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

Three Gold awards and a Silver saw RePlay top the medal tally in this year's PIDA awards. But behind the accolades lies an equally important story: the practical challenges of making reusable packaging systems commercially viable.

Australia's peak paper industry association has rebranded as the APPIA, reflecting what it says is the growing importance of fibre-based packaging across Australia and New Zealand.

The World Packaging Organisation has established World Packaging Day, to be marked each year on 6 September, the anniversary of the organisation's foundation.