Ruth Price, Business Development Director at plastic packaging manufacturer, Sharpak Aylesham, talks about how the packaging industry has continued to develop in order to meet shifting consumer demands.
UK-based specialist plastic products manufacturer, Plastics Capital, has announced it has conditionally agreed to acquire Lancashire-based Flexipol Packaging Limited for a maximum consideration of £10.64 million.
At a Parliamentary reception held last week, the message from PAFA, the BPF and the Plastics 2020 Challenge was educate, educate, educate when it comes to consumer knowledge of the benefits of plastics packaging and recycling.
A recent survey by Which? has reported that two-thirds of consumers are becoming increasingly frustrated by ‘wrap rage’, which is caused by the packaging on everyday products being 'too hard' to open.
