Do you eat fish? If so, it’s almost certain that some of the fish you have eaten contained plastic! A recent study by the Natural History Museum found that some 37% of the fish tested from the River Thames contained plastic whilst similar tests taken from fish in the River
This may not be the most obvious question to ask, but unless you have taken the time and trouble to check out your supplier’s latest financial accounts then you may be in for a nasty shock. We do carry out this exercise every year in order to ‘benchmark’ our
The leading adhesive provider follows the guidance from the European Adhesive and Food Safety Authorities Zurich, Switzerland – H.B. Fuller announced that it has launched a series of products free of epoxy silane commonly known as Glymo, within its Flextra™ range of adhesives for flexible packaging. The leading adhesive provider
Once again on Thursday last week we had another outbreak of “Plastic Paranoia” from the media with the supermarkets being pilloried for selling too many plastic bags to their customers (what will they think of next?). On the same day I was lucky enough to be in Swindon viewing the
Not only are shoppers becoming more aware of how their choices impact animal welfare and the environment; they are also prepared to pay more for food and drink products that guarantee this. New research by the consumer brands business Ceuta Group has found that 45% of people would spend more money on food
Rigid Containers, part of the VPK Packaging Group and a leading supplier of sustainable corrugated packaging, has attained its first BRC Global Standards Higher Hygiene and The American Institute of Baking (AIB) certification. The accreditations were earned by the company’s Wellington site, allowing Rigid to further build on its packaging
Retailers who need to send wine bottles through the post can now do this both safely and in an environmentally friendly way thanks to Flexi-Hex®, an innovative 100% plastic free packaging system being launched today by Macfarlane Packaging, the UK’s number one supplier of protective packaging. Flexi-Hex® made from recycled
Coding and marking specialists, Rotech Machines Ltd, are inviting visitors to the PPMA Total Show in October to bring a selection of packaging samples to the Packaging Drop Zone on Stand A37, where they can be submitted for FREE sample printing and analysis using their latest thermal inkjet technology. The
German ink expert edding has launched a range of new printers for industrial marking and coding for use on a fixed production line, or in any outdoors or warehouse environment. The advanced TIJ technology can print on virtually any surface, using a variety of quality inks, made by edding. Industrial
In March 2018 the Government announced its intention to levy a tax on Plastic Packaging. Whilst the tax is not proposed to be introduced until April 2022 and the consultation period for submissions closed in May 2019, there were a record number of 162,000 submissions of ‘Evidence’ to this consultation
Suffolk-based premium fine pressed juice manufacturer, James White Drinks, has given its naturally bold Organics range of fruit and vegetable juices a radically different fresh new look. Vibrant in colour and bursting with flavour from 100% natural ingredients, the range of five organic fruit and three vegetable juices have each
Online digital label printing and design proved to be the perfect solution for craft gin producer Simon Hughes whose love of gin led him to setting up Exmouth’s first distillery. Copper Frog Distilling, set up in 2017 by Simon Hughes, is a small batch artisan distillery based in Exmouth, Devon.
