Investment & installations

Dayfold ups ante with wide-format wing

Dorset creative print firm Dayfold has entered the wide-format print market with a new HP Latex-powered wide-format wing.

KSP's new casemaker was running within 48 hours of arrival

KSP installs new Chinese casemaker

Banbury paper-over-board specialist KSP Group has installed a brand-new casemaker, keeping the manufacturer under wraps.

Shocks and surprises spearhead November’s most-read news ranking

While insolvency stories and the sad passing of an industry stalwart feature, so do M&A opportunities, strategic shifts and one humongous heist.

Shipp (L): the new Bishops Stortford site is "90% ready"

Delta Group orders Lamina world’s first

The Delta Group has continued its kit megaspend with an order for the world’s first Lamina 07.10 Packline hotmelt packing line, designed to glue flat, collated corrugated packs.

The Cobalt SP 800 is priced at £49,000

IGS launches new single-pass printer; secures more Titanium sales

International Graphic Supplies (IGS) has launched a new single-pass inkjet printer aimed at the short to medium-run packaging and POS market.

Pitts: the decision to bring small-format in-house was a "no-brainer"

KGK Genix brings small format in-house, consolidates production

KGK Genix has invested in a Konica Minolta AccurioPress C12000 and five Morgana finishing machines, bringing the entirety of its small-format business in-house for the first time.

The Wakefield site is Europe’s largest soft drinks plant by volume

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners invests £42.3m into Wakefield factory

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), the world’s largest independent bottler of Coca-Cola, has revealed it is planning investment of £42.3m for a new Automated Storage Retrieval System (ASRS)...

Bakergoodchild launches new SaaS platform

Bakergoodchild is poised to go live with a new software platform to simplify production of direct mail jobs.

The Vantage 720 was installed in October

Potts Print ups capacity with Moll install

Potts Print has taken on a Vantage 720 folder gluing line from Moll to help with its capacity and reduce the company’s lead times.

The upgraded Simpele mill is expected to start up in Q4 2025. Image: Metsä Board

Metsä Board progresses with €60m mill upgrade

Metsä Board is advancing with an investment to modernise its Simpele folding boxboard mill in Finland, aimed at further enhancing product quality, production efficiency, and reducing the carbon...