Packaging

Essentra has blamed recent poor financial performance on “internal, not external factors”, after announcing details of a strategic review yesterday alongside its H1 2017 results.

Around 150 jobs are set to go with the proposed closure of an Essentra site that only opened last year.

Large-format POS printer Showcard Print has invested in new kit for its fulfilment and logistics department, in a £200,000 spend.

Mercury Packaging almost had the lot: printing, conversion, lamination, success. But almost is not enough in a sector as fast moving and technology-driven as print and packaging, says managing...

The print element of a campaign can often be the last thing that brand and marketing professionals think about, and in a digital-first world this is perhaps of little surprise.

Corrugated packaging supplier Cepac is investing £2m to kick off a programme of expansion at its Rawcliffe Bridge site, which focuses on bespoke packaging supply.

UK ink manufacturing specialist Needham Group has created Needham Coding Distribution to push its new inkjet range into the global market.

Finnish paper manufacturing group Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest the business and assets of its Swedish subsidiary Stora Enso Re-board to Culas, for an undisclosed sum.

Screen is set to launch two new UV inkjet label presses to expand its offering into food packaging and further strengthen its position within the digital labels sector.