All Comment articles – Page 43
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ArticleThe Recyclate Initiative - a Best Practice Example at FachPack
Immo Sander, Head of Packaging Development at Werner & Mertz, highlights the Recycling Initiative's sustainable packaging solutions at Fachpack.
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ArticleThe efficiency challenge
Eric Hiser, VP technical at ISTA explains how packaging testing is evolving to replicate ever-changing supply chain hazards.
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Article"Consumers Want at Least 50% Recycled Content in their Bottles"
New research by Veolia reveals that the vast majority of people - 93%, think plastic bottles should contain recycled content and most are also willing to pay an average of 2.5p more for it.
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ArticleA Bold design communicates with the consumer
Carlos Román, Bold’s Creative Copywriter, talks us through the concept that won Bold a Platinum Pentaward this year, with its fresh approach to shelf appeal.
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ArticleA new dimension of digital printing
Velox Ltd.'s proprietary DTS-Inkjet technology, based on uniquely formulated inks and dedicated deposition architecture, introduces an entirely new approach to digital printing.
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ArticleThe Business Case for Green Packaging: 6 points on sustainability, the circular economy & plastic waste
Ahead of FachPack one of Germany's leading packaging voices, Dr Thomas Reiner (chair of the dvi, CEO of Berndt+ Partner and 2018 Sustainability Awards judge), speaks to Elisabeth Skoda about the environmental challenges facing the industry
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ArticleFocus on Sustainability as Packaging Considerations Evolve over the Last 30 Years
An independent industry survey has revealed that advances in manufacturing has had the biggest influence on packaging over the last 30 years, but sustainability will be key to future trends.
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ArticleMovement for packaging artists
Starting from the dosing and packaging or filling of the product up to the palletizing of large packaging units, modern packaging lines integrate multiple work stations, whose specific tasks are fulfilled in a modular manner by separate machines.
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ArticleThe Problem of Shipping Empty Space
Over a third (34%) of global retail business leaders admit that the packages they ship worldwide are at least double the size of the actual product inside, a global study by DS Smith has revealed.
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ArticleAxion debates targets for recycled content in food packaging need care
Setting minimum targets for recycled content in food packaging may sound like a good idea, but could lead to overall less efficient use of resources if material types and their applications are not carefully considered, cautions Richard McKinlay
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Article24 Finalists Compete for the Top Sustainable Packaging Accolades
Packaging Europe has announced the top four submissions in each of the six categories of the Sustainability Awards 2018, as judged by the seventeen-strong, independent jury representing the breadth of the European packaging value chain.
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ArticleRetaining brand image in eco-friendly packaging
Amid increased consumer demand for more streamlined and sustainable packaging, manufacturers face the challenge of creating solutions that retain brand recognition while producing less waste.
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ArticleWarriors for Good
Anthem Benelux takes a look at a selection of brands who it deems worthy of hero status as warriors for good.
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ArticleSwitching Key Suppliers: a Ten-Step Plan
As the problems recently suffered by KFC and DHL have highlighted, changing key suppliers can be a risky business. Joe Hebblewhite from LPR (La Palette Rouge), a specialist pallet pooling company, offers some advice on getting it right.
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ArticleEco-Design for High End Packaging Using MultiJet 3D Printing
Michael Norkitis, project manager at 3D Systems, talks about the possibilities and benefits of 3D printing in packaging, and the technology's sustainability benefits.
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ArticleCoca-Cola’s Sustainable Packaging Strategy – One Year On
One year ago, Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) and Coca-Cola GB (CCGB) presented their Sustainable Packaging Strategy. Elisabeth Skoda finds out from CCEP’s Head of Sustainability, Nick Brown, if the company is on track.
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ArticlePackaging Instead of Printing
More and more people are getting their information from the Internet instead of printed newspapers, magazines and brochures; increasingly, they are also ordering products online.
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ArticleBin Picking in Manufacturing
For processors, one of the most promising industrial internet of things (IIoT) tools is the vision system. Combining a 3D camera with vision software and a robot arm enables facilities to automate bin picking.
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ArticleDSCSA: The Time Has Come to Act
Thierry Protas, Global Pharma Director at Videojet Technologies, looks at the importance of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) legislation, the looming 2018 cut off point for compliance, and how coding and marking is a key consideration.
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ArticleTechnological Solutions for Ecological Challenges
Increasing urbanization, smaller household sizes and an ageing population are fundamentally changing the expectations for food and pharmaceutical packaging.