Packaging

Reflex Labels has done well for itself by, among other things, eschewing job titles in favour of giving staff flexibility to grow with the business

UK packaging firm Macfarlane Group recorded pre-tax profits before exceptional items of 4.9m in the 12 months to 31 December despite a 2% revenue decline.

Digital print's advance into packaging markets will be underlined later this month with both HP and Océ exhibiting at the first Corrugated & Carton Exhibition CCE International in Munich.

Trenton Box took delivery of a new six-colour Komori Lithrone GL640 yesterday (4 March), the latest investment of its two-year multimillion pound upgrade plan.

Ricoh will be the largest exhibitor at North Print & Pack after it confirmed it will be taking 180 sqm at the May event, with organiser Informa hinting that a couple more "big name" digital vendors...

Italian paper manufacturer Favini has introduced its first security paper brand following its entry into the market two years ago.

KBA has acquired Italian flexo press manufacturer Flexotecnica for a "high single-digit million euro" sum in a bid to expand its portfolio in the growing print market for flexible packaging.

Rigid Containers, part of the VPK Group, has revealed details of a new production facility set to open in Somerset in April to service its South West customers.

AG/CAD has moved into wide-format printer sales and will launch the Dyss Apollo Hybrid GH2200 machine at Sign & Digital UK in April alongside a new version of its KaseMake software.

Commercial printers that applied to the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme have received an average of around 90,000 each in government-backed funding.