Packaging
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.
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.
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”.
£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.