Packaging

The bottles are made of 94% recycled paperboard

International first for Frugalpac machine

UK-based paper bottle manufacturer Frugalpac has signed a deal with a Canadian packaging firm for its pioneering paper bottle machine.

RR Flexo had entered a CVA in October 2020. Image: Google Maps

Print businesses sold in pre-pack deals

The pandemic fall out continues to impact the industry as two more print businesses hit the buffers and pre-pack to survive.

110 firefighters attended the incident. Image: West Midlands Fire Service

Major blaze at Smurfit Kappa site

110 firefighters and more than 30 fire appliances have been tackling a “large-scale incident” at Smurfit Kappa’s site in Nechells, Birmingham.

The Expertcut 2.1 has a productivity of up to 20m sqm a year

Bobst launches raft of new packaging products

Swiss packaging and label machine manufacturer Bobst has unveiled its latest portfolio of products.

(L-R) Swanline's Richard Towers, Zeus' Keith Ockenden and Swanline's Nick Kirby

Swanline and BoxMart acquired by Zeus

Irish-owned global packaging company Zeus has acquired Swanline Group and its sister company BoxMart in an agreement worth more than €25m (£21.4m).

Inca Onset with automation

Agfa now officially the owner of Inca

Agfa’s acquisition of the UK’s Inca Digital Printers has completed, as scheduled.

The Shotton site is set to be transformed

Huge investment planned for Shotton

Shotton Paper Mill’s new owners are investing £600m to transform the site into “one of the world’s most technologically advanced paper mills”.

Many of the show's seminars were packed out

Returning packaging show highlights innovation in sustainability

Packaging Innovations returned to Birmingham’s NEC earlier this week – more than two years after its last outing snuck in a month before the first Covid lockdown hit in early 2020 – and was warmly...

The C4000e is designed for small to mid-range volumes

Epson shows new label printer at Packaging Innovations

Epson has handed the UK show debut to its new C4000e desktop label printer at Packaging Innovations.

Caps Cases team and the new Nozomi 14000 LED

Caps Cases in Nozomi world first

Caps Cases has installed the world’s first EFI Nozomi 14000 LED as it ramps up its offering for direct-to-corrugated digital production.