Category: Technology

Increasing safety, according to ILS, digitalization is a “effective tool.”

The company offers exclusive distribution of print-and-apply labelling machines made by the Swedish firm Evolabel throughout the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It provides automatic print and apply labellers to several sectors, including the food and beverage industry, the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector, the automotive sector, the e-commerce and logistics sector, and the…

British Plastics Federation (BPF) publishes a new book for plastic processors

Dr. Robin Kent of Tangram Technology authored the book Sustainability Management in Plastics Processing: Strategies, Targets, Techniques, and Tools. Its goal is to help plastics producers improve their sustainability by showing them concrete ways to do so in a variety of important operational areas. Philip Law, the BPF’s director general, called the book “must-have.” It’s…

Co-packing has received a technological boost from the GXO

GXO, a spinoff of XPO, operates a major co-packing business for Nestlé out of its East Midlands flagship location. Mark Catley, GXO’s director of business development, explains, “The investments are made to optimise the process, the flow of goods, and how we use technology to assess things like quality. Traceability is important in many fields,…

The effects of blockchain technology on the packaging sector

Although blockchain technology is closely associated with cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, the technology is also having a positive impact on the supply chain. Packagers are utilising blockchain technology to improve package tracking, increase security, and better meet the demand for supply chain transparency. Blockchain is a decentralised distributed ledger that operates on a P2P (peer-to-peer)…