Taking a breather after Covid-19: during the pandemic, online retail virtually exploded – but now the development of e-commerce is slowing down again. Nonetheless, manufacturers and suppliers of shipping packaging can continue to expect growth, even if it is no longer as strong as in the previous record years of 2020 and 2021.

Antalis is once again partnering with Brief Cases, who link business and education, to present this year’s ‘Smart Packaging: Confectionery Sector’ competition, in collaboration with Norwich University of the Arts
The competition, which is being sponsored by Antalis for the third consecutive year, aims to educate, engage and support the packaging designers of the future.

What does the future of packaging production look like?

BOBST answered this question with two presentations at this year's DFTA symposium in the context of several talks from the industry: Hermann Koch, Sales Director DACH & Preprint at Bobst Bielefeld, presented a complete turnkey solution for the production of flexible packaging with a "One Complete Solution" workflow to the approximately 35 participants at the company's Competence Center on February 14.

The 2023 MFI Awards on 28 March: Several ministers and members of the Dangote family expected to present the 2023 MFI Awards to CEOs of the top 5 Nigerian brands

The vast majority of UK businesses view their packaging data collection capability as a “work in progress”, according to a new survey by environmental compliance data experts, Ecoveritas.

A staggering 86% of respondents are yet to establish their data collection processes fully, despite the strengthening of a statutory instrument (SI), titled Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) Regulations 2023, which mandates obligated producers in England to collect and report data on the amount and type of packaging placed on the market from this month.

Sustainability has been a megatrend for years also for cosmetics packaging. Manufacturers are more often using monomaterial that can be recycled, paper and renewable resources, often from waste products from agriculture and forestry, or from the food industry, for their packaging. Refillable solutions are being favourably received by customers, too, as they help to reduce the amount of waste.

Nigeria investing heavily in food, packaging and plastics technology
The Nigerian agrofood & plastprintpack industry will meet again for the highlight of the year. Organised by the German trade show specialists fairtrade, the 8th edition of agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria takes place from 28 to 30 March 2023 at the Landmark Centre in Lagos, Victoria Island.

Propak Philippines 2023 will run from 1 to 3 February

The year 2023 is here at last, and we are looking forward to the greatest and most international industry meeting of the processing and packaging sector. This is what the exhibitors have in store:

They will show how to change the game when it comes to sustainability, processing and packaging technology for a better life, or efficient production processes that are less resource intensive.

New unit to be delivered to the department in the spring. Thanks to digitalization, the goal is to provide surgeons with even greater operating precision and quality. President of SACMI, Paolo Mongardi: «We’re an Imola-based company, and part of our mission involves supporting local excellence»

A series of institutional and business meetings were organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the aim of forging new business relationships in a fast-growing, investment-attractive country

The demand for pharmaceutical products is increasing worldwide, with more and more medications being launched onto the market in ever shorter periods of time. Last year alone, turnover in the German pharmaceutical market – the largest in Europe and the fourth largest worldwide – was around 53.6 billion euros.