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…
SATO has launched the compact WS2 printer, a device the company believes to be the healthcare industry's first disinfectant-ready label printer with antimicrobial casing.
Announcing the finalists in the last of our six categories: ‘Driving the Circular Economy’, which celebrates innovations in recycling or reusable packaging systems; initiatives promoting increase in recycling rates or nurtures demand for recyclate
Schreiner MediPharm, a Germany-based global provider of specialty pharmaceutical labeling solutions for over 65 years, has introduced BitSecure Mobile, a digital counterfeiting detection solution to help fight illegal trade in counterfeit medicines
From the 25th to the 27th of September - at its FachPack exhibition stand in Nuremberg (Hall 2 / Stand 421) - the WIPOTEC Group will present a broad portfolio of integrated weighing and inspection solutions to be incorporated in packaging
Keystone Folding Box Co., a designer and cGMP manufacturer of paperboard packaging solutions, has developed a modified, customisable version of its Ecoslide-RX prescription blister package to address the ongoing opioid epidemic in the US.
Global contract packaging organisation (CPO), Tjoapack, has partnered with UK-based technology company, Veratrak, to establish the use of blockchain across the pharmaceutical industry.
The manufacture of packaging for temperature-sensitive goods is a technically demanding field, and one in which Ecocool GmbH has become highly specialised.
Thierry Protas, Global Pharma Director at Videojet Technologies, looks at the importance of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) legislation, the looming 2018 cut off point for compliance, and how coding and marking is a key consideration.
Increasing urbanization, smaller household sizes and an ageing population are fundamentally changing the expectations for food and pharmaceutical packaging.
Selig has unveiled an advanced three-ply LDPE foam lining material which offers a range of benefits to food & beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and other industries that supply their goods in rigid containers.
