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.

Antalis Packaging has helped a leading beauty company to switch to entirely paper-based packaging for the distribution of its haircare products in the UK. The move is part of wider sustainability targets to remove all plastic from their transit packaging supply chain and to use FSC®-certified products where possible.

Antalis Packaging offers UK-wide packaging support for packaging materials, machinery and services.

The dedicated Antalis Machinery team delivered a speedy installation of the PACjacket automated system to ensure that a leading high street retailer was able to cope with the growing demand for online ordering. This time and labour-saving automated packaging solution is designed to create on-demand bubble mailers for high volume e-commerce applications.

Antalis’ Head of Business Development for Packaging, John Garner, is urging packaging and logistics businesses to talk to their packaging providers now, to plan and prepare for what may be another challenging year.

The team at Antalis’ Smart Packaging Centre (SPC) has designed an ergonomic packaging solution for the delivery of vital medical equipment to patients who have just returned home following a life-changing spinal injury or diagnosis.

As 2020, the year that nobody predicted, finally draws to a close, Antalis’ Head of Business Development for packaging, John Garner, offers a mix of realism and optimism as he looks ahead to 2021.

In the run up to Black Friday and the peak Christmas shopping season, Antalis’ Head of Business Development for Packaging, John Garner, is urging packaging and logistics businesses not to delay their preparations a moment longer.

How switching from a packaging supplier to a packaging partner is helping a manufacturer and packer of dairy products to adapt and grow its business. When a Welsh dairy manufacturer and packer began to expand its business to meet the demand from supermarkets for its products, its existing packaging supplier was unable to provide the level of service needed.