Packaging

John Watson launches Gallus press with MSP visit

John Watson & Company has officially launched its 10-colour Gallus Pressure Sensitive Label press with a visit from Fergus Ewing MSP, minister for energy, enterprise and tourism.

Antalis acquires 28m packaging business

Paper merchant Antalis McNaughton has expanded its packaging business after purchasing Ambassador Packaging.

Kodak enters bankruptcy protection

Eastman Kodak and its US subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after the digital imaging and pre-press giant ran out of money to finance its stuttering transformation.

Lscher and MacDermid launch Accent flexo plate

Lscher has partnered with MacDermid to launch Accent, a new flexo coating plate for packaging and commercial print applications that can be imaged like a normal litho plate on Lscher's XPose! UV...

DS Smith launches 1.4bn bid for SCA Packaging

DS Smith has launched a 1.4bn reverse takeover bid for SCA's packaging division, in a deal that would make it the largest corrugated and second largest packaging business in Europe with a turnover of...

Rigid Group's Paul Coates passes away

Rigid Group financial director Paul Coates has passed away suddenly at the age of 53.

Jaymar Packaging boosts capacity with Bobst folder-gluer install

Jaymar Packaging, the carton manufacturer, has invested in its third Bobst folder-gluer to boost capacity at the Crewe-based business.

North Carolina PaperWorks Industries installs KBA Rapida 142

Packaging corporation PaperWorks Industries has purchased, and will be installing, a new Rapida 142 56-in seven-color press with UV capabilities at its Mt. Gilead, NC facility.

Herbert Walkers installs Bobst Expertfold carton folder gluer

Commercial printer Herbert Walkers has installed the UK's first Bobst Expertfold carton folder gluer that includes a capacity fold device.

Packaging manufacturer fined for worker death

A packaging manufacturer that later went into liquidation has been fined at Cardiff Crown Court after a worker was crushed to death under heavy machinery at its facility.