Packaging

The T700i was presented for the first time last week at a US event

HP unveils new PageWide for paper-based packaging

HP has unveiled the PageWide T700i Press, a new 1.7m-wide digital web-fed platform.

There were 170 exhibitors at London's Olympia

Retooled London Packaging Week hailed a success

London Packaging Week, which made its debut this week as a new major event in the capital for the packaging industry, has proven successful based on early feedback.

HSE: risk assessment was “neither suitable nor sufficient”

Worker relives hand horror as firm is fined £115k

A man whose hand was severed at the wrist after it became caught in machinery at a packaging firm has spoken about the devastating impact the incident has had on his life.

Joukio: "Our ambition is to have the world’s most resource-efficient mill"

Metsä Board starts pre-engineering for new mill

Metsä Board is set to start pre-engineering for a new folding boxboard mill with an annual capacity of approximately 800,000 tonnes at its Kaskinen mill site in Finland.

Tournament includes tennis ball trail around Shrewsbury

Quantum P&P on the ball with tennis deal

Quantum Print & Packaging is upping its game by becoming a sponsor of the upcoming ITF World Tennis Tour W100 tournament.

Top: fully enclosed printbar. Bottom: heater inside the printbar

Fujifilm Samba JPC UV inkjet modules launched

Fujifilm Dimatix has launched Fujifilm Samba JPC UV inkjet modules for integrators and OEM suppliers.

ePac specialises in the production of short- and medium-run flexible packaging

Amcor increases strategic investment in ePac

Packaging giant Amcor has said it will make a further strategic investment of up to $45m (£39m) in US-headquartered group ePac Flexible Packaging.

440 staff work at the Maxau paper mill. Image: Stora Enso

Lidl owner to acquire Stora Enso Maxau paper mill

The German owner of supermarket chains Lidl and Kaufland has agreed to buy Stora Enso’s Maxau paper production site in Germany.

De Jong Packaging was founded by market gardener Henk De Jong

Stora Enso in €1bn corrugated buy

Stora Enso has boosted its corrugated packaging offering with a €1bn-plus deal to acquire De Jong Packaging Group.

New lab works in a similar way to large-scale industrial recycling facilities

Mondi road tests recyclability with new lab

Mondi aims to speed up the development of new sustainable packaging materials after opening its first in-house laboratory for testing recyclability.