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The Packaging Professional July/August 2010

This issue looks at materials research and development.

News and features cover industry views on Government cuts, tracking CO2 in the supply chain, salt-modified starch for compostable packs and co-extrusion for multilayered bottles.

News

Carbohydrate polymers with a pinch of salt

Salt-modified starch
The use of salt-modified starch as a binder could assist the production of compostable carbohydrate-based polymers with varied properties, say researchers at Leicester University in the UK.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 14 Jul 2010

Looking to the future - how will Government cuts affect packaging?

DEFRA, which funds WRAP, will be forced to cut £162m from its budget under new Chancellor George Osborne’s £6.2bln savings plan, while at the same time recycling targets are set to rise. Gary Price asks key representatives from the sector how they think the cuts will affect industry and what they wish the new Government to achieve.

Packaging Professional Magazine, 14 Jul 2010

Linking the supply chain

Software that may help retailers, as well as packaging manufacturers and designers, reduce the costs and CO2 emissions associated with transporting, storing and shelving packed products is said to have been used for the first time by a major UK retailer.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 14 Jul 2010

Multilayer bottle technology

A process that enables blow moulders to co-extrude high-density polyethylene (HDPE) bottles layered with thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), has been developed by PolyOne, headquartered in Cleveland, USA.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 14 Jul 2010

Preventing waste with packaging

The amount of food that UK households and businesses waste could be significantly reduced with the help of nanotechnology in packaging, concluded speakers at the Food Packaging and Waste event, held in London, UK, on 29 June.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 14 Jul 2010

Features

Wrap it up, start again - packaging education in Michigan

Joseph Hotchkiss
Joseph Hotchkiss is anxious to bring academia in sync with industry demand. As Director of Michigan State University’s School of Packaging, USA, he hopes to steer the department into practical development. Ledetta Asfa-Wossen finds out more.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 14 Jul 2010

All the whey - packaging made from dairy products

Markus Schmid, Florian Wild and Karin Agulla, all of the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV, Freising, Germany, outline the initial results of a project to produce recyclable and biodegradable packaging from dairy products.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 14 Jul 2010