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We speak to SharpEnd’s founder and CEO about the future of connected packaging technologies like QR codes, near-field communication and augmented reality. He discusses tailoring solutions to difficult cultures in each of the 130 countries SharpEnd now works in and about the company’s first-ever display stand... Read More

Flexi-Hex’s co-founder and creative director, Sam Boex, explains how the company has designed protective paper-based packaging for fragile products in the e-commerce market. We discuss the transition from plastics and the main challenges fiber-based producers face.

At London Packaging Week 2023, we speak to Anne Curtis, e-commerce business unit lead for UK Packaging at DS Smith, about the company’s latest innovations and the findings from its recent e-commerce report. Curtis details how the industry can deal with ongoing financial challenges.

Dr. Anja Brandon, associate director, US Plastics Policy at Ocean Conservancy, says the surge of single-use plastics, primarily from the packaging industry, significantly contributes to ocean waste. She suggests the industry design packaging to be either compostable, recyclable or reusable, with nothing... Read More

Leibinger presents the “first” intelligent coding and marking system, IQ Jet. The printer is equipped with four intelligent technologies: IQ Print, Smart Efficiency, Smart OS and Smart Care. We discuss the printer’s features and how it responds to global consumer demand with the company’s sales director... Read More

Metsä exhibited its specially engineered paperboards at Interpack 2023. We learn about reducing overpacking from the company’s mechanical design engineer, Joni Myyryläinen. He talks us through the product portfolio on display, covering premium lightweight folding boxboards, white kraftliners, food service... Read More

We speak to Guangdong Proudly New Material for Technology's (formerly Jiangmen Proudly Water-Soluble Plastic), product manager Rafael Sze, about the Chinese enterprise’s functional and water-soluble packaging solutions. He explains how Proudly has been offering flushable water-soluble products suitable for... Read More

At Interpack 2023, Wipak showcased the company’s new pouches for wet pet food, baby foods and ready meals. The pouches, previously aluminum-based, are now monomaterial PP-based applications to preserve products in recyclable and reusable packaging in line with European legislation. We speak to Wipak’s... Read More

Luca Carollo, business development manager at Clevertech, tells Packaging Insights about its de-palletizing solutions. Carollo says the company uses solar panels to power its machinery and defines itself as a green company that does not participate in greenwashing.

Koehler Paper points out oxygen, grease and mineral oil barrier properties of its NexPlus group of flexible packaging paper products. The product is suitable for metalizing, making it applicable to food packaging such as chips, energy bars, energy powders and coffee, and to non-food products such as... Read More

IMA displayed its processing, assembly and packaging solutions for the Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices, Food, Personal Care, Tissue & Nonwoven and E-Commerce industries. The company also showcased its corporate projects named IMA Zero and IMA Digital. Monica Cervellati, IMA’s corporate communication and... Read More

Marina De Barros, EVP of customer management Europe and Central Asia at Sidel, talks us through two new machines the company premiered at Interpack: RoboAccess_Pal S and Cermex ProSelex. Sidel combined its technology from the robotic and cobotic worlds to address the needs of the Food, Home and Personal Care... Read More

Berhalter’s managing director and board member, Dalibor Schuman, walks us through the company’s latest machine, which combines high performance, technology and intelligence with a focus on automation. The Swiss Die-Cutter B4 flatbed die-cutting machine is suitable for lids, labels, seals and special products.

SACMI’s product development and marketing manager Iacopo Bianconcini tells us how the company created tethered caps for beverage containers to comply with incoming EU regulations. SACMI has been working on its tethered caps for over five years, claiming that connected caps are a part of the solution to... Read More

Thiago Roriz, chief operating officer at tna Solutions, says that due to high energy cost and labor-related challenges, tna Solutions is looking toward automation to facilitate operations. The company exhibited the latest iteration of its flagship vertical form fill and seal packaging system, the tna robag... Read More

Given the six-year gap before Interpack’s return this year, the advancement in packaging technology was made apparent at the Schubert stand. Automation processes were highlighted to package food, confectionery, cosmetics and similar products for smaller lot sizes while maintaining quick changeover time.... Read More

Mandi Alaterä tells us how Stora Enso is improving the range of paperboard materials for different F&B materials and how new barrier materials are expanding this segment. She also discusses the current legislative environment in Europe and the shift toward biomass in place of plantation forestry.