Packaging

North Carolina PaperWorks Industries installs KBA Rapida 142

Packaging corporation PaperWorks Industries has purchased, and will be installing, a new Rapida 142 56-in seven-color press with UV capabilities at its Mt. Gilead, NC facility.

Herbert Walkers installs Bobst Expertfold carton folder gluer

Commercial printer Herbert Walkers has installed the UK's first Bobst Expertfold carton folder gluer that includes a capacity fold device.

Packaging manufacturer fined for worker death

A packaging manufacturer that later went into liquidation has been fined at Cardiff Crown Court after a worker was crushed to death under heavy machinery at its facility.

UPDATE: CBT Packaging considering appeal following HSE fine

Composite container manufacturer CBT Packaging is considering an appeal to the HSE after it was fined following an injury to a worker's hand at its Basildon plant.

DS Smith chairman Peter Johnson resigns

DS Smith has announced that its chairman Peter Johnson has decided to step down from the position he has held since 2007 and resign from the board he first joined as a non-exec in 1999.

Edale to hold open house

Manufacturer Edale is to host an open house and suppliers' exhibition in Hampshire on 8 February.

Flora Tea Company launches redesigned packaging

Design and Print agency Abstract Group has redesigned the packaging for the Flora Tea Company using Antalis McNaughton's Trucard folding box board

AGI World and Shorewood Packaging complete merger

AGI World and Shorewood Packaging have completed their merger to create AGI Shorewood, a global consumer packaging giant.

New Year predictions - KBA (UK)'s Christian Knapp

Christian Knapp, managing director, KBA (UK)

Kerridge and Benson lead MBO at Benson Group

Carton manufacturer Benson Group has been bought in a management buyout led by managing director Mark Kerridge and commercial director Nick Benson.