Packaging

Sun Chemical boosts food safe colour options

Sun Chemical has added a new shade to its direct food contact inks for sheetfed offset that will significantly boost the available colour palette for that type of print work.  

Macfarlane has financed the deal entirely from its existing £35m bank facility

Macfarlane Group full-year profits in line with expectations

Macfarlane Group is expecting its adjusted pre-tax profit for 2023 to be ahead of last year and in line with its full-year expectations.

Royston Labels acquired by French group Autajon

The France-headquartered global packaging group that acquired Simply Cartons this summer has further expanded its foothold in the UK after acquiring Royston Labels.

Roberts: “We have started the financial year very strongly"

DS Smith calls for gov’t clarity on energy investment after €90m French spend

DS Smith CEO Miles Roberts has asked for more clarity from the UK government on energy investment following its €90m (£79m) investment to transform the energy supply at its paper mill in Normandy,...

Wildies: "We are strengthening our position as a multinational player"

Duncan Print Group bought by acquisitive German group

Duncan Print Group has been acquired by European business Carton Group, for an undisclosed sum.

EU reuse targets will “drastically increase” plastic use, CPI warns

The EU’s reuse targets for transport packaging could backfire and cause a 12-million tonne surge in plastic consumption, the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has warned.

Oppboga Bruk to double board capacity with biggest investment in 50 years

Swedish board mill Oppboga Bruk is targeting growth in the luxury and premium packaging, plastic-replacement packaging and sign and display segments with a multimillion-euro spend on a new production...

Intec hails opportunities offered by new B1+ flatbed digital cutter

Intec has expanded its range of digital cutters with a new manual-feed B1+ device developed for a broad range of packaging and POS prototyping and short-run production.

Investment in AI and machine learning is a priority for many businesses. Image: Smithers

Lack of confidence holds back AI adoption by SMEs

Nearly half of SMEs (43%) do not plan to innovate with AI in the next year, largely because of a lack of confidence among business owners in the safeguards in place to protect society, according to...

Sun Chemical lauds new ink technology

Sun Chemical has announced a new platform for sheetfed inks that is described as its “most sustainable yet”.