Packaging

Dayfold boosts team with new hire
Packaging expert Lee Carpenter has joined Dayfold Group in a newly-created role.

Simply Cartons in double Koenig & Bauer investment
Packaging printer Simply Cartons has used the Packaging Innovations show to reveal it has invested in two new presses from Koenig & Bauer.

Cepac in UK Koenig & Bauer cutter first
Cepac is set to start production this summer on the first Koenig & Bauer ChromaCUT X Pro to be sold to the British market.

Heidelberg confident on full-year targets
Heidelberg has reiterated its full-year targets after incoming orders increased in Q3, and despite some one-off impacts to EBITDA including €15m (£13.3m) in inflation relief for workers in Germany.

Smurfit Kappa reports mega sales jump
Smurfit Kappa achieved year-on-year revenue growth of 27% to €12.8bn (£11.38bn) in 2022.

Zeus makes first 2023 acquisition
Acquisitive Irish packaging group Zeus Packaging has acquired Polpack, which distributes packaging materials and packaging machinery in Poland.

Dragons’ Den win for eco packaging seed kits
A gardening start-up won £80,000 of investment from BBC show Dragons’ Den investor Sara Davies, founder of hobby supplier Crafter’s Companion, after impressing judges with seed kits encased in...

ePS updates on products as evolved Connect praised
eProductivity Software (ePS) has unveiled a raft of product updates at its Connect user conference and industry event, which concluded in Las Vegas yesterday (26 January) and was widely praised by its...

Screaming Colour box business is sold
Screaming Colour’s box making division has been sold to Pureprint, but no buyer has emerged for its main Bermondsey site.

ePS CEO shares highlights and plans in first Connect keynote
eProductivity Software (ePS) CEO Gaby Matsliach kicked off its Connect user conference and industry event yesterday (24 January) in Las Vegas by hailing the success of the company’s first year as a...