Packaging

Macfarlane has financed the deal entirely from its existing £35m bank facility

Macfarlane tackles headwinds, reports good momentum in new business

Macfarlane Group is “responding effectively to market headwinds” as it approaches its year-end.

Lecta separates self-adhesives into new business

Lecta is spinning off its self-adhesive labels business into a standalone company.

The Wakefield site is Europe’s largest soft drinks plant by volume

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners invests £42.3m into Wakefield factory

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), the world’s largest independent bottler of Coca-Cola, has revealed it is planning investment of £42.3m for a new Automated Storage Retrieval System (ASRS)...

Tesco Finest pasta now in paper packs

Tesco has rolled out new paper packaging for its Finest range of dried pasta.

Amcor and Berry Global Group to merge

Another packaging mega-merger is in the works after Amcor and Berry Global Group announced they would be combining.

Just a week ago the firm posted this image of its busy press hall on social media

Further blow to Welsh print industry as Lexon is shuttered

Directors at Welsh print firm Lexon have made the drastic decision to close immediately after its trading position became “untenable”.

QC Polymer's entire rPET recycling plant has been stolen

£1.3m of assets stolen from admin hit firm

Assets with a value of £1.3m were stolen last week from the site of a plastic bottle recycling company that went into administration in October.

Reflex expands into US with latest buy

Reflex Group has expanded into North America with the acquisition of a Californian security label specialist, while in the UK it has increased its investment in Screen inkjet tech.

Heidelberg ramps up to deliver on order book

Heidelberg has increased factory working hours by around 14% as it gears up for a busy H2 delivering on a big post-Drupa order backlog.

Amcor celebrates European patent award

Amcor has gained a European patent for its AmFiber paper-based packaging material.