• Skip to content
  • Skip to nav
  • Become a member
  • Technical communities

Return to IOM3 home

  • Contact IOM3
  • About IOM3
  • Member network
  • Log in
  • Home
  • News
  • Features
  • Events
  • Local activities
  • Links
  • Community board
    • Mission
    • Annual reports
    • Board member profiles
    • Education & Training Advisory Group
    • Membership Advisory Group
    • Board papers
  • Contact us
IOM3 Home › The Packaging Society

News

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

The New Machinery Directive

Is your company ready for the change overs that the new Machinery Directive will require?
Packaging, 27 Aug 2010

Innovative Packaging to Minimize the Melting of Chocolate Bars

Kraft Foods Global, Inc., invites proposals for a protective packaging solution that will minimize or prevent melting of chocolate bar confections in warm or hot climates. A great opportunity for a Packaging Society member(s).
Packaging, 16 Aug 2010

Linking the supply chain

Software that may help manufacturers and product designers, reduce the costs and CO2 emissions associated with transporting and storing goods is said to have been used for the first time by a major UK retailer on beverage packaging.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Aug 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

Politics as usual? Profile of Dave Dalton, CEO of the British Glass Manufacturers’ Confederation

As CEO of the British Glass Manufacturers’ Confederation, Dave Dalton wants to persuade his members and the UK Government that investment is urgently needed to ensure the industry’s future prosperity. Gary Price learns how he intends to fight for change in a sector that he has worked in for almost 30 years.
Materials World Magazine, 02 Jul 2010

Videos now available of Student Starpack 2010 dragons' den finalists

Presentations by the Student Starpack dragons' den finalists are now available to view on the IOM3 YouTube channel.
Starpack, 15 Jun 2010

Survey on packaging training and education

The Packaging Society is canvassing the opinions of people throughout the packaging chain to gauge present and future training and education priorities.
Packaging, 14 Jun 2010
123456789…next ›last »

on Twitter, Facebook, Digg, your blog, and more

What is ShareThis?

  • Home
  • Contact IOM3
  • About/FAQ
  • Venue hire
  • Press room
  • Privacy
  • Copyright
  • Accessibility
  • Terms
  • Login