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…
Tekni-Plex, Inc. has been granted a patent for its Sniff Seal® technology which is the first liner to enable scent permeation through an induction seal closure liner without affecting the seal or compromising the contents.
The concept of gamification has mostly been considered in software, customer loyalty programmes and business process management. Optaglio's Libor Sustr and Petr Hampl explore its potential in anti-counterfeiting applications
Our increasingly fast moving lifestyle, together with the growing tendency to eat-on-the-go, are driving packaging manufacturers to develop concepts which will provide consumers with more convenience in the way that they purchase products.
At Anuga FoodTec, one of the key focal points for many packaging companies was technology to keep products fresher for longer, prolonging shelf life and thereby preventing food waste. Elisabeth Skoda explores just a few of the highlights.
As part of its #OneLess campaign, The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has introduced a new range of canned water at its London and Whipsnade Zoo sites from 22nd March (World Water Day).
With its barrier papers Feldmuehle Uetersen GmbH offers food producers the possibility to protect their products effectively against pollutants by mineral oil residues.
With the Smart Packaging prototype of a “counting folding carton”, the August Faller Group has designed an innovative packaging solution to improve compliance and make handling the medicine easier for the patients.
Pregis LLC is introducing Inspyre, a protective packaging brand with a spectrum of colour possibilities to help enhance the customer experience and also provide visual support for cause marketing and/or charitable campaigns.
The combination of a multilayer thermoformed pot from RPC Bebo Deventer with HPP (High Pressure Processing) treatment is enabling a new and successful Dutch food company to offer a range of preservative-free dips with an extended ambient shelf life.
With the ‘Level Indicator’, the August Faller Group has designed the prototype for innovative medication packaging that captures the level of an opaque bottle of liquid medicine at the push of a button.
As a technical and patented concept, Cosmogen's SIMPLE TOUCH tube is made of an internal pouch that retracts itself while releasing the right dosage of the formula, with no air recovery.
According to the Iced Coffee Report 2017 by GlobalData, demand for quick and hassle-free coffee intake is growing across the world (iced/RTD coffee drinks consumption was 6275 million liters in 2015.
