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SHARPAK Aylesham Wins Gold at 2025 Environmental Packaging Awards

We are very pleased that one of our members who is employed at SHARPAK Aylesham Ltd has informed us that their Company has won the highly acclaimed ‘Gold’ award in the Fresh Fruit & Vegetables category at the Environmental Packaging Awards 2025 for its game-changing SharpTek Technology. This latest innovation from SHARPAK ticks all the […]

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Midlands Packaging Society Celebrates Victoria Whyley’s Shortlisting for Prestigious Women in Packaging Excellence Awards

The Midlands Packaging Society is delighted to announce that committee member Victoria Whyley, who plays a pivotal role at Aldi, has been shortlisted for the highly esteemed Women in Packaging Excellence Awards. Victoria has been recognised in two distinguished categories: Inspirational Mentor in Packaging – Technical & Operational and the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award. With [...]
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Society visits Linney in Mansfield for an Insightful Tour

We are pleased to be able to report on our Society’s recent visit to Linney in Mansfield that took place on 13 March 2025. After a brief introduction to Linney, we began our visit firstly to the Linney Create part of the business. Linney has structured itself into several specialist divisions so it can service [...]
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Personalised Sealing Tape Offers Pathway to Waste Reduction

DataLase, the global leader in Photonic Printing solutions and TamperTech, a market leader in the design and manufacture of tamper-evident packaging and security solutions, have joined forces to introduce a groundbreaking innovation in tamper-evident tape technology. The development marks the first time DataLase’s photonic printing technology has been incorporated into tamper tape, combining security, authentication […]

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Coveris Expands Security Technology to Cartons to Fight Retail Theft

Leading European packaging manufacturer Coveris has extended its built-in, covert security solutions offer to now include printed cartons, tackling rising rates of theft in the fresh meat, beverage and luxury goods sectors. Targeting high levels of retail theft in the UK – currently costing multiples around £1.8 billion a year – Coveris has introduced its […]

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Mondi and the UN World Food Programme strengthen partnership to reduce food loss through sustainable packaging

Mondi Group, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, is to introduce a three-year extension to its partnership with the UN World Food Programme (WFP), the world’s largest humanitarian organisation providing food assistance to those recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change. Over the past few years, Mondi’s technical expertise, R&D [...]
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Keith Barnes – Lifetime Achievement Award

60 Years in Packaging and still counting…. At the Packaging Innovations Show that was held at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) this February (12&13/02/25) we are very pleased to announce that Keith Barnes, a founding committee member of our Society and a Chartered Scientist and Environmentalist, was recognised for a ‘lifetime achievement award’ for his […]

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Inspiring visit to the School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University

https://229327.eu13.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Hologram-for-Midland-Packaging-society.mp4         On the afternoon of Wednesday 29th January, the Midlands Packaging Society hosted their first in-person event for 2025 with twelve guests from the Midlands Packaging Society and their industry network visiting the School of Design and Creative Arts (SDCA) at Loughborough University. An engaging and informative event was co-ordinated by [...]
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Inspiring visit to the School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University

On the afternoon of Wednesday 29th January, the Midlands Packaging Society hosted their first in-person event for 2025 with twelve guests from the Midlands Packaging Society and their industry network visiting the School of Design and Creative Arts (SDCA) at Loughborough University. An engaging and informative event was co-ordinated by MPkgS committee member and Lecturer [...]
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The Midlands Packaging Society AGM 2024

Our 2024 AGM took place last month in Nottingham at the Park Plaza Hotel. After the AGM an excellent social program had been arranged by Victoria. Tim, our Chair opened the AGM with a report covering the year’s activities to date which were extensive and successful and included a number of factory visits, webinars and [...]
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