On 5 June, the European Commission published a Commission Notice providing further clarity about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation in practice. We take a closer look at the document to understand its requirements in detail, including the current status of PFAS restrictions, the…
In this Innovation Spotlight, Dow outlines how its extrusion coating portfolio aims to support recyclability requirements and regulatory readiness, and how its collaboration with RDM Group demonstrates how lightweight polymer coatings can extend the use of fibre-based packaging into applications…
Innovation is often perceived as a process that results in high capital expenditure, long lead times, production disruption and considerable uncertainty. In many instances this couldn’t be further from the truth – according to Guy Harrison of Touch.
A study exploring the importance of sustainability in packaging has revealed some worrying statistics that demonstrate the potentially misguided view held by a number of brand owners and retailers across Europe
The food and nutrition industry is facing increasingly stringent requirements relating to product quality and safety. Extensive regulations govern the legislative rules that manufacturers must currently meet.
Angus Freeman, head of packaging lifecycle management at GSK, discusses with Tim Sykes how serialisation looks in the context of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies.
The demands in food are high. Only companies that master and check the packing process get safe products. Whether deficiencies in the packing material, filling material residuals in the heat-sealed seam or foreign bodies.
“Whilst industry can always do more, investment in improved recycling and consumer education has to be the way forward” says Paul Glover, Commercial Technical Director of Skymark, one of the UK’s leading independent flexible packaging manufacturers.
Modern patients want therapies that are effective and convenient to take. Someone who needs a medicine daily is more likely to comply with the treatment if the drug in question is easy to administer in the comfort of their own home.
Technological advances push holograms forward for packaging applications, says Manoj Kochar, chair of the International Hologram Manufacturers Association, who looks at the latest eye-catching - and award-winning - developments.
