Packaging

Metsä Board is set to start pre-engineering for a new folding boxboard mill with an annual capacity of approximately 800,000 tonnes at its Kaskinen mill site in Finland.

Quantum Print & Packaging is upping its game by becoming a sponsor of the upcoming ITF World Tennis Tour W100 tournament.

Fujifilm Dimatix has launched Fujifilm Samba JPC UV inkjet modules for integrators and OEM suppliers.

Packaging giant Amcor has said it will make a further strategic investment of up to $45m (£39m) in US-headquartered group ePac Flexible Packaging.

The German owner of supermarket chains Lidl and Kaufland has agreed to buy Stora Enso’s Maxau paper production site in Germany.

Stora Enso has boosted its corrugated packaging offering with a €1bn-plus deal to acquire De Jong Packaging Group.

Mondi aims to speed up the development of new sustainable packaging materials after opening its first in-house laboratory for testing recyclability.

DS Smith’s shares have risen by over 3% in early trading after it reported that overall trading since 1 May 2022 is in line with its expectations, driven by pricing momentum and good cost control.

The packaging and label printing sector is set for steady growth through to 2027, with digital packaging printing likely to perform especially well.

The Encore Group has become one of a small pool of UK printers to have its emissions targets validated with the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi).