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Flexibility is key to eCommerce stability

By Christopher Morgan, Global Sales Director at Filtrona Tapes
One of the key lessons businesses should take from the last few years of chaos is that stability is vital to success.

Fortune favours the brave in the alc-bev sector

Whether your brand screams liquid intelligence or harbours frothy appeal, its taste will linger much more pleasurably on the palate when its packaging hits the spot. By Renan Joel, Managing Director, Packaging at Easyfairs.

4 Advantages of Colour Management Software For Digital & Flexo equipment

By David Lee, Focus Label

A mess of coloured papers in need of colour management software

Packaging machinery at Interpack: +3.8% annual growth to 2026

Cube 2026 - Forecasts, 7th Edition

Non-food: Countless forms, and how to package them

The term “non-food” covers a very wide field of the most diverse commodities. And each and every one of these commodities, whether screws, dishwasher tablets, flower bulbs, household detergents or cement mortar, needs its own specific packaging. The product itself therefore defines its ideal packaging, as well as the machine used to combine the two.

Simplification can be the competitive advantage of our time

By Christopher Morgan, Global Sales Director, Filtrona Tapes
Simplification can provide the best competitive advantage of our time, helping us be more innovative, adaptable, and better positioned to thrive.
Good design demands that users take precedence over aesthetics if the product is to meet their needs.
Why do some products capture our attention while others flop? What makes us engage with certain things over others? Is there an underlying pattern to how technologies hook us in?

Have Folding Carton Manufacturers Been Missing Out by Not Considering Sheeting In-House?

Is it time for folding carton manufacturers to reconsider in-house sheeting? By sourcing reels instead of sheets, manufacturers can optimize their purchasing price, reduce waste, and save space.

New 2023 AWA Study reports growth in global label demand

Labeling and product decoration are critical to the packaging industry, combining the essential information to identify a product with the sales enhancement properties of branding and on-shelf visibility.

Sonoco releases ‘Big Steps to Increase Paper Can Recyclability’ white paper

The report details the market landscape in Europe and the US, and how the use of rigid paper cans can reduce the amount of waste to landfill.

2023 is shaping up to be the year of conversion to LED curing for label and narrow web packaging printers, says leading global print consumables manufacturer, Flint Group

LED curing set to take the spotlight for 2023, says Flint Group

The growing importance of track & trace in the packaging industry

By Danny Mertens
Track & trace technology enables brand owners to track their products at all times, while also protecting units against counterfeiting. Due to its rising popularity with brand owners, it’s clear that this is a technology, capability label converters will have to invest in sooner or later. Fortunately, Xeikon digital printing technology already enables solutions that combine authentication, identification and track & trace capabilities. Every single product gets a unique identity that enables verification.