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The Packaging Professional March/April 2010

This issues covers manufacturing.

Related features focus on smarter distribution systems and FMCG product development.

News examines a new global metric for measuring packaging's sustainability and extending shelf life with liquid crystals.

News

Motion control – mechano-active packaging

 Innventia’s mechano-active packaging responds to heat, moisture and electrical stimulation
Motion-controlled mechano-active packaging could soon be available, says paper R&D firm Innventia, based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 12 Mar 2010

Measuring sustainability – global packaging metric

Some of the biggest global brands and packaging manufacturers will pilot a new common language of
definitions to benchmark sustainability in the Global Packaging Project (GPP).
Packaging Professional Magazine, 12 Mar 2010

Liquid crystals for improved shelf life

Developments in the structure and movement of liquid crystals may result in more effective sealant properties that prolong shelf life.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 12 Mar 2010

Compostable sugar polymer

A compostable sugar-based polymer could offer a significant advance on polylactic acid (PLA), researchers at Imperial College London, UK, claim. Sugar derivatives are being modified by a series of chemical transformations to create a potentially domestically degradable polymer that does not rely on food crops and is less energy intensive to manufacture.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 12 Mar 2010

Features

Working together – the role of packaging

Christopher Simms, Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth, UK, presents research results on the role of packaging in new product development.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 12 Mar 2010

Making it better – pharmaceutical packaging

Chris Penfold, CEO of Nottingham-based pharma packaging consultancy Design Cognition, presents The Packaging Society’s Pharmaceutical Common Interest Group.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 12 Mar 2010

Safe passage – packaging protection

The safe delivery of items is a fundamental role of packaging. Ivan Reeve, Sales Director of CDi Worldwide, Bungay, UK, describes a newcarton system designed with this in mind.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 12 Mar 2010
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