All Comment articles – Page 55
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Full Circle on Cans
The Circular Economy, the idea where resources are used, recovered and then regenerated, is very much on the radar right now as one of the European Commission’s 2017 stated key priorities.
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Why the Out-of-Home Packaging Market in Eastern Europe is the Next Great Opportunity
While businesses in the food and drink, delivery and packaging industries have been focusing on the growth of out-of-home (OOH) dining in Western Europe, Eastern Europe is a relatively untapped market and is showing similar potential for expansion.
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ArticleThe ins and outs of the coatings market
According to the recent Transparency market research ‘packaging coatings market’ report, the increasing need for maintaining original quality and taste and keeping a check on contamination are driving use of packaging coatings.
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Europe's Corrugated Packaging Industry Set for Consolidation
Europe’s fragmented corrugated packaging industry is expected to enter a period of consolidation prompted by slim margins and firms’ need for a wider geographical presence, according to Rabobank.
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ArticleNavigating Make-up's New Frontier
Sonia Cerato, Quadpack's Make-Up Category Manager, talks about packaging challenges and solutions for an ever evolving make up packaging industry.
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ArticleThe Challenges of Manufacturing Biosimilars
Interest in biosimilar protein drugs continues to grow, and pharmaceutical manufacturers are racing to patent new drug formulations in order to survive in an evolving market.
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ArticleThe key to successful serialisation implementation
As the global technology leader in anti-counterfeiting, product safety, and consumer and brand protection, serialisation pioneer Systech is shaping the future of authentication.
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ArticleProblem solving solutions
As a leading serialisation automation supplier, Finland-based Servicepoint Oy boasts extensive know-how and experience from automating hundreds of production lines for various industries, including pharmaceutical. Elisabeth Skoda spoke to Iiro Jantun
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Minimal Growth in Home Care Packaging
According to Euromonitor International, home care packaging showed minimal volume growth over 2011-2016, at a 1% CAGR, to amount to almost 83 billion units in 2016.
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ArticleOur Packaging is Failing Colour Blind Consumers
Do our brand owners, retailers and graphic designers meet the needs of colour blind consumers? Should the CPG industry be doing better? Tim Sykes tracked down Kathryn Albany-Ward, founder of Colour Blind Awareness.
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Digital Print for Packaging Market to 2022 – Strong Growth Led by Corrugated Inkjet
Digital print for packaging is worth $13.2 billion in 2017, and will climb to $23.2 billion in 2022, according to the latest exclusive research from Smithers Pira.
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ArticleLPA: the Art of Intelligent Motion
Bob Neagle, Global Business Unit Manager for LPA at Videojet, answers a series of questions in order to shed some light on the labelling challenges manufacturers face and how best to deal with them.
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ArticlePredictive Analytics: the Secret to Improving Productivity and Overall Equipment Effectiveness
Regular monitoring of metal detection systems is crucial to implement a world class contamination detection and prevention programme.
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ArticleProtective Packaging Demand in E-Commerce to Grow 9.6% Annually
Global demand for protective packaging in e-commerce applications is projected to increase 9.6% per year to $7.8 billion in 2021. This is the fastest growing market for protective packaging.
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ArticleA safe and connected pharma supply chain
Ahead of Nexus 17, keynote speaker and Tjoapack founder Eric Tjoa recalls the journey towards the EU FMD and shares his predictions for the future use of technology as the pharmaceutical sector commits to protecting patient safety.
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ArticlePut a Label on it: The Importance of Pharmacy Labelling
Adrian Pittock of pharmacy packaging specialist, Valley Northern, explains the importance of labelling for healthcare professionals working in hospitals, pharmacies and doctors’ practices.
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ArticleAxion: Laying Down Markers for Plastic Packaging Recycling
New developments in marker technologies for sorting plastic packaging should not be viewed as ‘the answer’ to increasing recycling rates, however they could be valuable in other ways leading to higher quality and value in recycling.
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ArticlePacking Machines: Modularity and Digitalisation are the Key to More Flexibility
They have to be highly-flexible, the packing machines of today - and that's even for small batch sizes.
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ArticleFunctional Barriers for the Use of Recycled Plastics in Multi-layer Food Packaging
This paper reviews the current situation of recycled plastic materials in food contact applications, showing the different opportunities currently available to use recycled plastics as food contact materials.
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ArticleProduct Identification Platform Alliance at interpack 2017
A Q&A interview with Joakim Weidemanis, Vice President & Group Executive for Danaher’s Product Identification Platform, in which he discusses the platform, its structure, goals and benefits to both brands and the packaging industry.