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Julia Schober
25. November 2021

The golden combination: digitalization and innovation. Why is almost no one picking it up?

Top positions in digitalization are the exception rather than the rule among medium-sized companies in the packaging industry. Often, they voluntarily do without it, although digitalization and innovation are decisive drivers for success and growth. It is precisely the combination that brings success – not only for the present, but also for the future. We […]

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Matthias Giebel

Fachpack shows light on the circular economy horizon. Massive innovation competition, especially for cups

Circular economy, always circular economy: Rarely has the focus of our industry been so clear and massive. At Fachpack, too, it was possible to observe how strongly the industry’s actions are shaped by mastering the challenges surrounding the circular economy. This could be observed very vividly in the area of flexible packaging. However, the crowning […]

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Jenny Walther-Thoß

When demand meets shortage: skilled workers for the field of sustainability

The shortage of skilled workers has become the biggest risk for companies. It’s good if you can now present yourself as a sustainable company – because that increases your attractiveness enormously. But it’s bad if your own sustainability is not yet up to scratch. That would require not only a strategy, but also the right […]

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Matthias Giebel
22. September 2021

How to reach the circular economy turnaround? Deep dive with Martin Stuchtey (Founder, SYSTEMIQ)

In our expert podcast, Matthias Giebel, Partner for Sustainability & Innovation at B+P Consultants, talks to circular economy luminary Martin Stuchtey. The professor for resource strategies and management at the University of Innsbruck is the founder and managing partner of the think tank SYSTEMIQ. We wanted to know from him what innovations are necessary for […]

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Karsten Beutner

Is HolyGrail 2.0 really the circular economy’s ‘holy grail’?

Against the backdrop of increasing environmental regulations and stricter recycling quotas, packaging manufacturers, and in particular the plastics industry, are coming under pressure. This is because far too many recyclable materials are still being lost in the recycling process. The HolyGrail 2.0 initiative wants to change this by using digital marker technology. More and more […]

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Karsten Beutner

Is high growth of the packaging market an illusion? How to interpret growth figures correctly

What to do when the market research figures show strong growth? Go all out? Invest? Look forward to golden times? Our advice: Look twice first. Because the answer is often a clear “maybe”. Market research is usually based on turnover. But this is only part of the truth – and should be compared with sales […]

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Karsten Beutner

FMCG markets in times before (and after) Covid: winners, losers and prospects

How did the FMCG markets develop before and during the Corona pandemic? What are the effects on the packaging materials used? And what forecasts can be made for the time after? We have done some research for you and carried out a study of the markets in the 3rd quarter of 2021, from which valuable […]

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Karsten Beutner

Big opportunities for growth through artificial intelligence, B+P research shows

We conducted research on the topic of “Artificial Intelligence in the packaging industry and its implications” in Q3 2021. Our research shows that, on the one hand, AI technology is seen as a great opportunity to overcome central challenges. Nevertheless, the packaging sector is very hesitant to use AI – and at the same time […]

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Julia Schober

E-commerce packaging: sustainability moves into focus

E-commerce is booming. Driven not least by the pandemic and lockdown, online sales grew three times as strongly from 2019 to 2020 as in the same period of the previous year. As a central factor in the business, packaging is increasingly becoming a “hidden champion”. In addition to product protection as a central requirement, its […]

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Matthias Giebel

Plastic under pressure. Fibre profits. It’s down to the wire

In the second article of our series on the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF), we look at efforts and concrete examples for the “elimination of problematic or unnecessary plastic packaging”. Driven by regulators, consumer demands and current studies, the top issue of plastic elimination is becoming existential especially for those packaging companies that do not have […]

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