All Comment articles – Page 57
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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.
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ArticleA Very Modern Material
Amid much market talk centred on the migration to flexible packaging, David Baker of RPC Promens describes how rigid plastic packaging continues to help shape the modern world
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ArticleBioplastics at interpack
European Bioplastics MD Hasso von Pogrell talks to Tim Sykes about the state of the industry and EUBP’s expectations from interpack.
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ArticleHolistic Packaging by Design
Jocelyne Ehret, director of packaging consulting services for PTIS in Europe, part of HAVI Global Solutions, talks Tim Sykes through the concept of Holistic Packaging by Design™.
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ArticlePackaging Security is Key to Safeguarding Goods Through the Supply Chain
Packaging is one of the fundamental factors of logistics activities for protecting goods from supplier to customer - so how best to ensure it does not become a weak link in the distribution network?
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HAVI's key trends for 2017
Tackling food waste, enabling ecommerce and holistic packaging will be among the key trends for the packaging industry in 2017, according to a new trends alert from industry leader HAVI.
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ArticleInnovation Leading the Market
DuPont Teijin Films is the global leader in polyester films and a renowned innovator at the forefront of the flexible packaging market. Dr Keith Rollins (Chief Innovation & Marketing officer) and Steven Davies (Market Manager) told Tim Sykes how the
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Articledrupa Contexts: The Labelling Interview
In our third drupa interview Jules Lejeune, managing director of FINAT (the international association for the self-adhesive label industry) provides a point of view from the world of labelling.
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ArticleThree Packaging Innovations Brands Must Understand
In a retail environment of ever-increasing consumer choice and demand, leading to greater numbers of SKUs and shorter product lifecycles, the world of packaging and artwork production is having to adapt accordingly
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ArticlePackaging at the Tipping Point
Tim Sykes caught up with Mike Richmond, VP, Packaging Technology Integrated Solutions, at HAVI Global Solutions shortly after Mike's appearance at the Global Packaging Summit to discuss the collision of innovation, mass customisation and big data.
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The Digital World for Packaging: 10 Top Trends
We are in the middle of a revolution. The Internet is changing everything: design, marketing and trade structures. This also has far-reaching consequences for packaging
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ArticleThe Brand Owner's Perspective
Alison Ingle, group packaging manager at Nestlé UK & Ireland, tells Tim Sykes how the giant brand owner approaches packaging development from the point of view of sustainability and other major innovation drivers.
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ArticleCorrugated Conversations
At FEFCO's annual Summit in Berlin Packaging Europe's Tim Sykes caught up with outgoing FEFCO president Roberto Villaquiran, CEO Europe at Smurfit Kappa, and his successor Jan Klingele, managing partner of Klingele Papierwerke, who shared their thoug
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ArticleFuture Paper: CEPI's Two-Team Strategy
Marco Mensink, director general of the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI), talks to Tim Sykes about developing the breakthrough technologies that will enable the paper industry to hit carbon reduction targets while remaining economical