Packaging

Featured firms almost doubled their combined overseas sales over review period

Industry firms make Top Track

A number of industry firms have featured in the latest Sunday Times and Fast Track 'International Track 200', ranking firms with growing overseas sales.

Sun Chemical: dealing with an abrupt rise in raw material costs

Input costs force SunChem to raise prices

Sun Chemical will increase prices across a wide range of products in EMEA from next month, citing raw material shortages and “dramatically increased” freight costs.

KM: “Not much else can achieve what this machine can achieve at this price tag"

Konica Minolta targets booming corrugated market with short-run device

Konica Minolta aims to capitalise on burgeoning demand for short-run corrugated packaging with a compact, low-cost inkjet press that costs under £100,000.

Royal Mail delivered 11.7m parcels on its busiest day during Q3

Royal Mail results boosted by parcels

Royal Mail’s share price hit a 52-week high after it said it expected to file adjusted operating profits “well in excess of £500m” for the full year, on the back of a booming parcels business and...

William Say & Co is excited about the growth potential for inkjet production

Historic can maker embraces 21st century technology

A historic London can maker has embraced digital metal decorating through a co-operation with Tinmasters in Wales.

New Alphadrum will have 20 fully-automatic slitter knives

Colombier adds packaging conversion

Colombier UK is adding to its specialist conversion services with a substantial investment in a new coiler/rewinder for packaging grades that can produce narrow reels down to 50mm.

Beese with DecTek's second Titanium cutter

DecTek pivots again with new packaging offering

DecTek is pivoting into short-run packaging production with a substantial investment in additional space and new kit, including its third Titanium cutter.

Bar-Shany: eager to travel and meet customers

Bar-Shany returns with Highcon role

Former HP Indigo chief Alon Bar-Shany is back in the industry with a new role at Highcon that sees him reunited with former boss Benny Landa – and he’s already been joined by another long-standing HP...

Part of RAP's food service range

RAP acquired by US group

US group ProAmpac has expanded its presence in the UK and Europe with the acquisition of Rapid Action Packaging (RAP).

Thallo presses are targeted at a range of packaging and security print applications

Manroland Goss boosts packaging offer with Thallo buy

Manroland Goss Group has beefed up its packaging offering with the acquisition of the Thallo business from former sister company Contiweb.