All Comment articles – Page 44
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ArticleSustainability 4.0
As every engineer is taught, ‘what you can measure, you can manage’. In an age of smart manufacturing, there’s an opportunity to leverage information to improve the environmental footprint of CPG – according to Rockwell Automation’s Marcel Woiton.
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ArticleNew Developments in Sustainable Flexible Packaging
Innovation is an activity that drives sustainability – and sustainability provides a set of goals guiding innovation, according to Mondi, who discuss the task of building a sustainable flexibles portfolio
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ArticleInternet of Things: Connecting Through Metal Packaging
Didier Sourisseau, President of Crown Europe examines how metal packaging is embracing the Internet of Things, bringing new benefits to brands and consumers alike.
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ArticleBuilding our New Normal: On-Pack Recycling Label
The On-Pack Recycling Label delivers consistent recycling information on retailer & brand packaging, making it simpler for consumers to recycle more material, more often. Stuart Lendrum shares his vision for the initiative as it gains momentum
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ArticleRecycling 2.0
In the second of our series of interviews with sponsors of the Sustainability Awards 2018, Günter Stephan, head of circular economy at Borealis, shares with Tim Sykes his vision for helping realise circularity in plastics.
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ArticleThe ovenable packaging market is heating up
Elisabeth Skoda explores recent innovations in the area of ovenable and microwavable packaging, speaking with Toby Cottam and Simon Balderson, managing directors respectively of Terinex and Sirane.
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Article‘Packaging design is cultural anthropology’
Professor Marianne Klimchuk of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) has made a career out of thinking deeply about the dialogue between packaging and society – and passing it on to the next generation of designers.
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ArticleBeyond the Removal of Black Carbon Pigments
Colour Tone, (stand A009), PDM 2018, 19th-20th June 2018, is urging producers and retailers to look beyond the removal of carbon black pigments if they are to help optimise the detection and sorting of non-clear plastics packaging for recycling.
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ArticleWorld Cup of Packaging
As planet earth awaits the FIFA World Cup™ in Russia, brand owners prepare to monetise consumer engagement with promotional product runs. A short video on packaging around the world inspired by the festival of football
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FEFCO on Corrugated: "the perfect circular solution for a sustainable economy"
FEFCO, the association representing the European corrugated board industry, makes the sustainability argument for paper-based packaging.
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ArticleWorking toward packaging that doesn't cost the earth
In the first of a series of interviews with the sponsors of the Sustainability Awards 2018, Georg Müller-Hof, VP marketing, introduces Avery Dennison’s sustainability vision to Packaging Europe.
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ArticleWelcome to the future
Chinese online retail giant JD.com, world leader in AI & high-tech delivery using drones, robots & autonomous technology, is set to introduce its e-commerce model to the rest of the world. Lori Chao shares JD's futuristic vision with Tim Sykes
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ArticleSustainability‘s Race to the Top
Our panel of wonderful judges will spend the summer analysing and grading the 108 entries to this year’s Sustainability Awards. Here some of the judges share their perspectives on the initiative and on sustainability in general.
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ArticleBig Potential from Small Bottles
Allied Glass explores the benefits that small bottles can bring to brands by meeting consumer needs.
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European Bioplastics: Directive on Reduction of Single-use Plastic Products Remains Vague on Sustainable Alternatives
The European Commission presented an ambitious new Directive to tackle marine litter by introducing a number of measures including reduction and restriction of selected single-use plastic products.
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ArticleImplementing Industry 4.0 in Packaging
Dan Rossek, Marketing Manager Omron UK, talks about different ways of integrating Industry 4.0 in packaging lines and the benefits this could bring.
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VDMA: Food processing machines and packaging machines are in high demand
In 2017, the production of food processing and packaging machinery rose by 4.8 percent to a record level of more than 14 billion euros. The prospects for the current year remain positive.
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ArticleExport packaging: travel insurance for global freight transport
Transport packaging is a cornerstone of global trade: Without boxes, pallets or corrugated board, freight transport would come to a standstill.
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ArticleMaking the Case for Plastics Packaging
Gary Buchalter, Innovations Director, RPC bpi protec, warns against demonising plastic packaging and writes about the potential benefits plastics packaging can have to cut food waste.
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ArticleWorking towards a Sustainable Packaging Revolution
The global movement to highlight the enduring environmental and potential health impacts of plastics has kick-started wide-ranging programmes to reduce use and improve recyclability of single-use plastics