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Design / Food

Heinz celebrates Veganuary with limited-edition can design

Heinz has launched a line of limited edition “Beanz Meanz Vegan” cans to remind consumers of its classic product’s vegan credentials.

PE Jan 8, 2020

Design / Food

Gousto halves plastic usage, reveals innovative new solution

Meal kit retailer Gousto says it has solved its pledge to reduce plastic by 50% and announces the successful trial of a UK-first packaging innovation.

PE Jan 8, 2020

Flexibles / Food

Introducing CuanSave: a flexible film made from crustacean shells

Fin Slater spoke to CuanTec to see if its bioplastic solution might be able to function as a viable alternative to standard plastic food wraps

PE Jan 7, 2020

Technology / Pharmaceutical

Smurfit Kappa reveals sustainable solution for cooled transport

Smurfit Kappa has developed a "100% sustainable and reusable" solution that allows transport at controlled temperatures

PE Jan 7, 2020

Rigid Packaging / Spotlight

monta launches compostable adhesive tape

Addressing the need to find new sustainable solutions, monta, a German manufacturer and one of the leading suppliers of self-adhesive tape for packaging and industrial applications worldwide, has launched a new self-adhesive tape, monta biopack®.

PE Jan 6, 2020

Food / Product Preservation

Sustainable packaging extends the pomegranate season

StePac introduces solutions for maintaining pomegranate freshness at every step of the supply chain

PE Jan 6, 2020

Personal Care / Sustainability

How Lush puts sustainability at the heart of its successful business model

Fin Slater caught up with Heather Deeth, Head of Ethical Buying at Lush to talk about responsibly sourced materials, the drive towards circularity, and core values.

PE Jan 6, 2020

Design / Food

Lidl announces removal of cartoon characters from cereal packaging

Lidl will stop displaying cartoon characters on its own-brand cereal ranges in an effort to help tackle childhood obesity.

PE Jan 3, 2020

Flexibles / Technology

ILAPAK unveils “breakthrough” paper bagging solution

Packaging machinery specialist ILAPAK has collaborated with manufacturer Van der Windt Verpakking to develop a “breakthrough” bagging solution.

PE Jan 3, 2020

Ellen MacArthur Foundation / Procter & Gamble

2019 in review: our most-read articles from the past year

Take a look back at the key packaging developments and trends of 2019

PE Jan 2, 2020

Comment / Sustainability

A look at sustainable Christmas packaging trends

Ripping open wrapping paper is unquestionably one of the great joys of the Christmas period, but is it worth the waste it causes?

PE Dec 24, 2019

Automation & Software / Food

Minebea Intec and what "The true measure" means for them

Minebea Intec, a leading manufacturer of weighing and inspection technology, discusses what the True Measure means for them, and its broad portfolio and latest solutions at FachPack 2019.

PE Dec 23, 2019