Packaging

Glossop Cartons has invested in the UK’s first Brausse Forza 900 C3 folder-gluer as part of a “six-figure” investment, the final part of a significant reequip.

OPM Group has begun an upgrade to its printing facilities, by spending £500,000 on automated augmentation for one of its presses, as part of a programme that will span most of 2018.

Walstead Group has appointed investment banker NM Rothschild to advise on future financing options that will satisfy the group’s appetite for more M&A deals.

A quarter century has passed since serious proposals were first made for six- and seven-colour process sets to replace the need for spot colour inks.

Walstead has further European buys in its sights after posting a huge jump in turnover in the first full year of consolidated results for the existing group.

In the latest consolidation move in the high-volume printing arena CirclePrinters has made another acquisition, and has also set its sights on possible buys in the UK.

Hine Labels in Rotherham loved its second digital colour press, a Dainippon Screen Truepress Jet 350UV+ narrow-web UV inkjet model installed a couple of years ago.

Sir David Attenborough could just turn out to be the biggest influencer yet when it comes to the future for carton printing.

Raiseprint Group has invested around £750,000 and taken delivery of a five-colour Komori Lithrone GL29 with coater to handle an upsurge in carton work.

Packaging repro and graphics management firm Contact Originators has completed a project and launched what it says is the world’s first 2.8m-wide flexo plate with 0.2mm register, utilising its...