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The latest opinions and comment from thought leaders explaining the most important packaging related topics and issues.
‘You only get one chance to make a great first impression’
The importance of first impressions in shaping consumer response to your packs should never be understated, argues Gavin Mounce, e-
Shipping and sustainability: how to decrease environmental footprint and increase customer satisfaction
Most companies today are interested in reducing their carbon footprints. However, they sometimes get lost when trying to put together
Food packaging: Balancing functionality and sustainability
Food loss and food waste remain a big challenge. How are packaging companies working to help address this problem while
Redefining convenience in packaging
In this article, Willemijn Peeters, CEO and founder of sustainability consultancy firm Searious Business, gives her opinion on the issue
Wine trends to watch in 2021
Predicting wine trends for the unpredictable year ahead is certainly a challenge for the industry as it attempts to plan
Boosting the circularity of beverage cartons
Beverage cartons are technically recyclable, but what percentage of cartons actually ends up getting recycled varies from country to country
Searching for sustainable packaging solutions: Mono-materials and more
A number of technological developments are opening possibilities for more renewable, recyclable, and circular packaging, several of them involving coating
Unpacking the key design trends of 2020 – Part 2: Design Bridge
In the second edition of a two-part series looking into the pivotal design trends of 2020 with key influencers
Reducing the pain of e-commerce returns
Gavin Mounce, e-commerce design manager at DS Smith, explores the different types of returns, why they often are such
Unpacking the key design trends of 2020 – Part 1: Echo
From user experience to sustainability and e-commerce, 2020 reshaped and accelerated many key trends in the world of packaging
Highly sensitive COVID vaccine could be a test of resilience for EU anti-counterfeiting elements
Serialisation expert Christoph Krähenbühl of Excellis Health Europe explores the potential vulnerabilities in the COVID vaccine supply chain. On Friday
COVID-19’s continued influence on the cold chain
In light of the need for COVID-19 vaccines to be kept at temperatures as low as -70C, Dave Williams,