PakTech Blog (3)

Jan 10, 2022 9:00:00 AM

Europe Insights: Applying the Waste Hierarchy to Move Towards a Waste-Free Future

By PakTech

Today, governments, businesses and consumers look for ways to optimise waste management. Among different solutions, the waste hierarchy concept has become an essential tool to determine priorities for action to reduce and manage waste sustainably. Yet, this concept remains unknown to many.

Nov 19, 2021 9:00:00 AM

Europe Insights: Minimal but Mighty Packaging Solutions

By PakTech

Today, packaging trends have shifted considerably, as consumers are rethinking their packaging choices, re-evaluating their purchasing habits and educating themselves on sustainable practices. Similarly, producers are accommodating consumers’ preferences into their products by investing in advanced technologies, working with different materials and techniques and setting ambitious environmental targets. Brands, distributors, and retailers are increasingly becoming more selective with the type of packaging solution they choose.

Nov 11, 2021 11:43:07 AM

How PakTech Can Handle Your Packaging Supply Chain Issues

By PakTech

In the aftermath of COVID-19, it’s not just public health that’s on everyone’s mind. In businesses all over the world, supply chain issues are turning once-smoothly running systems into logistical nightmares.

Sep 17, 2021 6:00:00 AM

PakTech Awarded for Global Sustainability by Business Intelligence Group

By PakTech

The Business Intelligence Group has recognized PakTech for its Sustainability Product of the Year in the 2021 Sustainability Awards program. The Sustainability Awards honor those people, teams and organizations who have made sustainability an integral part of their business practices or overall mission.

Sep 3, 2021 4:27:47 PM

Europe Insights: Paperboard vs Plastic: A Holistic Look into the Ongoing Debate

By PakTech

Both paperboard and plastic remain as widely popular packaging materials. Yet, negative perceptions of plastic persist due to the commonly misplaced notion that paper is “natural” whereas plastic is not. This perception has pushed retailers and brands to make the switch away from plastic to paperboard but not without consequential environmental impacts.

Jul 28, 2021 10:32:46 AM

CO-PACK WITH PAKTECH - 4 WAYS TO GROW YOUR CO-PACKING BUSINESS

By PakTech

As any successful co-packer knows, the best way to grow your business is to offer more services to your customers. That’s why “one stop shop, “complete solution”, and “single-source” are such popular selling points—the co-packer gets more business and manufacturers have all their packaging needs done in one place. Win win!

Jul 9, 2021 10:00:00 AM

PakTech Assists launching U.S. Plastics Pact's Circular Economy Roadmap as a Founding Activator

By PakTech

PakTech assists with launching The U.S. Plastics Pact's (“U.S. Pact”) “Roadmap to 2025,” an aggressive national strategy illustrating how the U.S. Pact, PakTech and fellow signatories, known as Activators, will achieve each of the U.S. Pact’s four 2025 targets through specific actions, responsibilities, and interim timeframes to realize a circular economy for plastics in the United States by 2025.

Jun 30, 2021 8:00:00 AM

PakTech is one of 10 Innovative Food Companies to Watch in 2021

By PakTech

The world is growing at a tremendous pace, and with it, there is an ascent in the demand levels for food packaging. With the shortage of resources becoming an increasing reality, employing and incorporating sustainable and ingenious techniques has become the primary objective of PakTech.

Apr 22, 2021 10:00:00 AM

How PakTech’s Partners Are Helping Us Recycle And You Can Too

By PakTech

We at PakTech are proud of our recycling program. Alongside with our 100% recycled plastic packaging solutions, the recycling program supports our commitment to sustainability. These initiatives have helped us repurpose the equivalent of over half a billion (644,203,483 to be exact) discarded milk jugs, keeping roughly 83 million pounds of plastic out of the waste stream. This is plastic that wasn’t sent to a landfill (or the ocean), but was instead repurposed, often multiple times!

Mar 2, 2021 2:00:00 AM

UK INSIGHT: Constantly Innovating to Meet Your Sustainable and Practical Needs

By PakTech

Since its very beginnings, PakTech has constantly evolved and innovated to meet our clients’ everchanging needs. Our origins are humble, having started out in 1983 as a small job shop that designed and produced moulds at request. Now, PakTech handles are found across the globe and are helping more and more businesses to make the most sustainable choice for secondary packaging. Here, we will hear from Tom Lucas from West Berkshire Brewery, on why they choose our PakTech packaging solutions to handle their products.