Packaging

Priceless documents recording the history of copyrighting and the print industry will be available for all to see as the Stationers' Company opens its new Tokefield Centre archive to the public.

Heidelberg is upping production of its Primefire 106 B1 sheetfed inkjet press in the face of an “overwhelming” market reaction to the device.

HP has launched a slimmed-down version of its SmartStream software suite specifically for designers.

Start-up British software company Daena has made its debut at Ipex with an innovative solution for automating repetitive pre-media tasks in packaging artwork that could also have wider applications.

US-headquartered global label giant Multi-Color Corporation has completed its acquisition of Constantia Flexibles’ Labels division.

Blake Envelopes has opened its fourth 'hub of excellence', on the site of London’s newly opened Postal Museum, and announced a new partnership with the institution.

Xerox has hosted a joint openhouse event with one of its users, packaging manufacturer Alexir Partnership, as part of its strategy to promote digital printing technologies within the packaging...

Apple chief executive Tim Cook re-lived some student memories when he visited the Iggesund Paperboard paper mill and forest in Sweden earlier this month.

Marketing services and packaging printer Ultragraph has installed a Heidelberg Versafire CP digital press to increase its competiveness.

DS Smith has acquired Romanian packaging and paper firms EcoPack and EcoPaper in a bid to extend its Eastern European reach.

ASG Worldwide is understood to be consulting with employees over the closure of its Slough operation.

EFI has made further inroads into the corrugated packaging market by acquiring corrugated packaging software developer Escada Systems.