Packaging

Jaskowiec on the Duplo DBM-150: "This is a big upgrade for us"

Party Decor supports growth with major investment

A business that counts Amazon among its customers has installed new kit from Duplo and Konica Minolta and launched a new business arm after seeing its sales nearly double during the coronavirus...

The Allstein press will be in production by late June

Roberts Mart in £3m-plus press investment

Roberts Mart has invested more than £3m in a new 10-colour Allstein press to boost its flexo firepower.

New Xsys Nyloflex FTM Digital flexo plate for use with water-based inks

Reuters: Flint Group could spin off flexo wing

Flint Group is engaging with potential buyers for its Xsys pre-press business according to a report from Reuters.

The acquisition of Four04 will expand Coveris' presence in the UK

Coveris acquires Four04 Packaging

Coveris has continued its strategic expansion with the acquisition of flexible packaging manufacturer Four04 Packaging.

Strong (second left): "We had to find new products to secure our future"

Mercia diversifies packaging offer following merger

Mercia Image Print has greatly expanded its packaging offering to help support its post-pandemic recovery following its acquisition by The Print Design Factory.

Royal Mail has brought in new services such as parcel collection

Royal Mail results reflect parcels boom

The pandemic-related parcels boom has resulted in a big jump in sales and profits at Royal Mail – with parcel revenues outstripping letters for the first time in the group’s five-century history.

Doss: significant scale and cost efficiency benefits

AR Packaging acquired in £1bn deal

Graphic Packaging is buying AR Packaging in the packaging industry’s latest mega-takeover.

Shotton: disposal reduces UPM's annual newsprint capacity by 250,000 tonnes

UPM Shotton sale agreed

UPM has agreed to sell its Shotton newsprint mill in North Wales to a subsidiary of Turkish conglomerate Eren Holdings.

The employee’s high vis tabard became entangled in a rotating spindle

Firm fined over HSE incident

A specialist printing firm has been fined a six-figure sum after an incident where an employee suffered asphyxiation after becoming entangled in a part of a press.

Smith (L) with Little: "I am excited to be taking the business into new markets"

MBO at Advanced Dynamics

A management buyout has taken place at automated filling and packaging machinery manufacturer Advanced Dynamics.