All Comment articles – Page 48
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ArticleHigh Performance Lubricants for Corrugators
At Anuga FoodTec, ExxonMobil introduced Mobil SHC™ Grease 462 PF, an advanced NSF H1 registered high temperature synthetic lubricant for the food and beverage and packaging sectors.
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ArticleFood Safety: Keeping Damaging Influences Out
Packaging is indispensable to ensure the shelf life of food products. It protects the product from damaging influences and prevents the development of microbes that are harmful to health.
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ArticleCost-effective Vacuum Technology in Food Packaging
In the first part of a series of articles, Uli Merkle, head of marketing services at Busch Dienste GmbH in Germany, explores the benefits of vacuum technology in the food packaging industry.
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ArticleHow to Capitalise on the Street Food Movement
Colpac shares some tips on how packaging can help make the most of the growing street food movement.
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ArticleWill It Make the Boat Go Faster?
The Digital Nomad encourages us to have a look at the small marginal gains that can add up to make a significant difference. There's never a bad time to make positive changes but make sure those changes are right for our business and clients
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ArticleProtecting the Product
John Wolf, Sealed Air Vice President of Strategic Fulfilment Solutions, talks about the important role air can play to keep products safe during transit.
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ArticleSUPRAVIS GROUP ADDRESSES THE SUSTAINABILITY DEBATE
As the debate about plastics rages on, packaging producer Supravis weighs in with a big-picture overview of the environmental challenges facing the industry today and the important role of multilayer films in addressing them.
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Article‘A Long Journey Ahead’
Amid a recent flurry of headlines around plastic packaging waste, Antalis has welcomed the transition towards sustainable, compostable packaging.
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ArticleFesto White Paper Offers Practical Tips for Industry 4.0 Implementation
Companies are beginning to appreciate and embrace the concept of industrial digitalisation and the potential it offers to improve production efficiencies, reduce cost and be more responsive to customer demands.
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Full Traceability Increases Product Protection
Thanks to extensive measures taken to ensure their quality and hygiene, paper sacks offer optimum product protection for the packaging of powdered products like flour, starch, baking mixes or powdered milk.
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ArticleEfficient acceleration
Products today are developed, manufactured and introduced to the market faster than ever before.
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ArticleIdentifying solutions based on root causes, not symptoms
In the efforts to end the leakage of plastics into the environment it is important to analyse the root causes of the problem rather than working on the symptoms, argues Patricia Vangheluwe of PlasticsEurope.
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ArticleA Point of Friction: The Argument for Independent Cart Technologies
As the IIoT gains ground in manufacturing all around the world, the case for new, improved motion solutions grows with it. One motion technology offers huge improvements in throughput and efficiency while reducing downtime, change-overs and wastage.
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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.