Packaging

Koenig & Bauer on track for 2018 despite Q1 revenue drop

Koenig & Bauer said it is on track to meet its 2018 targets, despite its revenue falling by 16.1% year-on-year in Q1.

Hybrid Uteco/Kodak press reaches commercialisation

Uteco Group and Kodak are poised to install the first hybrid Sapphire Evo press for flexible packaging, featuring Kodak’s Stream inkjet technology.

Overmatter: Ossas?

It’s not every day that a typo will end up getting nearly 50,000 ‘likes’ on Twitter, but that’s exactly what happened when online fashion behemoth ASOS fessed up to a blooper on a batch of its bags,...

Friedheim to supply Shawpak kit

Friedheim International has teed up a partnership deal to supply a new compact, cost-effective system for thermoforming packaging.

McGowans poised to ramp up Nozomi output

McGowans is aiming to dramatically increase the amount of display work it produces for UK and European customers on the back of its investment in an EFI Nozomi C18000 high-speed inkjet corrugated...

DS Smith delivers sustainable display that stacks up

Sustainability is the word on everyone’s lips right now when it comes to packaging and print, so when health snack brand Eat Real wanted to show off its new pulse- and grain-based snacks to the world...

James Cropper's Colourform facility gets royal visit

Prince Charles visited James Cropper’s Colourform unit for the production of plastic-free packaging last week, as the project moves ahead in collaborating with businesses.

Strong showing from K&B as specialist presses take off

Koenig & Bauer is working “intensively” on new products for the packaging, digital and industrial printing markets, after filing a strong set of results for its latest financial year.

Does the packaging industry get a fair hearing on plastics?

Packaging, and plastic packaging in particular, has never had a higher profile, although for all the wrong reasons.

Swanline sponsors Women in Packaging UK

Packaging and POS trade supplier Swanline Print Group has pledged its support for female packaging professionals by announcing its sponsorship of Women in Packaging UK (WIP UK) throughout 2018.