Packaging

Siegwerk is set to raise prices on its packaging inks and varnishes across the EMEA in the new year due to the squeeze on raw materials.

The UK packaging industry could get a £500m a year boost from government innovation funding into the development of sustainable packaging.

CS Labels is set to buy the Xeikon CX500 web-fed digital press it has been beta testing since the summer as part of its move into the flexible packaging market.

DS Smith has revealed it is considering the sale of its plastics division alongside a positive set of half-year results.

MGI Digital Technology has launched the new B1 version of its AlphaJet industrial print system and it has already won an award for innovation.

VP Packaging has been ordered to pay more than £21,000 by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) after an employee lost part of her finger while working on a machine.

Skymark has invested in a new Allstein flexo press with a coating unit to enhance its offering to customers who require standout print effects.

Repentant Ablebox has been stung with a bill of £13,017 after the "criminal" disposal of waste ink turned the nearby river Yeo purple.

Fujifilm has added a higher-performance model to its sheetfed inkjet offering, and has billed the third-generation Jet Press 750S as “the fastest B2 full-colour digital press on the market”.

Cumbrian papermaker James Cropper has reported a steep pre-tax profit drop in the first half of the financial year as it continues to be impacted by higher pulp prices.

Kodak has agreed to sell its flexo business to Montagu Private Equity in a deal expected to be worth up to $390m (£301m).

Box maker Grahams Cartons has been fined almost £60,000 by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) for an incident with an unguarded casemaker in which an employee lost two fingers.