Packaging
Vegware acquired by US group
Innovative, compostable packaging business Vegware has been acquired by US group Novolex.
HP unveils PageWide product updates
HP has expanded its PageWide corrugated product portfolio to create new opportunities for packaging converters and help brands to benefit from the analogue to digital transformation.
Packaging Innovations London pushed to December
This year’s London outing of Packaging Innovations and Luxury Packaging has been postponed again, this time to December, due to the ongoing effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
DTM launches new label printer with ‘Big Ink’ system
German print OEM developer DTM Print has launched a colour label printer that features its new ‘Big Ink’ system, which is said to deliver “very low costs per label with outstanding speed and print...
Dairi-Pak in KM corrugated first
Dairi-Pak has added short-run, on-demand corrugated packaging to its services after installing the UK’s first Konica Minolta PKG-675i inkjet printer.
K&B: focus on growth markets is paying off
Koenig & Bauer has reported a near-30% increase in order intake, boosted by sheetfed and special presses, and said it was confident about the future as the “global economic engine is increasingly...
UPAC moves to four-day working week
Independent packaging supplier UPAC Group has formalised a four-day working week for its staff.
Global Graphics doubles revenue in interim results
Global Graphics has reported a substantial revenue increase in its financial results for the first half of 2020, due in large part to its January acquisition of the Hybrid Software Group and growth in...
CPMA warns on packaging impact of proposed food regs
The Consumer Packaging Manufacturers Alliance (CPMA) has cautioned that recommended regulation on certain foods could cause issues for the printed packaging industry and the marketing of the products...
Manroland Sheetfed: order input hits decade high
Manroland Sheetfed has reported that orders reached a 10-year-high last month.