Packaging

(L-R) Zeus founder and owner Brian O’Sullivan and Zeus COO David Acton at the opening of the facility

Zeus Group business creates jobs with new Dublin facility

Aldar Tissue, Ireland’s largest household and commercial tissue paper manufacturer and part of the Zeus Group, has officially opened its new €15m (£12.5m) purpose-built manufacturing facility in...

Stora Enso completed change negotiations in its Packaging Materials division in June

Stora Enso reverses course on Beihai mill divestment

Stora Enso has reversed course on divestment at its consumer board site in Beihai, China, deciding to shift production towards liquid packaging board and other premium board grades.

Heidelberg: Prinect Touch Free will be 'a revolution'

Heidelberg has showcased its revamped Print Media Center in Germany – now branded as the ‘Home of Print’ for a busy post-Drupa customer event.

The event saw Parkside open its doors to thought leaders from across the packaging sector

Parkside holds circularity-focused open day as Recycle Week continues

Parkside marked the beginning of Recycle Week by hosting an open day at its headquarters focused on inspiring the future of circular flexible packaging.

Swizzels: eye-catching box option

Swizzels trials paperboard container

Popular retro sweet brand Swizzels is trialling a new paperboard box for its Sweet Shop Favourites selection, produced by Affinity Packaging.

R&D work includes assessing thousands of potential materials and technologies

Unilever invests to find alternatives to plastics

Unilever is taking materials science “into our own hands” to cut its use of virgin plastics.

The show will take place at the NEC in Birmingham from 12-13 February

Packaging Innovations 2025 details outlined as registration opens

Easyfairs has revealed more details about the Packaging Innovations & Empack 2025 event.

Paper tub trialled for Quality Street

Nestlé is trialling a new paper tub for iconic Christmas staple Quality Street.

Mondi returns to M&A fray with £500m-plus Schumacher buy

After losing out on its bid to buy DS Smith, Mondi has returned to the acquisition trail with a deal to acquire Schumacher Packaging’s businesses in Western Europe.

Investigation tracks soft plastics recycling

An investigation into the recycling of soft plastics by two of the UK’s biggest supermarkets has resulted in a claim that customers are being misled, and for government to support a big cut in plastic...