Packaging

Spanish group buys Americk Packaging
Saica Group has signed an agreement to acquire Irish packaging business Americk Packaging, subject to regulator approval, as it looks to expand in the flexibles market.

Cepac reveals £1m investment plans
Corrugated packaging supplier Cepac will be investing around £1m on extending its premises and increasing the size of its digital operation.

Digital tech takes corrugated to the next level
Corrugated looks set to be the next big adopter of high-speed single-pass digital printing technologies. It’s a natural progression up in capacity from the big flatbed industrial inkjets that are...

Garnish steps down as ASG chief
Tony Garnish has stepped down as chief executive of European packaging group ASG Worldwide after 23 years with the business.

Pankaboard launches new luxury packaging board
Finnish cartonboard manufacturer Pankaboard has launched a new cartonboard for the luxury packaging sector.

Are bioplastics the complete green package, after all?
Bioplastics have come a long way since they were first marketed more than quarter of a century ago. What once began as a niche product with a very limited scope of application has burgeoned into a...

Overmatter: iBag
Just as we’re reeling from Apple’s “courageous” (puh-lease) decision to ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack on its new iPhone 7, we learn the tech giant has designs on the design of another everyday item.

Medica Packaging completes extensive prepress overhaul
Pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging specialist Medica Packaging has invested heavily in its pre press department with a major upgrade to its equipment.

Stora Enso consolidates corrugated operations
Paper and packaging giant Stora Enso is set to close its Heinola corrugated packaging plant in Finland, citing market pressure and shrinking volumes.

Antalis to use i-Tone in Creative Papers for first time
Antalis has added new i-Tone technology to all of its Creative Papers.