All Comment articles – Page 46
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Article'Imagine if we had thousands of Colosseums!' - on the need for reality-based design
Arco Berkenbosch, Smurfit Kappa’s VP, Innovation and Development, speaks to Libby White and Tim Sykes about the importance of factoring in realistic end-of-life scenarios when designing packaging for sustainability.
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ArticlePack the Future
The Museum of Brands opened a new display to the public on Thursday 22nd February 2018, Pack the Future, focussing on the topic of sustainable packaging.
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ArticleHOW SUSTAINABILITY COMPLEMENTS THE DESIGN PROCESS
Sustainability has always been a key factor in plastic packaging design and new techniques are now ensuring it is even more at the heart of the process, explains Brian Lodge, RPC design manager.
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Robots in the Food Industry: The Cobots are Coming
A new generation of robots is on the verge of making the breakthrough in the food and beverage industry: the cobots.
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ArticleFood waste: at the convergence of technology and structure
Toine Timmermans is one of Europe’s leading authorities on food waste. Ahead of his appearance at NVC’s Forum Resource Efficiency at Anuga Foodtec, Toine shared his insights on the barriers, opportunities and role of packaging with Tim Sykes.
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ArticleTomorrow’s World: Pack to the Future
David Jahn, director at packaging automation specialist Brillopak, examines how robotics can help food manufacturers and packhouses to seize the opportunities presented by disruptive packaging trends.
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ArticleChemical Recycling 101
Breaking apart LEGO bricks, unbaking a cake… The use of metaphors reflects the fact that chemical recycling is a poorly understood concept in the margins of mainstream debate about plastic waste. Three experts spoke to Tim Sykes about its potential.
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ArticleCost-Effective Innovation in Design
Innovation is often perceived as a process that results in high capital expenditure, long lead times, production disruption and considerable uncertainty. In many instances this couldn’t be further from the truth – according to Guy Harrison of Touch.
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Experts Warn of Rising Paper Prices in Face of Shortage
Packaging industry researchers are warning of a global shortage of paper and increased prices in the face of rising demand.
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Sustainability at risk? ‘Brands must take a holistic view of the packaging life cycle to meet environmental targets’
A study exploring the importance of sustainability in packaging has revealed some worrying statistics that demonstrate the potentially misguided view held by a number of brand owners and retailers across Europe
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ArticleThe Challenge to Packaging
Louise Edge, senior oceans campaigner for Greenpeace UK, sets out the environmentalist challenge to packaging.
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ArticleInspection on the Line: Quality Control for Packaging
The food and nutrition industry is facing increasingly stringent requirements relating to product quality and safety. Extensive regulations govern the legislative rules that manufacturers must currently meet.
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ArticleSerialisation: the Global Brand Owner's Perspective
Angus Freeman, head of packaging lifecycle management at GSK, discusses with Tim Sykes how serialisation looks in the context of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies.
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Anuga FoodTec - Making Sure Food is Safe with Modern Packing and Test Methods
The demands in food are high. Only companies that master and check the packing process get safe products. Whether deficiencies in the packing material, filling material residuals in the heat-sealed seam or foreign bodies.
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ArticleEver Changing Expectations to Drive Packaging Innovation
Brumotactillophobia is the fear of different foods touching on the same plate, viewed by food psychologists as a hangover from childhood fussy eating.
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ArticlePlastics Debate: "Investment in Recycling and Consumer Education is Key"
“Whilst industry can always do more, investment in improved recycling and consumer education has to be the way forward” says Paul Glover, Commercial Technical Director of Skymark, one of the UK’s leading independent flexible packaging manufacturers.
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ArticleTrends in Prefilled Drug Delivery Devices
Modern patients want therapies that are effective and convenient to take. Someone who needs a medicine daily is more likely to comply with the treatment if the drug in question is easy to administer in the comfort of their own home.
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ArticleNew Holography Keeps Packaging Fresh
Technological advances push holograms forward for packaging applications, says Manoj Kochar, chair of the International Hologram Manufacturers Association, who looks at the latest eye-catching - and award-winning - developments.
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ArticleThe Packaging Equilibrium
Eric Hiser, vice president of ISTA, the International Safe Transit Association, talks about finding the right balance in packaging.
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Stand-Up Pouch Valves Market to Cross USD 900mn by 2024
Global Stand-Up Pouch Valves Market to exceed USD 900 million by 2024; according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc.