END OF YEAR REVIEW


A look back at the year that was... We take a retrospective look at the successes of 2011 with our comprehensive nine-page review


To start the new year, Packaging Gazette has taken a look back at 2011.


packaging designs from the year, and we cover the industry’s most


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ver the next nine pages, our editor Rebecca takes a look at her favourite


successful projects, partnerships, expansions, award wins and plenty, plenty more. It was an interesting year for


the industry. Whilst packaging is still seen by many in the public to be the enemy, with claims of over-packaging and waste, the tide is changing. With the


introduction of innovative technologies and increased recycling capabilities, the industry could soon, believe it or not, soon become one of the major players in bringing down not only landfill waste, but our huge food waste also. Mergers & acquisitions took


place at an impressive rate during 2011 too, whilst the year’s shows exhibited just how far the industry has come over the last decade. Indeed, interpack was a personal highlight of mine. So, here’s to 2012. If it’s


anything like last year, we’re in for an interesting one. 


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