All Comment articles – Page 56
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ArticleWhy Do We Blame Robots When the Line Stops?
Production and packing lines will stop working for any number of reasons, but the default assumption will often be that a robotic malfunction is to blame.
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ArticleMetal Detectors for Britain’s Thriving Food-on-the-go SMEs
Britain’s appetite for food-on-the-go (FOTG) looks set to continue, with greater product innovations, clean and healthy eating, ethnic foods and artisan local produce driving consumers away from the daily sliced bread sandwich ritual.
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ArticleMedical Device Labeling for a Highly Regulated, Highly Competitive Marketplace
Labeling can be challenging and today’s medical device manufacturers are faced with a range of evolving requirements and regulations such as UDI, that complicate the process.
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ArticleMolding Options for Heat-Setting PET
When a PET container is to undergo hot filling or post-filling pasteurization, special processing known as heat-setting is required to change the molecular arrangement of the material and provide the required heat resistance.
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ArticleKeeping Your Processes Secure
Robert Glass, global food and beverage communications manager at ABB, offers advice on how to ensure your manufacturing process is kept secure.
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Smithers Pira Forecasts Steady Growth for Liquid Paperboard Demand
There will be steady increases in demand for liquid paperboard materials across the next five years according to the latest in-depth industry study from Smithers Pira.
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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.