From the factory floor: Combilift turns 25

A special edition of PLAY this week with editor Kim Berry reporting from materials handling company Combilift's headquarters in Monaghan, Ireland. 

We recommend turning captions on due to the level of background noise from a very busy factory floor. 

Combilift sponsored Kim to go to Combilift HQ. They even let her drive the Combi-CB 70E. 

 

Packaging News

The September edition of The Packaging Innovation Edit, presented by PKN in collaboration with ThePackHub, spans materials science, circularity and consumer experience, showing how innovation can occur at very different points in the packaging lifecycle.

New European rules on generic environmental claims have prompted the Australasian Bioplastics Association to warn that packaging carrying poorly substantiated claims could be marketed in Australia.

Australia's environment ministers have declared packaging reform urgent and named soft plastics as an initial priority, but offered no firm timetable or regulatory commitments. SPSA has welcomed the soft plastics focus, while Boomerang Alliance and WMRR have raised concerns about the lack of concrete action.