Releasing potential: electronics meets printing
Printed electronics (PE) is the basis of technologies for logic, memory and light-emitting functions and what lies behind developments in…
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Michael Cushine
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Identify and authenticate: counterfeit pharmaceuticals
In February 2011, the European Parliament gave its backing to the Directive on Falsified Medicines, a new law that promises…
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Where’s Packaging’s Sustainability Sweet Spot?
As the face of a product, packaging attracts considerable attention from consumers and environmental campaigners when it comes to measuring…
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H&S Implications of Food Contact
Paper is no stranger to food. From tea bags to butter wrapping and dry food cartons to liquid packaging board,…
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Mum’s the Word: Packaging to Please Parents and Babies
The babycare category can be written off as garish and confusing by consumers, a perception that led Kimberly-Clark to completely…
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Code Makers for Pharma Packaging
Date stamps or lot codes are familiar sights on pharmaceutical packaging, but serialisation promises to take this further by increasing…
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New Frontiers for Flexo
Over the past three decades, flexography has been demonstrated to be a printing technology with very impressive growth in terms…
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Change Packaging for the Better
Jay Gouliard is in no doubt about Unilever's responsibilities when it comes to reducing the impact of the group's packaging…
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Deals in Decline
There was a marked decline in M&A activity in the packaging and converting industry in 2009, even though some analysts…
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Topping Up on New Ideas
"Great innovators go against the grain," says Syl Saller, global head of innovation at Diageo. "If everyone else is hunkering…