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Exciting offers on Black Friday 2023 from MULTIVAC! We're showcasing four brand-new, state-of-the-art MULTIVAC showroom packaging machines at significantly reduced prices. Along with these deals, enjoy additional benefit..

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Hessing Supervers ready for the future

22 March 2023

Five million (!) packages will soon roll off the conveyor belt in Hessing Supervers' new Groente VersFabriek (vegetable fresh factory) in Greenport Venlo. To bolster that, the company is reinvesting in a series of fully ...

Zero downtime, maximum output at Simons Halal

20 March 2023

As a food producer today, you face many challenges. How can you still achieve maximum output? Simons Halal Food chose a Repak packaging machine that increases efficiency, has minimal downtime and is easy for everyone to ...

Will ‘meat shaming’ reduce meat consumption?

20 March 2023

'Meat shaming' stickers on meat packaging can have an inhibiting effect on meat purchases. Stickers that point to animal suffering, in particular, stir up feelings of shame, this is according to a Research by Anne-Madele...

The solution for cap inspection of Tethered Caps

14 March 2023

From July 2024, all producers of Beer & Soft Drinks will be required to modify their PET bottles so that the cap stays on the bottle after opening. With the SUP legislation, the EU aims to reduce the amount of litter...

Packaging and taste give tomato lovers Pure Joy

09 March 2023

How can you let consumers enjoy healthy and delicious tomatoes while they are still in the store? With packaging that allows the tomatoes to shine in terms of colour and shape while also contributing to a good taste expe...

Hard plastics can be recycled if constructed differently

09 March 2023

Rigid plastic is very difficult to recycle. At least, that was the case until the discovery of vitrimers. Researchers of the Biomolecular Sciences cluster have laid the foundation for this new type of sustainable plastic...

Column Pieter Vos: Embrace that problem!

08 March 2023

Packaging is more than just a shell for your product. Especially when it comes to food. There are strict requirements from legislators and retailers: in terms of food safety, labelling, shelf life, format, material used,...

The Plastic Guide: radical approach to plastic packaging

08 March 2023

The time has come to start a raw materials transition together for a truly circular economy. This can only be achieved by thinking and acting differently in the production and use of plastic packaging, according to the D...

Online edition March 2023: Packaging

06 March 2023

The European Commission is 'done with it': the EU's packaging waste policy has failed. That is why the EU is intervening with new legislation. This is so detailed that it is going to have a lot of impact on the food indu...

Column Judith Witte: Reptile brain

06 March 2023

Us humans are creatures of habit. Every day we have the same morning routine, the same route to work, a fixed place at the table. Change makes us restless. To prove this premise at home, I ran a little test. At dinner, I...

Packaging: sustainable versus political gain

06 March 2023

The European Commission is 'through with it': the EU's packaging waste policy has failed. That is why the EU is intervening with new legislation. Which is SO detailed that it is going to have a lot of impact on the food ...

Review renewed SATO print engines

06 March 2023

SATO is a well-known name in the packaging industry as a supplier of printers and labelers. Automator supplies SATO's built-in S84EX and S86EX print engines, among others. An updated model of these built-in models was la...

De Koningh and Epson join forces!

06 March 2023

De Koningh has proudly added Epson to its range of desktop printers with its ColorWorks industrial colour printers. These on-demand full-colour label printers offer new opportunities for companies that need to manage a l...

Acquisition of Adriaan Dekker by OPACKGROUP

06 March 2023

Packaging producer OPACKGROUP is taking over the operations of Papierindustrie Adriaan Dekker. The proposed takeover decision was officially confirmed at the end of last year by Vincent Tol (managing director Adriaan Dek...

First steps towards European eco-label for food

20 February 2023

The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) are taking the initiative to improve transparency about the sustainability of food in retail. One of the options i...