Packaging News entered the debate via local radio as national newspapers seized on a report in the Grocer, claiming that 74% of respondents had been “forced” to take a knife to open packaging with 63% claiming they’d ...
Tags: Packaging, Grocer, wrap rage, Radio Devon
It sounds like the latest instalment of a Hollywood franchise. The signs are that the third phase of the Wrap-led Courtauld Commitment to cut waste has been given high marks from the industry’s critics. And why? It appears to be ...
Tags: Philip Chadwick, Packaging
Top industry speakers from big names, including Marks & Spencer and B&Q, will be descending on Birmingham's NEC next month to take part in the Total Processing and Packaging Exhibition's seminar programme. The show runs from 4-6 June and ...
The system is aimed at measuring out an exact dosage of liquid from a container and targets the pharmaceutical and household products sectors. The Bark Dosing System was also a winner at the 2012 UK Packaging Awards. Teamplast was up ...
Giving the soft drink Juice Burst a fresh look was only one part of the rebranding exercise. A key issue was to incorporate the very latest smartphone technology – that and exploding fruit, discovers Philip Chadwick The brief ...
Tags: Juice Sector, Smart Technology, Packaging
When Norfolk vegetable processor Pinguin Foods set itself an aim to increase throughput by a fifth, it looked to Ishida to upgrade its ageing checkweighing set-up. Philip Chadwick finds out more about the installation Who Pinguin Foods ...
Tags: Veg Firm, Production Boost, Packaging
Packaging is increasingly recognised as a vital weapon in the fight against food waste. Philip Chadwick reports on how the flexible plastics sector is innovating to play its part in packaging's biggest challenge It's a staggering figure ...
Tags: food, drink, wasted, Packaging, flexible plastics, keeping food fresh