All Comment articles – Page 53
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ArticleMeet Cornelia Fehlner, the New Face of FachPack
In September 2018 FachPack, the European trade fair for packaging, processes and technology, will go into its next round of events. And since October 2017, it has had a new face at the helm, in the shape of Cornelia Fehlner.
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Article‘We’re only at the Beginning of the Personalisation Revolution’
Many consider the Coca-Cola’s ‘Share a Coke’ campaign in 2013 a watershed moment in branding, bringing the versatility of digital print into the mainstream. But when will mass customisation give way to a new era of personalisation?
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ArticleCounterfeit Pharma & the Serialisation Challenge
Counterfeit pharma figures continue to grow due to increasingly complex supply chains, the increased sophistication of counterfeiters, a lack of enforcement capacity, and the expansion of e-commerce, writes Essentra's Rupert Taylor
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ArticleEditorial: We Need to Talk about Packaging
Tim Sykes asks whether, in a world where 'what feels right' often trumps the factual, keeping quiet about the positive impacts of packaging is the bigger risk.
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Article‘Acknowledging we can be part of the solution is first step’
Head & Shoulders is fighting marine waste with a 25% recycled beach plastic bottle. Tim Sykes spoke to brand owner P&G's Lisa Jennings and SUEZ's Jean-Marc Boursier about the project, lessons learned, extensions and broader waste strategies
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ArticleStrong roots support progression
The Xerox digital print live! event held in Hever, UK, on 19th October 2017 demonstrated how digital print can support and accelerate start-ups such as in the extremely competitive chocolate sector within the food industry.
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ArticleThe Power of Silence
Mehmet Gözetlik shook the design world by releasing images of familiar branded goods stripped of the ‘visual noise’. Passionate as ever about rescuing the human psyche from data overload, he talks to Tim Sykes about minimalism in a maximalist market.
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ArticlePlastics: No Barrier to Quality
David Rourke, RPC Corby, talks to Packaging Europe about the balance between convenience, preserving food and minimising waste.
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ArticleCreativity and Sustainability - A Winning Combination
Matthew Miller, business director at James Cropper 3D Products, talks to Packaging Europe about synergies between creativity and sustainability.
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ArticleA tried and tested, future proof material
Fipago represents the global gummed paper tape industry: producers, converters, and raw material and equipment suppliers.
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ArticleDeliberating initial directions on the digital voyage
With an objective of creating an atmosphere conducive to forming a packaging community within the digital printing sphere, Xerox achieved this feat by bringing together 130 international attendees from across the supply chain
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ArticleNanotechnology Foils Opens Up New Packaging Design Vista
Dr Glenn Wood, COO of Fresnels Inc., considers the latest in high impact nanotechnology foils for brand packaging applications.
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ArticleWHAT ARE WE REALLY TRYING TO SOLVE?
Omar Hoek, executive vice president at Ahlstrom-Munksjö, discusses innovation in today's connected world
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ArticleTOTAL RECALL: The impact of product recalls in the food industry
In the second of a series of industry insights into technological approaches to avoiding product recalls, Glen Oxborough, X-ray product manager from Ishida Europe, explores the potential impact of the problem in the food industry.
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ArticleIs your baby food product fully protected?
Tampering involves altering a product without the manufacturer’s knowledge. Within the food industry, baby food is a key target; notably, because of the emotional reaction it immediately brings from the potential risk to vulnerable infants
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ArticleAutomation responds to labour crisis challenge
Tim Sykes caught up with Brillopak director David Jahn to discuss a looming labour crisis and Brillopak’s efforts to provide timely solutions such as the Meteor fresh produce punnet loading line and Unipick P160 high speed case and crate packer.
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ArticleColour Management Matters – The Growing Demand for Perfection
The demand for colour perfection is not limited to brand colours alone. Very slight colour shifts or inconsistencies in product imagery have a significant impact on consumers’ perception of the product - according to QuadTech's Craig Du Mez
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Mintel Outlines Key European Consumer Trend for 2018
Ocean plastic fashion and recycled packaging launches, ingredient bans and activism are focusing consumer and government attention on maritime conservation.
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ArticleShould Supermarkets Really "Eliminate Plastic Packaging"?
Packaging specialists have distanced themselves from comments from the former head of major UK supermarket chain Asda advocating that retailers move toward total elimination of plastic
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ArticleDigital vs analogue – competition or collaboration?
Digital printing may be playing an increasingly important role in packaging but conventional technologies are holding their own. Elisabeth Skoda spoke to Esko, Flint Group, Xeikon and Heidelberg.