Packaging

Anilox rolls can be cleaned, checked and returned for use on press within eight minutes

Parkside invests in Troika kit, develops sustainable food pack

Flexible packaging specialist Parkside Flexibles has installed a Troika AniCAM system for measuring its flexographic plates and anilox rolls at its Normanton manufacturing facility in West Yorkshire....

Logistics for the carton arm will be handled by the group's Leicestershire warehouse

Denmaur creates carton arm with Townsend deal

Denmaur Paper Media has launched a dedicated cartonboard division to support UK packaging groups and commercial operations with packaging print in their work mix.

Anybody can vote via the Pro Carton website

Voting open for Pro Carton young designer award

Public voting has opened for the Pro Carton Young Designer Award, with the winners set to be revealed in October.

UPM Shotton in Wales set to be sold and converted from newsprint

Paper manufacturers cull capacity as Covid bites

Two major European paper manufacturers have unveiled restructuring plans that will strip out almost 2 million tonnes of paper capacity and potentially cost well over 1,500 jobs.

Atkinson: "Times like this really test the quality of the business"

Macfarlane increases interim dividend despite revenue and profit dip

Macfarlane Group has increased its interim dividend after praising the resilience of its results for the first half of 2020 in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, which nevertheless caused a drop in...

Elite eDSR: can be used as a die-cutter and/or a conventional slitter rewinder

Aztec Label invests for finishing productivity

Aztec Label has invested in new die-cutting technology from Bar Graphic Machinery (BGM) to help minimise energy consumption while increasing productivity.

Solaris products are used in markets including pharma

Markem-Imaje buys rival firm

Dover Corporation-owned industrial and packaging marking and coding equipment manufacturer Markem-Imaje has expanded its footprint and acquired rival firm Solaris Laser.

The new coated board is manufactured using wind-generated electricity

Monadnock adds recycled luxury packaging board to range

Monadnock Paper Mills has launched a new coated board it describes as the “new face of premium packaging”.

New board topper also enhances the brand

Heineken cans plastic rings for board alternative

Heineken UK is replacing plastic rings with a new cardboard topper on multi-pack tins of Heineken, Foster’s and Kronenbourg 1664.

Geldenhuys: looking forward to taking the company to the next level

Troika appoints new MD

UK-based packaging pre-press quality control specialist Troika Systems has appointed a seasoned industry leader as its new managing director as it eyes global growth.