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In a previous blog in this series we spoke about the permanence of a carton seal when using water activated tape rather than pressure-sensitive plastic tape. This feature is even more noticeable when the tape is subjected to extremes of temperature. The plastics used to make packaging tapes become brittle if exposed to the low …

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It’s one of those brands that hardly needs introduction to people who Google® (search the internet) for AstroTurf® (grass-like artificial sport and leisure ground covering) download the installation instructions onto a Memory Stick® (portable digital storage device) for them to Xerox® (print on an electronic duplicator) at a later date. They ask the supplier to …

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Polythene bags need no introduction; they seem to be everywhere. While they are frequently demonised for polluting our oceans and landscapes, they still play an important part in the packaging industry, so let’s hear it for polythene bags before they’re consigned to the recycling bin of history. Before we go on to the main reason …

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This morning, packaging specialists Southgate will reveal their latest and probably most audacious innovation in eco-friendly packaging materials – Transpal® Elastowrap™ Expanding Kraft Paper. Kraft paper still constitutes a significant percentage of all materials used for manual wrapping and has excellent eco-credentials. Elastowrap will widen the possibilities and ensure an eco-friendly future for an uncertain …

Southgate Stretches the Limits of Eco Packaging Read More »

Semi-automatic strapping machines are fast and versatile. Feed the strap around the pack and the strapping machine will tension, seal it and cut it from the reel in seconds. But one thing they don’t like is lots of dust, moisture or particles, which can’t always be avoided. The strap tensioning and sealing unit is conventionally …

Strapping On the Side – The Optimax® AS400 Read More »

Pallets are most commonly secured with plastic stretch wrapping film as it’s fast and offers reasonable weather protection, but this creates high volumes of waste plastic. Until such a time as we develop truly 100% biodegradable stretch film, there are ways in which this waste can be reduced or even eliminated. There’s no denying that …

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When did man first realise that stuffing something into a space inside a box, sack or flagon would stop the contents rattling around and getting damaged? We don’t know, but it must have been going on for centuries in an improvising kind of way. Visit any antiques market and you’ll notice a pile of used …

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Reduction and removal of plastics from packaging is now more critical than ever as we see images of the pollution that is threatening to choke our oceans. At the same time, recycling of packaging needs to be made easier and less costly. Great progress is being made in the fields of bio-compostable plastics which under …

Advantages of WAT #3 – 100% Recyclability Read More »

We are excited to announce we will be attending this year’s Multimodal Event held at the NEC Birmingham between 18th and 20th June 2019. Multimodal 2019 celebrates twelve years of putting shippers, retailers, wholesalers, importers and exporters in front of exhibitors who offer the latest logistics and supply chain solutions.  Multimodal is firmly established as …

Southgate returns to Multimodal Read More »

“You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said ‘Parking Fine.’”  Tommy Cooper Many of us are familiar with that heart-sinking moment when, as we approach our parked car, we see a glaring yellow and black rectangular wallet plastered to the windscreen – the …

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