Parkside lights up local community with Trinity Mission donation

Parkside has begun the year on a positive note after it revealed its staff had raised £500 to support Trinity Mission, a local charity that supports vulnerable individuals in the Castleford, West Yorkshire area. The team took part in a number of fundraising activities over the Christmas period, including dress down Fridays, a Christmas quiz, […]

Parkside takes fresh approach to fruit packaging with lidding film innovation

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Parkside has revealed it is doubling down on its support for fresh produce, meat, and dairy businesses with a wave of exciting lidding film innovations. The award-winning flexible packaging expert has expanded its portfolio of lidding film solutions, giving food brands, packers, and processors more options than ever to tailor their packaging to suit specific […]

Parkside ends year on a high with Sustainable Packaging News Award win

Parkside is celebrating a winning end to 2024 after its Popflex™ innovation took home the Recyclable Packaging Innovation award at the Sustainable Packaging News Awards. The prestigious end-of-year award was given to Popflex as it offers a novel monopolymer solution to the lidding film recycling challenge. A PET film, Popflex film can be weld-sealed to […]

Packaging’s sustainable future has to include plastic

Packaging’s sustainable future has to include plastic Packaging sustainability is a broad and very complex topic. As such, it is understandable that it is often boiled down into much simpler discussions around single-use plastics and recycling. In fact, a Deloitte survey[1] found that, when consumers were asked what sustainable actions they have taken in the […]

Parkside points the way towards a flexible future with circularity-focused open day.

A group of people who attended the Parkside Open Day

Parkside points the way towards a flexible future with circularity-focused open day  Parkside marked the beginning of Recycle Week by hosting an insight-packed open day focused on inspiring the future of circular flexible packaging. The event, titled ‘Welcome to a Flexible Future’, saw Parkside open the doors of its Normanton HQ to thought leaders from […]

Parkside hits it for six with string of award nominations

Flexible packaging solutions specialist Parkside is celebrating a remarkable September that saw it nominated for six prestigious industry awards in quick succession. Parkside solutions were nominated for three Packaging News Awards, including a Best New Concept nomination for its Popflex™ easy-open lidding film, a Consumer Convenience Award for a recyclable paper flow wrap pack developed […]

Parkside mourns the loss of Paul Lenihan

As you may have already heard, Parkside Flexibles is deeply saddened to announce the sudden passing of Sales Account Manager Paul Lenihan, a well respected figure in the packaging industry and a much loved member of the Parkside team. Paul joined Parkside in 2016 and quickly became an integral part of the business. His dedication […]

PPWR is accelerating paperisation – how can the flexible packaging industry respond?

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PPWR is accelerating paperisation –  how can the flexible packaging industry respond?  One of the longest-running stories in the packaging industry finally moved on to its next chapter in April, when the EU Parliament and European Council agreed on a preliminary deal for its Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations (PPWR).   PPWR – an evolution of […]