How edge computing can help clean up the packaging industry
By Daniel Saito, CEO and co-founder at StrongNode
As the world becomes increasingly digitized, the packaging industry must adapt to new demands to remain competitive. One way that companies are doing this is by turning to edge computing. In this Expert View, Daniel Saito, CEO and co-founder at StrongNode, examines how edge computing can help the packaging industry reduce its carbon footprint and become cleaner.


PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
New York campaigners issue climate change warning amid “Orwellian” advanced recycling push
02 Jan 2023 --- Over 117 environmental and civil society groups are calling on the New York State Legislature to reject legislation that would promote and expand chemical recycling across the US – a move critics say is an... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
13 Dec 2022 --- A recent online survey by DS Smith has revealed growing consumer frustrations around excessive packaging. Specifically, online shoppers are increasingly discontent with packages arriving oversized and being too... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
01 Dec 2022 --- The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP), which promotes the importance and role of up 56 million people working informally to collect plastic packaging trash across the globe, has been officially... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Bradford and Tarmac launch returnable pallet scheme to tackle construction industry emissions
23 Nov 2022 --- Bradfords Building Supplies has taken its first delivery of Tarmac bagged cement loaded on Pallet Loop pallets into its Glastonbury, UK-based branch, marking the first end-to-end trial of a new circular economy... Read More
PERSONAL CARE PACKAGING
Ball spotlights aluminum packaging for care products to meet sustainability demands
21 Nov 2022 --- Ball Corporation’s latest consumer survey displays a growing demand for environmentally sustainable household and personal care product packaging options, with 45% of consumers citing it as an... Read More

Sealed Air at CPHI 2022: Providing solutions to the biopharmaceutical market
25 Nov 2022 --- Sealed Air presented its primary packaging for pharmaceutical and medical devices at the CPHI trade show in Frankfurt, Germany. We discussed the packaging solutions, as well as recent supply chain pressure and its implications for the industry with Roberto Righetti, the company’s European business development director. Righetti also elaborates on the environmental sustainability credentials of the company’s packaging films and how their footprint impact can be further reduced.
London Packaging Week: Simply Carton delves into using board and its benefits for the planet
15 Nov 2022 --- Phil Marklew, sales director at Simply Carton, tells PackagingInsights about environmental sustainability being the main trend due to its high presence in the news, encouraging people to help. He taps into product development and says that the company thinks about materials, processes and how production can become better for the environment. Simply Carton mainly uses board, which makes it easy to recycle.
London Packaging Week: YonWoo highlights sustainability without compromising on premium solutions
10 Nov 2022 --- Anthony Park, key account manager at YonWoo, says that even though the company mainly focuses on plastic items it also offers glass packaging. He explains that the company contributes to environmental sustainability through recycling and reusability while emphasizing that brands are still looking at premium solutions. This year the company is looking at a joint venture in both packaging and formula innovation.
Antalis at London Packaging Week: Decorative enhancements and sustainability in luxury markets
28 Oct 2022 --- Speaking at London Packaging Week, Steve Chappell, graphical board development manager at Antalis, explores the connection between luxury packaging and increased environmental sustainability demands. He also pinpoints the latest decorative trends, including digital enhancements like laser cutting.
Greiner Packaging at FachPack 2022: The circular economy revolution
18 Oct 2022 --- At FachPack 2022 in Nuremberg, Germany, Greiner Packaging’s global marketing and innovation director Jörg Sabo discusses the company’s emphasis on reducing, recycling and reusing in the packaging sector. He explains how these methods can help industry deal with material shortages and rising energy costs while improving environmental sustainability standards.

Food Waste Fighters: Packaging for the climate change age
14 Dec 2022 --- In this last webinar of the 2022 series, we will discuss consumers’ preferences for food packaging, how the packaging industry can protect human and environmental health through shelf life-extending technologies, advance waste management, and inspire global governments and F&B businesses to bolster the circular economy. Register now and submit your questions to give them the best chance to be answered!
Sustainable e-commerce packaging in the COVID-19 age
16 Sep 2021 --- This webinar explores the accelerated growth of e-commerce home food delivery in the COVID-19 age, with special focus on the challenges and opportunities this trend presents to F&B packaging suppliers. Daniela Dorner, eCommerce director at Mondi and Akhil Aiyar, senior market analyst at Innova Market Insights, provide exclusive presentations and answer your questions on climate change, circular economy, product protection, the unboxing experience and more.
Top Packaging Trends 2020: “The Language of Environmental Sustainability”
08 Sep 2020 --- Innova Market Insights has revealed its Top Packaging Trends 2020, with “The Language of Environmental Sustainability” identified as the year’s leading trend. FMCG brands are increasingly finding competitive advantage in more prominent on-pack communication of their packaging’s environmental credentials. Akhil Aiyar, Market Analyst at Innova, takes us through the trends and answers your questions on topics including circular economy, bio-based, e-commerce and connective technologies.