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London Packaging Week partners with Vital Hardware charity to inspire future packaging creatives

Jade

A new partnership that collects equipment and donations to help creatives from underprivileged backgrounds get their start in the industry. London Packaging Week has partnered with charity Vital Hardware in its continuing mission to uplift and shine a spotlight on young creative talent from underprivileged backgrounds. Vital Hardware works with industry educators, schools, and businesses to […]

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Arla Foods Ingredients study finds whey protein can help control post-meal blood sugar spikes in GDM

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Consuming Lacprodan® ISO.WaterShake whey protein isolate before meals can help control blood sugar in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), clinical research from Arla Foods Ingredients shows. Consuming Lacprodan® ISO.WaterShake whey protein isolate before meals can help control blood sugar in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), clinical research from Arla Foods Ingredients shows. Arla Foods Ingredients partnered with Aarhus University […]

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Kemtile to Showcase Single Source Flooring Solutions at PPMA 2025

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Kemtile is using PPMA 2025 to engage prospective customers on the benefits of coming to an internationally-backed industrial flooring and drainage business with a single source approach to flooring projects across the process and packaging industry. The PPMA Show (23rd-25th Sept) is the largest processing and packaging machinery exhibition held annually at NEC Birmingham in […]

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Soken Engineering presents multi-material and dedicated heat sealers at London Packaging Week 2025

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The company’s range of multi-material and dedicated heat-sealing machines are demonstrated throughout the 15 & 16 October event at Excel London. Soken Engineering, a market leader in heat sealing technology for over 30 years, will showcase its range of multi-material and dedicated heat-sealing machines at London Packaging Week, which returns to Excel London on 15 & 16 […]

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Expiry dates and manufacturing mayhem

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Ever noticed how your favourite Walkers crisps almost always expire on a Saturday? That’s because the company’s production week starts on Sunday, so everything made that week shares the same “best before” date. This small detail points to a bigger challenge: the changing number of stock-keeping units (SKUs) in consumer goods is making food and […]

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Future Tense: Designing for 2035 and beyond

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London Packaging Week catches up with Sarah Mwathunga, Strategic Lead for Beauty Futures at Design Bridge and Partners, to explore the emotional, cultural, and environmental forces set to reshape consumer experiences over the next decade. Looking toward 2035, a future that once felt distant is now close enough to shape. It’s a time charged with […]

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SIGNATROL LAUNCHES IMPROVED TEMPERATURE DATA LOGGER SOFTWARE

Sophie Weir

Building on the success of its SL60 series of cost-effective miniature temperature and humidity data loggers, Signatrol has launched an updated version of TempIT5, the software package that works alongside the data loggers. The new look TempIT5 offers significantly increased speed, reliability, and efficiency with several high functioning features that are particularly beneficial to food and […]

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BIFFA ANTICIPATES 70% INCREASE IN BUSINESS FOOD WASTE RECYCLING WITH SIMPLER RECYCLING LEGISLATION 

Sophie Weir

If Wales’ Workplace Recycling Scheme sets a precedent, enough extra food waste could be recycled in the next year to offset 8 million tonnes of CO2 More than 8 million kilograms of extra carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) could be offset by Simpler Recycling legislation*, experts at sustainable waste management company Biffa predict. Simpler Recycling – […]

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