Packaging

Edale announces May open day

Print and converting manufacturer Edale is to hold an open day at its Hampshire factory and showroom on 9 May.

JTI launches campaign against plain tobacco packaging

Cigarette manufacturer JTI has launched an advertising campaign against government proposals to mandate plain packaging for tobacco products following the discovery that Department of Health (DoH)...

Fourth finishing line concludes CS Labels' 1.5m investment

CS Labels is to conclude its 1.5m year-long investment programme at the end of this month with the arrival of a fourth Grafisk Maskinfabrik finishing line.

Benson Box managers gear up for gruelling 42-mile charity challenge

A team from folding carton printers Benson Box is swapping litho for lochs to raise money for charity.

Tullis Russell recruits former Linpac Group CEO to non-exec role

Tullis Russell has announced the appointment of former Linpac Group chief executive Mike Arrowsmith as a non-executive director.

Label novices must learn to roll with it

There's no denying it: one of the biggest stories to emerge from last year's Drupa was that digital and packaging finally seemed serious bedfellows. But what may have surprised some, was the...

Fortune will favour first-movers with a personal touch

At Ipex 2010, Canon staged one of the most innovative live demonstrations that the print show has ever seen. Visitors to the manufacturer's stand were invited to submit their name to a Canon...

Print switches on to intelligent design

When Superfast Labels installed the UK's first Epson SurePress L-4033A last year, it wasn't just adding affordable digital print to its capabilities. The machine's ability to print on textured...

Digital kit developers turn up the volume

Printing folding cartons digitally is not a new idea, but until very recently it has been limited by the small formats available in digital presses that could handle realistic production volumes....

The sky's the limit

Compared to, say, the IT industry, it would be fair to say packaging evolves at a rather slow pace. Compare a Walkman from the 1980s with the iPod of today and then compare the packaging of those two...