All Comment articles – Page 48
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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.
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ArticleDon’t Fear the Beard: Coding and Marking in the Male Grooming Sector
Michael McCormick, Global Marketing Manager for the Cosmetics, Personal and Homecare sectors at Videojet Technologies, looks at the effect the popularity of male grooming products has had on manufacturers in terms of coding and marking.
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Article3D printers revolutionise pharmaceutical packaging and delivery
As a designer and manufacturer of pharmaceutical packaging and delivery systems, West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. has fully embraced 3D print technology.
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Top Five Trends in Enterprise Labeling
Globalisation and digital technologies are changing businesses, especially as companies look to find new ways to amplify growth and expand into new markets.
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ArticleUnique Device Identification: Make your Mark
Arthur Smith, Global Marketing Manager for Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices at Videojet Technologies, looks at how coding and marking plays a key role in the medical device industry through the use of Unique Device Identification (UDI).
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ArticleThe Ideal Atmosphere for Drugs
Before market introduction, a new pharmaceutical product must undergo a number of approval processes. These not only concern the new drug, but also its packaging.
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ArticleManifesto: ‘Packaging must lead way to a more integrated approach’
Stuart Lendrum (former head of packaging at Sainsbury's) presents his vision for a packaging industry that needs to show leadership in facing the sustainability challenge
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Complexity and Functionality Drive Label Development, Reports FINAT RADAR
Prime labels are becoming increasingly complex and non-prime labels are becoming increasingly functional. They are among the key trends dominating the label industry according to the latest FINAT RADAR.
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ArticleAre biodegradable plastics better for the environment?
Plastics are indispensable in many areas of our modern lives, yet questions over the material’s sustainability are rarely out of the headlines these days.
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ArticleExploring the Norwegian Model
Tracy Sutton, renowned consultant in circular economy packaging design and founder of Root, reports on her recent field trip to study Norway’s waste management systems.