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Easy Access: The Need to Design Inclusive Packaging

Packaging must be robust, tamper-proof and leak-free, but, as the global population continues to age, it must also be easy to open. This can be a tricky balance to strike, but Selig reveals that a robust solution already exists.

Secure Sealing For All

The benefits of leakproof and tamper-proof packaging should not be denied to consumers with limited grip strength. Selig sales director Peter Tindale explains how the right sealing design and technology can ensure inclusivity.

Sealing the Deal: Granting Access While Staying Safe

With more older people being affected by arthritis, designers must develop new ways to ensure packaging is easily accessible to users, while maintaining pack security. Selig explores how to achieve both.

Milk Packaging: Lifting the Seal

Today, almost all milk is supplied to the UK retail market in HDPE screw-capped jugs, in combination with induction heat seals.

Sealing the Future With Easy Opening Pharmaceutical Packaging

Induction sealing is a low-cost approach that can deliver secure, hermetic and easy opening seals that are ideally suited to pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products for this growing market.

Spiced-up Technology Addresses Glass Jar Sealing Issues

The continued growth of Europe’s spice and herb market has been accompanied by a parallel increase in demand for glass packaging. Selig discusses this market™s special sealing challenges and presents the latest technological solution.

Selig Technology Earns Technical Innovative Prize

Selig has been awarded an Alufoil Trophy in recognition of its GlassFuze technology, which the firm believes is the first induction heat seal to provide a complete hermetic seal to glass that even withstands liquid and high-oil content substances.

The White Stuff

Consumer appetite for milk looks set to remain steady in Europe over the coming years, but reliable and secure containers will have to play a critical role for the dairy sector’s continued success.

Seal of Approval: How to Seal Glass Containers

Glass containers give products an impression of higher quality, but sealing them can be challenging. Darren Dodd presents a proven answer for the food sector.

The Packaging Challenges Posed by an Ageing Population

The industry faces the challenge of creating packaging that is secure and tamper-proof, but also easy to open for elderly consumers and those who suffer from dexterity or mobility impairments.