Packaging

KSP installs new Chinese casemaker
Banbury paper-over-board specialist KSP Group has installed a brand-new casemaker, keeping the manufacturer under wraps.

Friedheim becomes exclusive UK dealer for Heripack kit
Friedheim International has become the exclusive UK distributor of German manufacturer Heripack’s portfolio of automated boxing, packaging and sealing machines.

Remaining kit from firm that had assets stolen up for auction
The remaining kit belonging to a plastic bottle recycling company in administration that had assets with a value of £1.3m stolen last month has gone up for auction.

Kolbus UK MD: new ownership is 'perfect solution'
Kolbus UK managing director Greg Bird has hailed the “trust and faith” placed in the business by customers during its parent company’s period of self-administration.

Delta Group orders Lamina world’s first
The Delta Group has continued its kit megaspend with an order for the world’s first Lamina 07.10 Packline hotmelt packing line, designed to glue flat, collated corrugated packs.

Macfarlane tackles headwinds, reports good momentum in new business
Macfarlane Group is “responding effectively to market headwinds” as it approaches its year-end.

Lecta separates self-adhesives into new business
Lecta is spinning off its self-adhesive labels business into a standalone company.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners invests £42.3m into Wakefield factory
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), the world’s largest independent bottler of Coca-Cola, has revealed it is planning investment of £42.3m for a new Automated Storage Retrieval System (ASRS)...

Tesco Finest pasta now in paper packs
Tesco has rolled out new paper packaging for its Finest range of dried pasta.

Amcor and Berry Global Group to merge
Another packaging mega-merger is in the works after Amcor and Berry Global Group announced they would be combining.