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Better durability with rubber injection moulding

Adam Howard, Director at Seals Direct, explains the benefits of organic rubber injection moulding, including resilience, elasticity and abrasion resistance.

LVF Packaging urges the industry to switch to clear rPET Mono

Daniel Coates, Business Development Director at LVF Packaging, discusses the benefits of rPET Mono, calling for an industry-wide adoption.

Are you connected?

Big data, smart manufacturing, vertical integration and cross-platform communication. Does anyone know how to do it? And is it even feasible? Sumitomo (SHI) Demag explores the questions as we enter this new age of connectivity and transparency.

Is production really pollution?

Tom Cash, Director of automation parts supplier Foxmere, dives into the different technologies that can help prevent plastic pollution, from blockchain traceability to AI sorting.

Why use a structural adhesive?

Here Peter Swanson, Founder and Executive Chair of adhesives specialist Intertronics, weighs up mechanical bonding vs adhesive bonding, and gives some advice for designing in an adhesive.

Environmental Packaging Awards 2025 I Entries open with ‘early bird’ offer

Entries are open for the Environmental Packaging Awards 2025, with an ‘early bird' offer still applicable.

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LVF packaging calls for ‘sea-changing’ clear rPET mono trays industry wide adoption

LVF Packaging has called on the packaging industry to adopt clear rPET Mono as the manufacturing material of choice for all trays in order to ensure they end up being recycled.

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Essex council plans three-weekly collections to improve recycling rates

Braintree District Council has launched a consultation on plans to move to a pattern of three-weekly residual waste collections to improve recycling rates.

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MBA Polymers earns Carbon Trust’s Lower CO2 label

MBA Polymers UK’s new ABS polymer has achieved the Carbon Trust’s 'Lower CO2 label’.

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Wrapology to host ‘Material Matters’ pop-up workshop in Kings Cross

Luxury packaging company Wrapology is to host a pop-up workshop in the heart of Kings Cross, London this January.

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PM plans to 'unleash AI' across UK to boost growth

Leading tech firms are said to have committed £14bn towards the project, which could create more than 13,000 jobs.

Meghan Netflix show delayed over LA wildfires

The series will now premiere in March after devastating fires in southern California, where it was filmed.

'A good decision not to quit' - Burrage secures emotional win

Britian's Jodie Burrage cries "happy tears" after winning a Grand Slam match just two months after considering quitting the sport.

Tsitsipas 'hit by karma' in Australian Open exit

Stefanos Tsitsipas says his Australian Open first-round exit was "karma" after withdrawing from the men's doubles with his brother to focus on singles.

'I feel blessed to get weight-loss jab' - but can the NHS afford it for all?

We meet some of the first NHS patients, as expert says funding everyone eligible would "bankrupt" the service.