With the New Year’s fireworks still ringing in our ears, the packaging industry is already back at work. We spoke to some of the industry’s leading figures to find out what they wished for from 2025 – and what they’re...

ThePackHub has announced its annual Packaging Startup Awards, sponsored by Ocado Retail, will be extending its submission deadline until 20 December, giving businesses extra time to submit their groundbreaking innovations. The Packaging Startup Awards have become an influential bellwether event...

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is proud to announce the global launch of SGS SMART – a comprehensive cloud-based supply chain management platform for the consumer products industry.  Successfully launching a consumer product onto a competitive...

Innovation doesn’t always arrive in light bulb moments. Sometimes it’s the result of years of painstaking research and testing. But these harsh reality checks can produce the strongest possible results, argues Martin Settle, Senior Manager of Polymer Science in Sustainability...

You’ve got the product, you’ve got the pack and you’ve got the customers. What binds them together is fulfilment and logistics.  To make good on the promise of your product and its packaging that you have meticulously designed and developed,...

Sussex-born Victoria Brownlie MBE, Chief of Policy & Sustainability at the British Beauty Council, is spearheading efforts to revolutionise the beauty industry’s approach to sustainable packaging. The shift toward sustainable packaging in the beauty industry marks a pivotal moment, requiring...

Modernisation of a warehouse can increase performance and service life. Edward Hutchison, Managing Director of BITO Storage Systems asks: have you considered retrofitting existing pallet racking? As logistics operations and warehouses grow older, not only does the technology contained within...

Lucy Bosten, Head of Marketing and Communications at Carlton Packaging, explores matching packaging to its purpose and finding your place in a changing sector Where does inspiration for the next big thing in packaging come from? Get a room full...

Dani Novick, Managing Director of Mercury Search & Selection, explains that packaging is shedding its outdated reputation, evolving into a dynamic industry driven by innovation, sustainability and consumer experiences. It’s easy to fall into the narrative that entering the packaging...

Hottinger Brüel & Kjær (HBK) is delighted to announce the launch of its latest single point load cell module SPLE. This cutting-edge solution combines high dynamic weighing response with a compact modular design, specifically tailored for low capacity weight control...