There are many reasons why plastics are so widely used across a range of industries in most global economies.

Antalis Packaging created a fully insured, pulp-based bottle protection solution for Sloemotion Distillery – an artisan spirits business – which has resulted in a reduction in transit breakages from 1 in 20 to zero.

Antalis is pleased to announce the addition of the Master’In A-482 friction weld strapping device to its range of packaging accessories.

With labour and materials in short supply, planning for peak packaging has never been more important. Here, Antalis’ Head of Business Development for Packaging, John Garner, explores the issues facing packaging and logistics operations and shares his insight and experience on how to keep your business on track during peak 2021.

Antalis Packaging’s fast turnaround in the recommendation, supply and installation of new packaging machinery helped a British multinational chemicals company to quickly launch its hand sanitiser business.

The Plastic Packaging Tax is scheduled to come into force in April 2022. Businesses that aren’t prepared could end up paying a tax of £200 per tonne. Fortunately, Antalis Packaging has been making preparations to help its customers minimise the impact of the tax. Here, Antalis' Packaging Technologist Manager, Jason Poxon, shares four ways businesses can ensure they’re not caught out.

Reinventing eco-friendly packaging solutions day after day to protect the future.

Antalis Packaging has worked with a leading wholesaler to redesign a high volume packing area to enable workers to maintain their social distance. With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the client needed help with redesigning their packing area so that staff could resume work in a Covid-safe environment that was also ergonomically more efficient.

In a world experiencing intense pressure on environmental and ecological health, the greatest force for positive change on the environment is the buying behaviour of the world’s consumers.

Environmental concerns, rising cost of raw materials and the impending Plastic Tax are making packaging and logistics companies think twice about their use of stretch film. But is it possible to cut the use of this warehouse staple?

Efficiency is vital in logistics, especially during an economic crisis, and finding solutions to save time in everyday supply chain management should always be a top priority.

The need for speed is constant, with seasonal and omnichannel demand surges. It adds extra stress across operations for faster availability, packaging, order fulfilment and delivery.

However, just-in-time deliveries are a carefully composed melody where suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses and distribution must all be in tune. Harmony can easily be thrown off by a number of unpredictable issues like product damage, misplaced inventory, price hikes, delays, weather instability and much more. When one element is missing or too slow, the rest have to work harder to catch up – and time is lost.

In today's world, environmental sustainability is key. It's a rising demand from consumers, and a global issue where we all have a role to play. Eco-friendly packaging has to be easy to recycle, be safe for the environment, and ideally made from recycled materials.

Packaging, when created with sustainability in mind, plays a key role in helping to preserve the environment. This is now more important than ever with natural resources being depleted at a rapid rate, and unrecycled plastic polluting the planet.