ULMA Packaging UK’s ability to adapt its packaging machinery service offering to meet 2020’s pandemic-influenced working conditions has seen the company honoured for its support by a leading biscuit brand.
Packaging Equipment, Labelling Solutions & Equipment
Packaging is the process of enclosing /encapsulating or protecting products for storage, transit, display, sale, and use. There are many different types of packaging solutions available depending on the product and a number of machines to do the job. These can be Overwrappers, Stretchbanders /Sleevewrappers, Product Handling Systems, Shrinkwrappers and custom packaging equipment. Labels are used on every kind of product to brand, decorate or provide information for the consumer. Many labels do all three functions and can contain, for example, pre-printed bar codes supplying, batch, stock and price information to the retailer and consumer.
Online boom makes oversized packaging unsustainable
Feb 23, 2021 Comments (0)

The pandemic has propelled ecommerce to new heights, making online retailers’ use of oversized, wasteful packaging unsustainable, writes Jo Bradley, Business Development Manager for packaging solutions at Quadient.
A milestone in the recyclability of plastics
Feb 15, 2021 Comments (0)

On 2 February 2021, a truck filled with crude oil, which was recovered by chemically recycling reusable materials from SÜDPACK, left the RECENSO pilot plant in Ennigerloh near Münster.
Luxury retail: Why a customer should love your packaging first, and then your product
Feb 15, 2021 Comments (0)

More and more, brands are beginning to see the value of their packaging in influencing consumers’ purchasing decisions.
As Amazon conquers yet another market, it’s no surprise Amazon Logistics is now the UK’s second-largest courier, says ParcelHero
Feb 10, 2021 Comments (0)

In 2015, ParcelHero predicted that Amazon Logistics would become a major carrier in its own right. It is now the second-largest UK courier and ParcelHero says its growth won’t stop here.
Gist wins BIFA Cool and Special Cargoes Award for eco-friendly chilled packaging solution
Feb 10, 2021 Comments (0)

Gist have been announced the winner of the Cool and Special Cargoes Award in this year’s British International Freight Association Freight Service Awards.
Packaging is a product in itself
Feb 03, 2021 Comments (0)

Joe Cook, Vice President of Delta Global USA, explores how packaging has become a fundamental part of a product, if not one in its own right.
2021 packaging trends: Esko launches free e-book for brands
Jan 26, 2021 Comments (0)

Esko will support brands with a free, downloadable e-book ‘2021 Packaging Trends’, in which leaders from Danaher Group companies, Esko, X-Rite Pantone, discuss this year’s packaging trends with insights into how business can leverage them for success.
‘Mini Yellow’ sortation robots help ZTO meet the demands of ‘singles day’
Jan 25, 2021 Comments (0)

With a client list that includes such e-commerce giants as Alibaba, PDD and JD.com, ZTO Express’s share of the Chinese express parcel delivery market is approaching 20 per cent, which makes it one of China’s most significant parcel handling businesses.
New waste management system cleans up at international packaging company
Jan 20, 2021 Comments (0)

A new racksack system from Beaverswood is improving the collection and segregation of waste at a leading UK and Ireland independent supplier of industrial packaging and food service products.