Packaging

Post-press manufacturer Kolbus is hoping to extend its reach into the packaging sector with the development of a new board scoring machine, the NM100.

Agency Synkcreative has invested £200,000 in a new Edale Beta six-colour UV flexo label-press to boost its production firepower.

Global packaging giant Essentra Plc has acquired Dublin-based Dakota Packaging for an undisclosed cash sum.

Smurfit Kappa UK has agreed to acquire independent Corby-based litho-laminated packaging specialist CRP Print and Packaging Holdings for an undisclosed sum.

Essex-based paper converter and flexographic printer Aspenlink has been ordered to stop work on three of its machines by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Nilpeter will launch what it claims is one of the fastest label presses on the market, at Labelexpo in Brussels on 24 to 27 September.

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AM Labels has installed a four-colour Edale Alpha compact flexo-press to help deal with growing label demands.

Branding specialist Novograf has purchased a Kongsberg XP44 cutting table after seeing it at Fespa.