Packaging

UPDATE: CBT Packaging considering appeal following HSE fine

Composite container manufacturer CBT Packaging is considering an appeal to the HSE after it was fined following an injury to a worker's hand at its Basildon plant.

DS Smith chairman Peter Johnson resigns

DS Smith has announced that its chairman Peter Johnson has decided to step down from the position he has held since 2007 and resign from the board he first joined as a non-exec in 1999.

Edale to hold open house

Manufacturer Edale is to host an open house and suppliers' exhibition in Hampshire on 8 February.

Flora Tea Company launches redesigned packaging

Design and Print agency Abstract Group has redesigned the packaging for the Flora Tea Company using Antalis McNaughton's Trucard folding box board

AGI World and Shorewood Packaging complete merger

AGI World and Shorewood Packaging have completed their merger to create AGI Shorewood, a global consumer packaging giant.

New Year predictions - KBA (UK)'s Christian Knapp

Christian Knapp, managing director, KBA (UK)

Kerridge and Benson lead MBO at Benson Group

Carton manufacturer Benson Group has been bought in a management buyout led by managing director Mark Kerridge and commercial director Nick Benson.

Less Packaging develops online packaging management tool

The Less Packaging Company, has, in partnership with Marks & Spencer, developed an online tool to help the retailer communicate its packaging requirements across its global supply chain.

Breaking news: International Print o Pac to authorise a second packaging plant in Noida

International Print o Pac (IPP), has announced its intention to establish a second custom-built packaging facility of 2,50,000 sq/ft area at its sprawling Noida complex spread over eight acres of...

Paper-based packaging industry makes pledge over mineral oils

The European paper-based packaging industry is to phase out the use of printing inks based on mineral oils for food packaging, following last March's health scare.