Packaging

InPrint organisers FM Brooks have reported record bookings for InPrint 2016.

Packaging Innovations organiser Easyfairs is once again expecting record visitor numbers at the show later this month, after recording its biggest ever footfall on its 10th anniversary last year.

Durst UK has joined HP in targeting the packaging market as its next big focus for growth.

EFI has used its annual Connect user conference to unveil three additions to its Productivity Suite portfolio and a new portal to promote the power of print.

Packaging manufacturer and printer Americk ASP Flexibles will more than triple its footprint this year in a £7m move to a new site in Wigan.

Firstan Quality Packaging has invested £6m in two Komori 18,000sph presses - a six-colour Lithrone GX40 with coater and a multi-unit Lithrone GX40RP with reverse printing and coating.

GT4 Group, owner of Glasgow-based labels and packaging printer Gavin Watson and creative agency GT4, has entered the pressure-sensitive labels market by acquiring label manufacturer TPL Labels.

Flint Group is planning to close its Dundee plant and move all manufacturing to the US in response to the "irreversible decline" in printed publications.

Jaymar Packaging is the first UK company to use IST (UK)’s new UV retrofit service, after adding a conventional UV system to a six-colour-plus-coater Manroland 700.

Year-end sales at Xaar are anticipated to be in line with expectations, although its operating margin is likely to fall to around 20%.