Packaging
Tamar plumps for second Edale carton press
Tamar Packaging Solutions has purchased a 7-colour Edale FL5-510 carton-printing press with combination drying to service three new clients.
KBA to invest €16m in new demo centre
KBA is set to build a new digital and flexo press demo centre at its main Wurzburg plant in Germany.
Overmatter: Massive Markup
Overmatter was left disconsolate after failing (so far at least) to be one of 50,000 lucky consumers to win a personalised pack of KitKat via the snack brand’s current promotion.
Midlands-based packaging outfits merge
CPS Flexible and Mercury Packaging have merged, forming a £15m-turnover company.
CirclePrinters buys Roto Smeets
Continental groups CirclePrinters and Roto Smeets are to merge, in European print’s latest consolidation play.
Killer app: Saxon boozes up the traditional advent calendar
Christmas may feel like a lifetime ago but let its spirit be resuscitated with this expert piece of print from Saxon Packaging.
Pack sector continues to see growth but it is not immune to challenges
According to new research from Smithers Pira, the packaging sector is forecast to represent 56.6%, by value, of a European printing market worth €159.8bn (£139bn) in 2021. The sector represented 44.7%...
Hungarian buy for EDS
A former Polestar executive has had a hand in the latest continental consolidation play in web offset.
DMGT Didcot site set for closure
The Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) is to close its Harmsworth Printing Didcot site, putting around 50 jobs at risk.
Me & my: Celmacch Chroma Evo 1700 HBL
Corrugated packaging is a fast-paced industry sector that runs almost entirely separately to the superficially similar folding carton sector.