New and updated information from Features listed on packagingtoday.co.uk http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/ en-us http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/content/images/logo_big.gif http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurestill-stuck-on-you/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurestill-stuck-on-you/ Print and apply labelling is a well-established sector where the main requirements are speed and low cost, but increasingly customers are looking to connect these systems to their main network Wed, 08 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurea-total-of-three-shows-in-one/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurea-total-of-three-shows-in-one/ Covering every aspect of the industry, the Total Processing & Packaging Exhibition, on 4-6 June 2013 at the NEC, Birmingham, incorporates Pakex, The PPMA Show and Interphex Wed, 08 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featuresticking-to-its-guns/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featuresticking-to-its-guns/ A great deal of focus surrounding innovation within the labelling sector is centred on new printing press and finishing technologies, as well as developments in the field of inks and coatings. However, labelstocks are an integral element of the packa… Tue, 07 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurekeeping-our-children-safe/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurekeeping-our-children-safe/ An estimated 100,000 accidental child poisonings, primarily from pharmaceutical products, occur in Germany every year. And small children up to three years old are the most likely to be affected. Dr Rolf Abelmann, managing director of ivm Childsafe, … Tue, 07 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featureall-round-advantage/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featureall-round-advantage/ Machinery manufacturers are taking the holistic approach when it comes to building cost-efficient improvements into their systems, as David Longfield reports Tue, 07 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featureintegral-part-of-the-alcohol-market/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featureintegral-part-of-the-alcohol-market/ Jules Lejeune, managing director of the European self-adhesive labelling association FINAT, analyses developments in the labelstock sector and the opportunities these present to the alcoholic beverage market Tue, 07 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurea-clear-case-against-tobacco-legislation/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurea-clear-case-against-tobacco-legislation/ Paul Jenkins, managing director of packaging innovation consultancy The PackHub, warns of the potential implications proposed plain tobacco packaging would have for brand owners Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featureriding-the-wave-of-sustainability/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featureriding-the-wave-of-sustainability/ The year is still somewhat in its infancy but one thing is clear, sustainability is as high on the agenda as ever for packaging manufacturers in 2013. Major players in the home and personal care sectors are making monumental strides to place sustaina… Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featureby-the-numbers/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featureby-the-numbers/ As well as the normal considerations that affect most packaging production, the pharmaceutical sector also has to cope with many and varied regulations, as Nessan Cleary reports Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurestill-making-an-impression/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurestill-making-an-impression/ The diversity and functionality of modern rigid plastics make it an indispensible packaging component. Packaging Today takes a look at some of the latest machines, technologies and applications Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featuresticking-to-your-goals/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featuresticking-to-your-goals/ With a global population more than doubling over the last 60 years, and emerging markets changing the economic landscape, striving to be ever more sustainable is an essential element of nearly all manufacturing, and more so with packaging. Per-Olof A… Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurewelcome-to-the-party/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurewelcome-to-the-party/ Lester Barratt, international key account manager at Sealed Air looks at the emergence of ‘fourth-party logistics’ (4PL) and explains how to successfully integrate protective packaging processes to realise the fundamentals of this form of outsourcing Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featuremaking-a-mark-in-inks/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featuremaking-a-mark-in-inks/ Low migration, strong adhesion, heat resistance, excellent lightfastness and quick drying are just a number of the demands being placed increasingly on ink manufacturers. But suppliers in the sector, as Tim Sheahan finds, are more than up to the task Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featuregreen-shoots/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featuregreen-shoots/ Growing awareness among brand-owners towards the commercial opportunities represented by the ‘green premium’ means that the fledgling bioplastics industry is at last starting to take off, as Sam Cole reports Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurebring-on-the-robots/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurebring-on-the-robots/ Robots in packaging lines are big business, but the uptake in certain geographies, and when compared with other industries, could be considered somewhat sluggish. However, manufacturer-led innovation within the packaging space has resulted in a swath… Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurepicking-apart-the-placing-landscape/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurepicking-apart-the-placing-landscape/ An article on pick and place is almost like a feature on transport, with such a wide array of options and possibilities, according to Simon Taylor, sales and marketing director of Endoline Machinery, manufacturer of end-of-line packaging equipment Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurebroadening-horizons/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurebroadening-horizons/ In the cosmetics & personal care sectors, grabbing the busy consumer’s eye remains vital in mature markets, but packaging manufacturers may find opportunities for alternative formats in other parts of the globe, reports David Longfield Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featuretackling-the-waste-issue/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featuretackling-the-waste-issue/ Food waste is an issue that isn’t going away, with two billion tonnes lost around the world each year. Andrew Copson, managing director of Sharpak Yate and Sharpak Bridgwater, explains how the industry is responding to the problem and helping to cut … Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurepackaging-and-the-eu/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurepackaging-and-the-eu/ The European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) that comes into force on 3 March means it will be a legal obligation for packaging producers to do their bit in reducing the global problem of illegal logging. Illegal logging is a big problem: a recent joi… Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurefive-steps-to-optimum-product-inspection/ http://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/features/featurefive-steps-to-optimum-product-inspection/ Neil Giles, marketing communications manager for Mettler-Toledo’s Product Inspection division, sets out his take on five key steps for achieving optimum product inspection – now so essential for the protection of brands and businesses. Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:00:00 GMT