Packaging
DS Smith to consolidate Multigraphics sites
DS Smith Packaging is proposing to move its Bradford-based retail and display and manufacturing arm, Multigraphics, into its Ely, Cambridgeshire facility.
Chesapeake sold to Carlyle Group
Private equity firm Carlyle Group has bought the paperboard operations of global packaging group Chesapeake from Irving Place Capital and Oaktree Capital Management.
DS Smith posts 51% profits increase
In the 12 months to 30 April, UK packaging group DS Smith achieved underlying pre-tax profits of 165m (2011: 111m), boosted by its acquisition of SCA Packaging.
Bob the robot improves automation on IIJ's XYPrint
Industrial Inkjet has added a robotic option to its XYPrint 200 printing system.
Benson Group top of the class for apprentices
Benson Group has won top marks from Leicester College for supporting education and training on its four-year apprentice scheme.
Next generation code printers from Videojet boost speed and quality
Videojet Technologies says its new 1620 and 1650 ultra high-speed continuous inkjet printers will deliver more code content for high-speed packaging firms.
Graphic Packaging to close former Contego Gillingham site
Graphic Packaging International (GPI) is to close its GPI Gillingham site six months after buying it from Contego Packaging, putting 170 jobs at risk.
CMC secures PPMA gong for carton system
Wrapping and inserting machinery manufacturer CMC won the award for Most Innovative Processing or Packaging Machine at the 2013 PPMA Group Industry Awards on Tuesday (4 June).
US print services giant acquires Professional Packaging Services
Managed print services provider InnerWorkings has acquired Yorkshire-based Professional Packaging Services (PPS) for an undisclosed sum.
CRP unveils exanding beer pack ice bucket
CRP Print and Packaging has worked with brewer Miller Brands UK to develop a corrugated retail beer case that expands when opened and holds ice to chill beer bottles.