing at Blackjack Promotions outlines a complementary way to convey complex information to customers in an accessible and easy way: face to face.
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ArticleAxion: Industry Needs a Recycling Solution for PP Films
With research showing that polypropylene (PP) film is readily recyclable, industry needs to plan a viable solution to recover the 100,000 tonnes of this packaging material put on the market every year in the UK, urges Axiom.
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ArticleThe Momentum of Metal Cans
Kathryn Fox, Global Marketing Manager at Videojet Technologies, looks at the continued rise in the use of metal packaging and the coding and marking challenges it presents
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ArticleDoes Hot Melt Tamper Evidence Raise the Bar for Pharma?
Ahead of next month's FMD deadline, Spanish pharma giant Cinfa and Valco Melton talk to Packaging Europe about the merits of using hot melt technology to meet tamper evidence requirements
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ArticleSurvey Highlights the Opportunities and Challenges of Digitisation in the Food Industry
Many food manufacturers consider digitisation will have a huge role to play in the future of the food sector – but the majority still see a number of hurdles that need to be overcome in order to maximise the opportunity.
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ArticleThe Long Road to Carbon-Neutral Paper
On the occasion of the official completion of the first phase of the PROVIDES project, Bernard de Galembert, CEPI’s innovation director, tells Packaging Europe about the progress of CEPI’s 2050 roadmap.
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ArticleTöpfer Kulmbach Sees Bright Future with hubergroup Cradle to Cradle Certified Inks
Located in Kulmbach, Germany, Töpfer Kulmbach has specialized in the production of labels and packaging for the international beverage industry for 100 years.
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ArticlePharmaceutical packaging – what to expect in 2019
Pharmaceutical packaging is an industry going from strength to strength and its shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, by 2025 the market is expected to be worth $128 billion.
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ArticleReducing recalls of biologics through manufacturing standards
Biologics and biosimilars are drugs which emerged a few decades ago and are now stepping into the pharmaceutical spotlight in a big way.
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ArticleSIG's 'Consumer-Centric Journey': From Ideas to Innovation
True innovation isn’t something that happens overnight. And it isn’t something that always comes from a flash of brilliance.
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ArticleSeven Challenges for Packaging Production and what they mean for Printers and Converters
The printing and converting industry for packaging production across labels, flexible packaging, folding carton and corrugated boards is undergoing a massive transformation. It is important for all converters to understand the main challenges ahead.
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ArticleBusinesses must prepare for significant compliance scheme reporting changes in 2019
The new year brings a number of changes to environmental compliance reporting schemes across the EU, potentially leaving unaware firms at risk of fines and incurring financial penalties as high as €200,000, says Lorax Compliance.
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ArticleNovel Packaging for Extending Shelf Life
A report published by PreScouter, Inc. explored a selection of the most innovative recent developments in novel packaging for the purposes of extending shelf life.
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ArticleSmithers Pira Launches New European Packaging Landscape Study in Association with Packaging Europe
Smithers Pira and Packaging Europe, both leaders in their markets, have pooled their shared industry knowledge and insight to produce The European Packaging Competitive Landscape: Strategic Forecasts to 2023.
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ArticlePodcast: Circularity and the Label Industry
Avery Dennison hosts a round table discussing the challenges around recycling in the label industry. Featuring Corey Reardon (AWA), Vincent Mooij (SUEZ circpack) and Jenny Wassenaar & Pascale Wautelet of Avery Dennison. Tim Sykes moderates
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ArticleUK Waste Strategy Requires Packaging Producers Pay Costs of Recycling
Businesses will pay the full cost of recycling or disposing of their packaging waste, under a major new UK Government strategy unveiled by the Environment Secretary today.
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ArticleRecyclable Doesn’t Always Mean Recycled: Why Material Choice is Key
Pick up most plastic packaging and the chances are you’ll see the word ‘recyclable’ on it, but an important point to consider in the plastics debate is that that the phrase ‘recyclable’ doesn’t necessarily always mean it will be recycled.
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ArticleTalking Bioplastics in the Year of the Plastics Strategy
“Biomass is the key ingredient that a plastics circular economy must rely on.” Tim Sykes reports on a European Bioplastics conference that was preoccupied with issues around end of life.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Rockwell Automation
Sustainability Awards 2018 sponsor Rockwell Automation explains how harnessing the efficiencies from automation and the data from connected machines can drive improvements in the environmental performance of plants, supply chains and enterprises
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ArticleConvenience is Key to a Successful Deposit Return Scheme in the UK
Plastics Recycling Charity, RECOUP, has undertaken consumer insight research to understand a range of considerations for a Deposit Return Scheme in the UK.