Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ wins MIMA 2026 Scale! award for enabling cost-efficient growth in food and beverage manufacturing 

Tetra Pak has won the Microsoft Intelligent Manufacturing Award (MIMA) 2026 in the Scale! category for its next-generation automation and digital portfolio, Tetra Pak® Factory OS™. The Scale! award recognises intelligent industrial solutions leading the way in the breadth of value chains, clients or internal processes they impact, across different levels of maturity. Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ is a suite of modular, open and scalable smart factory technologies designed […]

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5,672 tonnes of packaging generated every Easter

Every year, 80 million Easter eggs are purchased in the UK. Waste management experts BusinessWaste.co.uk have calculated that a whopping 5,672 tonnes of packaging will be binned. 25% of your Easter egg is actually just packaging By analysing ten popular high street Easter eggs, experts uncovered that on average, most products are just 75% chocolate, […]

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Precision Packaging: Why Intelligent Laser Perforation is the Key to Sustainable Fresh Produce Supply Chains

Every year, between 10% and 40% of fresh produce harvested worldwide never reaches the consumer. In industrialised countries, postharvest losses run consistently at 10–20% — driven not by poor growing conditions, but by what happens after harvest: spoilage, mishandling, and inadequate packaging during distribution. For fresh produce businesses under margin pressure, this is not just […]

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Evolving priorities: the changing face of purchasing decisions

By Matt Hale, Global Business Development Director, HRS Heat Exchangers   Over the last decade business procurement has evolved significantly. Previously focused on achieving the best outcome in terms of performance and cost, procurement is now an increasingly strategic corporate function, with any new purchase needing to aid business performance and meet increasingly stringent compliance, […]

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London Packaging Week opens entries for Innovation Awards 2026

The Innovation Awards 2026 return to London Packaging Week, celebrating the boldest, most disruptive packaging designs shaping the future. The future of packaging is taking centre stage: London Packaging Week has opened entries for its prestigious Innovation Awards 2026, celebrating the most forward-thinking, disruptive, and creative projects shaping the industry today. Entries are now open, […]

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CB3 Low – the new, compact pallet box for efficient handling

Plastic pallet boxes with reduced height are used for clear storage, allowing quick access to contents and protecting sensitive goods. Typical fields of application include the food industry, fish processing, mechanical engineering and metal processing. The Craemer Group – one of the world’s leading manufacturers of durable plastic logistics solutions – has developed the new […]

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Rewinding the conveyor belt

~ Rethinking transport on production lines ~ There was a time when VHS was cutting-edge, revolutionising how we watched our favourite films, but compared to the streaming services we have today, you see just how far the world has moved on. Traditional conveyor systems are the VHS of manufacturing. While they’ve served the industry for […]

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