Westpak to exhibit at Packaging Innovations 2025
Westpak are pleased to announce they will be exhibiting at Packaging Innovations 2025. The two-day exhibition takes place at the NEC Birmingham from 12th – 13th February 2025 and showcases the leading innovative brands and products from across the UK packaging industry.
Our office headquarters address has changed
Westpak’s office headquarters address has now changed to New Grove House, Murray Road, Orpington, BR5 3QY. This change applies to our office headquarters only, with our separate distribution centre remaining in Kettering. Our office phone number also remains unchanged, so our team can still be reached on 0800 298 5844.
Westpak unveil latest packaging ranges at ‘Packaging Innovations 2024’
Westpak recently unveiled a series of innovative and environmentally sustainable new food packaging innovations at the 2024 Packaging Innovations exhibition. Westpak’s expansive exhibition stand saw the unveiling of new packaging ranges including ‘StickLok’ tamper-evident takeaway bag, ‘HeatWave’ thermal pizza box liners, ‘AgriBlend, foodservice containers manufactured form agricultural waste and a number of other innovative new packaging additions.
Card-based food packaging – everything you need to know.
The range of card-packaging options is surprisingly vast, with numerous material types – each with their own strengths and ideal applications.
Highlights from the Responsible Packaging Expo 2023
Westpak were delighted to exhibit at this year’s Responsible Packaging Expo. The event, which was held at ExCeL London from Tuesday 10th – Wednesday 11th October, featured hundreds of exhibitors attracting huge numbers of visitors across the two-day period.
Westpak are exhibiting at this year’s Responsible Packaging Expo
Westpak will be exhibiting at this year’s Responsible Packaging Expo, which takes place at ExCeL London from Tuesday 10th – Wednesday 11th October 2023.
Grocery sustainability metrics have the potential to redefine the role of food packaging
It’s nearly a decade ago that the familiar ‘traffic light’ labelling system started appearing on supermarket items signalling key health metrics around calories, sugar, salt and fat content. Fast-forward to now, and a similar emphasis is emerging in the grocery industry around the signalling of environmental sustainability data for food items.
Is the economy threatening packaging sustainability?
Consumers and businesses alike are in the middle of a storm of economic challenges with spiralling energy costs, increasing business production costs, weakened consumer spending and soaring inflation all taking their toll. This economic backdrop raises key questions for sustainable practices in the food & packaging industry and the broader consumer mindset. Will more environmentally […]
Is peat the next major grocery sustainability issue?
The UK’s grocery retail industry certainly isn’t short of topical sustainability issues and initiatives. We’re accustomed to regular industry updates on issues such as plastic reduction, recycling figures, carbon footprint reduction, net zero ambitions, and reducing food wastage, to name a few. However, one of the industry’s arguably lesser publicised sustainability developments, the horticultural use of peat, could be starting to build momentum.
Production-led innovation sparks opportunities for fresh produce packaging
The food packaging industry is a rapidly evolving landscape of continuous product innovation and sustainable technology. However, sometimes innovations at the point of food production itself can, in turn, spur innovation further up the supply-chain. Similarly, new technologies in fresh produce production and preservation can open new possibilities for existing packaging technology.
