Packaging Europe staff writers

Watttron achieves packaging material savings of up to 50% with new thermoforming process

German startup Watttron has revealed its new thermoforming process, ‘cera2heat’, said to be capable of consistently producing uniform, thin-walled

Picadeli takes on self-checkout fraud with Digimarc’s digital watermarks

Picadeli’s branded packaging will feature advanced digital watermarks from Digimarc to automatically verify pricing accuracy at self-checkout and

Laser-etched mangoes provide product information on fruit’s skin

Westfalia Fruit is laser-etching product information directly onto mangoes in an effort to save up to 10 million plastic

How can circular packaging design intersect with branding?

Circular packaging design aims to keep materials and products in use for as long as possible, use materials efficiently and

60 Seconds with Trayak at SPS

Filmed at this year’s Sustainable Packaging Summit in Amsterdam, Trayak president Prashant Jagtap and Mitja Brgant, director of Europe

Blue Ocean Closures provides fibre-based cap for nutritional supplements

Great Earth’s nutritional supplements have been launched with a fibre-based cap from Blue Ocean Closures, providing an alternative

Automatic traysealer designed for smooth integration, versatility, and more

ULMA Packaging has revealed TSA 400, an automatic traysealer for low-to-medium production environments; it is designed for easy

eBay petitions to update EPR rules and protect SMEs on the Single Market

eBay is leading a petition to ensure that Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) rules do not restrict small business’ access to

Metsä Board introduces QR code solution for packaging material deliveries

Metsä Board has launched a new solution hoping to simplify the recycling process for packaging materials in its product deliveries

DS Smith develops fibre-based pallet solution for Danish seafood producer

DS Smith has replaced plastic pallets for canned products with corrugated cardboard in collaboration with Danish seafood producer, Vilsund Blue

60 Seconds with Swiss Pac at SPS

Filmed at this year’s Sustainable Packaging Summit in Amsterdam, Nandan Vachhani and Myriam Bastar of Swiss Pac explain the

Material insights with Der Grüne Punkt’s Mark Vester