Packaging

Hull firms see continued growth of SmartPicture technology

Interactive print application SmartPicture is gaining traction in the quickly growing mobile print recognition market, with more companies coming on board.

Star product: Intec LCF215

Intec offers up a cost-effective tabletop label finishing system.

Tullis Russell celebrates Employee Ownership Day

Paper and cartonboard producer Tullis Russell held its second Employee Ownership Day event last Friday (4 July).

CV Labels buys second Nilpeter press to meet increased demand

Scottish label manufacturer CV Labels has invested in a second Nilpeter FB-2500 UV-flexo press to keep up with increased demand for pressure-sensitive labels.

Packaging firm prosecuted after worker loses part of finger

Europlast (Blackburn) has been fined £50,010 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £23,102 after an employee had to have part of his finger amputated following an accident in June 2012.

Chesapeake/MPS Greenford buys KBA Rapida 106

Chesapeake/MPS Greenford has invested in a four-colour KBA Rapida 106 B1 press to increase its production options.

Ryedale Group wins inaugural Stationers' Innovation Excellence Awards

The Ryedale Group has been named overall winner of the Stationers' Company’s inaugural Innovation Excellence Awards, for developing a low-cost gas sensor with litho-printed electronics.

Former Montgomery Litho boss acquires DS Smith Pollokshaws

Thomas Montgomery, the former owner of the collapsed Scottish print group Montgomery Litho, has returned to print as part of a buy-in management buy-out (BIMBO) team at DS Smith Plastics Print...

Retailers learn to tap into power of the subconscious

The Kunene is a remote, mountainous region of the southern African country Namibia, and home to the indigenous, semi-nomadic Himba people, distinctive for their reddish all-over body make-up.

DS Smith doubles pre-tax profits

DS Smith has doubled its pre-tax profits to £167m and reported a 10% rise in sales to £4bn in its full 2013/14 results.