All articles by Alexander Love

Cutting carbon footprints and boosting recycling with PP lids

The packaging industry is facing increasing demands from consumers to eliminate plastic from products. It is however unlikely to be…
Parle: Machines for bottle packaging, tablet printing and tube filling

Indian company Parle was established in 1974 to manufacture tablet compression equipment. To ensure its growth continued, the company built…
DJA: ‘The Walmart of pharmaceutical’

DJA aims to cover all the pharmaceutical industry’s equipment needs, sourcing machines largely from India and Japan. The company has…
Accurate Machines: Blister packing specialists

Accurate Machines is a specialist manufacturer of blister packing machines based in India, which are on sale in North America…
Extending food freshness with biodegradable polymer film

Flexfresh by Uflex is dramatically increasing the shelf-life of fresh produce. We caught up with the company’s vice-president of Flexfresh, Mr…

EPBP approves KHS’s PET bottle printing process

The European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP) has certified the digital Direct Print Powered by KHS printing process for PET bottles.…
Actega to expand manufacturing site in Bremen, Germany

Closure and packaging technologies provider Actega is set to invest nearly €18m to expand its research and manufacturing site in…
RPC Tedeco-Gizeh extends plastic vending cup deal with NIVO Group

RPC Tedeco-Gizeh, part of the RPC Bebo division, has extended its vending cup contract with NIVO Group, an independent vending…
Bosch launches new filling and closing machine for pharmaceutical industry

Bosch Packaging Technology has introduced a new filling and closing machine, expanding its AFG series portfolio for the pharmaceutical industry.…
EFI acquires Escada Systems to strengthen corrugated packaging business

Electronics For Imaging (EFI) has acquired UK-based Escada Systems, which provides corrugators control solutions to the packaging market. Escada also…