Packaging

Unite members at Paragon CC’s Nottingham site are preparing a ballot on industrial action over a disagreement on pay and conditions.

Zenith Print & Packaging has taken on the UK’s first Promatrix 106 FC foiling machine from Heidelberg as part of a £6m investment programme by its parent company over 2018.

Strike action at Communisis’ cheque plant in Crewe has been suspended after management made a revised offer to Unite members in a bid to resolve the pay dispute.

STM Packaging Group has fallen into administration after becoming another victim of the ‘Blue Planet effect’.

Macfarlane Group has posted a £12m rise in turnover, in its half-year results for 2018, and acquired two more packaging distribution companies.

Print companies are among the 47% of UK SMEs that have started planning and preparing for potential disruptions to supply chains following Brexit.

The global market for inkjet printing will grow at a rate of 9.4% year-on-year and will be worth $109bn (£85.4bn) in 2023, according to new research from Smithers Pira.

Unite members at Communisis’ cheque operations base in Crewe have voted in favour of strike action after rejecting an offer from the company to resolve a pay dispute.

Harper Adams University has completed its first year-long course in packaging design, styling and innovation for the food sector.

It started in December last year with David Attenborough.