All Comment articles – Page 52
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ArticleKeeping an eye on the line – innovation in inspection technology
Inspection technology plays a vital part in the packaging industry to prevent on-pack errors or contamination, which could result in high costs and damage to brands.
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ArticleA CMO's View of Serialisation
As a leading Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation, Recipharm has had to grapple with the demands of serialisation in terms of its own needs and those of its customers and their supply chains. Erik Haeffler speaks to Packaging Europe
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ArticleAutomation Perspectives
“Good things happen when we combine the potential of automation with the imagination of people,” remarked Blake Moret, president and CEO of Rockwell Automation, speaking at the opening of the 2017 edition of the annual Automation Fair in Houston.
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ArticlePlastic Moulders Battle Cap and Wrap Rage
Often cited as one of modern life’s greatest frustrations, cap and wrap rage affects all ages, with the prising open of tightly sealed packaging causing injury and alienating consumers.
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ArticlePackaging Specification: Whole Life Costs
Stuart Fish, team leader for void fill and protection solutions at Automated Packaging Systems, explores how businesses need to factor in all aspects to get a true indication of the whole cost of life of protective packaging.
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ArticleSuccess with Enhancement
Gundlach CEO and Managing Partner, Dr Uwe Schürmann talks about the industry trend towards short-run packaging for versioning and personalisation, and how enhancement can increase sales with impact right at the point-of-purchase.
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ArticleIs moving to a single polymer the answer?
The M&S Plan A 2025 steps up the retailer's sustainability goals, featuring a One Polymer Road Map & target for 100% of packaging widely recycled. Tim Sykes spoke to Kevin Vyse about the implications & the company's approach to sustainable packaging
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ArticleFresh Technology Helps Preserve and Extend Produce Shelf Life
Gary Ward, Ph.D. Technical Development Manager. StePac Israel, part of Johnson Matthey PLC UK, discusses the latest trends driving Modified Atmosphere Packaging and its many benefits.
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ArticleIncorporation of ethylene scavengers to extend the shelf life of packaged fresh fruit
Víctor M. Mocholí Alabau, Packaging Area - Chemical Laboratory of AIMPLAS, and Lorena Rodríguez Garrido, Functional Printing and Coatings department of AIMPLAS explore the development of active packaging in technical paper.
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ArticleSustainability Beyond Recycling
Tom Garsed, Marketing Design and Innovation Director at Graphic Packaging International (GPI), discusses the sustainability credentials of cartonboard packaging beyond recyclability.
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ArticleThe evolution of smart temperature controlled packaging
Adam Tetz, Director of Worldwide Marketing for Peli BioThermal, shares with Packaging Europe how innovation and new technologies are proving paramount to the emergence and evolution of smart temperature controlled packaging
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ArticleSkincare Goes BIY with the Help of Packaging
Whether blending your favourite colours or combining different products, an active involvement in the practice of skincare is trending – and packaging is here to help, says Julie Vergnion, Quadpack Skincare Category Manager.
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ArticleBuilding Packaging Muscle
The digitisation of supply chains can be essential to support smart packaging technologies and innovations, and to enable connections to online and social media. Udo Panenka, president of Esko, talks to Libby White at the AIP World Congress 2017.
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ArticleHow can bev brands respond to the mobility megatrend?
SIG's new white paper explores how mobility changes the way people eat and drink, and the challenges and opportunities this trend presents for beverage producers. Tim Sykes spoke to SIG's My Siüo Lê about the implications.
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ArticleADF&PCD EVENT DIRECTOR counts down to next edition
Christelle ANYA, ADF&PCD Event Director, backed by her entire team, is actively preparing this event at the beginning of the year.
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ArticleSweet Packaging Solutions
ProSweets Cologne offers the complete range of supplies for the sweets and snacks industry: from innovative ingredients, to pioneering packing solutions, through to optimised production technologies.
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Global Medical Device Packaging Market is Expected to Grow at a Steady CAGR of 5.3%
Medical packaging materials are used for protecting, storing, organising and transporting medical devices. The market covers both rigid as well as flexible protection formats of packaging products.
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ArticleIntroducing the Digital Nomad – our new columnist
Our new star commentator Richard Askam (digital print guru, speaker, writer and broadcaster) will be writing a regular, exclusive column for Packaging Europe magazine from our next edition, which hits the desks in January 2018.
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ArticleStrong Growth for Stand-up Pouches
Stand-up pouches (SUPs) is now one of the fastest growing flexible packaging formats with global demand expected to pass 90 billion units in 2017, according to a newly published report from specialist industry consultants, AMI.
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ArticlePackaging Design: Appreciation for Sustainable Packaging
Fachpack spoke with Sven Sängerlaub, Business Development Manager Packaging at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging (IVV), about the part played by packaging design in improving the recyclability of plastic packaging.