Packaging

Carton printer Beatus Cartons has kicked off a £4m year-long investment plan with the purchase of a seven-colour KBA Rapida 106.

New regulations forcing tobacco companies to sell cigarettes and rolling tobacco in plain packaging came into force over the weekend.

Chester Medical Solutions has rounded off a £2m year-long investment programme with the installation of a new six-colour B2 Komori GL29 with coater.

The UK’s Recycling Association has named a number of packaging products as being the “villains” of the recycling world.

Printing & Packaging Co has upped capacity and enhanced its print offering with a new seven-colour KBA Rapida 106 with double-coater.

Falconer Print & Packaging is adding a refurbished five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 52 UV press to its workshop, along with a new Suprasetter and an upgrade to Prinect.

Mtex and its sister company New Solution Engineering (B6-D36) have launched a number of new machines at Fespa.

Thomson Print & Packaging is replacing its five-year-old Ricoh digital press with a Versafire CV five-colour machine, in order to integrate it with the Prinect workflow already in use on its...

EFI has reported strong interest in its giant Nozomi C18000 corrugated printing line from display graphics printers – with McGowans in Ireland set to become the first to install one in that market. ...

HP has launched two mid-range Latex printers at Fespa as well as a series of enhancements to its PageWide printers and an automated feeder for its flagship HP Scitex 17000.

Leatherhead-headquartered HH Global has continued on its exponential growth curve posting record full-year profits up 58.1% on last year, on revenues up 37.3%.

Qualvis Print & Packaging has scooped a major prize at the Leicester Mercury Business Awards.