The Market Of The Senior Consumer – A Challenge For The Packaged Goods Industry
End of last year Tetra Pak launched its Consumer Generations White Paper on “Seniors”, which analyses consumers by their age, needs and spending habits. It investigates senior consumer trends in the...
View ArticleWomen On-The-Go
In an article in Food Packaging by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Gil Horsky, global innovation head of Mondelēz Intl., argues that “Time is an increasingly precious resource and our multitasking lifestyles are...
View ArticleWomen On-The-Go – Part 02
As promised in previous article I continue here with a selection of convenient products and packaging for the women on-the-go. But before we have a look at the rest of the products I selected, I have...
View ArticleInterpack 2017 and Serialization
Probably not what my readers expect from me for the first day of Interpack 2017, as this might not be a glamorous article. However it is of utmost importance for the pharmaceutical segment of...
View ArticleInterpack 2017 and Serialization – 02
After my lecture yesterday about the necessity of serialisation for the food industry in relation to the criminal world, I promised to have a look at what several exhibitors at Interpack are showing...
View ArticleInterpack 2017 And Bioplastics
I like, for the second topic of my experiences at the Interpack 2017, to move to a sensitive development in packaging. You can also say it’s a sensible topic. Yesterday on the Interpack I looked for...
View ArticleInterpack 2017 And Bioplastics – 02
As I said yesterday we aren’t yet at the end of my selection. Today we meet with the updated portfolio of bio-based thermoplastic compounds from FKUR, the Flexfresh Waterless Internet flower...
View ArticleInterpack 2017 And The Kindergarten
It is a pleasure to see young children being invited to visit a technical exhibition. And that’s what Interpack did. The photos show the amazing glances of what the children experienced. They are the...
View ArticleInterpack 2017 And Folding Cartons
Interpack 2017 is behind us, but I still have some items which I like to highlight. For this instalment it is the folding carton. The fun characteristic of folding cartons is that in the last years we...
View ArticleThe Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Let’s start defining Active and intelligent packaging Both active packaging and intelligent packaging involve functions, which go beyond the containment and protection of a product. The difference...
View ArticleThe Good, The Bad And The Ugly – 02
I finished my first instalment of “The Good, The Bad And The Ugly” with the promise to spend this second one with the Glenfiddich virtual reality whisky experience and how a Japanese e-commerce site...
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