Companies & suppliers

Folding carton manufacturer Benson Box has won the Skills Development category at the Best Factory Awards 2012.

Die cutter and folder-gluer manufacturer Kama has included its first "machine finder" tool on its revamped website it claims.

This system reduces cleaning times and boosts eco-friendliness, says Baldwin

HP Indigo Digital Printing will promote its new digital labels and packaging technology at a series of UK events.

CMC Machinery has launched Cartonwrap, the first carton packaging system to create boxes from a continuous reel, the company claims.

Wales-based digital label producer Labelsprint has been sold in a pre-pack deal after Leonard Curtis Recovery was called in as administrators.

Staff at envelope manufacturer John Dickinson are facing potential job losses after they were told on Friday that the plant may close due to declining demand.

Fujifilm Europe has appointed Yasufumi Morimoto as senior vice president, who will take charge of the manufacturer's graphic systems division across the continent.

Michael Barker, who was appointed to the board only last Thursday (27 September), has replaced Harry Boon as chairman with immediate effect from 1 October.

Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) will benefit from 24m in government funding following concerns that lack of money has compromised their independence.