Packaging

Around 150 jobs are set to go with the proposed closure of an Essentra site that only opened last year.

Large-format POS printer Showcard Print has invested in new kit for its fulfilment and logistics department, in a £200,000 spend.

US-headquartered global label giant Multi-Color Corporation has acquired Constantia Flexibles’ Label division in a €1.15bn (£1bn) deal that gives it a UK footprint nudging £100m.

Finnish paper manufacturing group Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest the business and assets of its Swedish subsidiary Stora Enso Re-board to Culas, for an undisclosed sum.

Screen is set to launch two new UV inkjet label presses to expand its offering into food packaging and further strengthen its position within the digital labels sector.

DS Smith is set to make its first entry into the US fibre-based corrugated packaging market after announcing that it has agreed to buy 80% of US packaging firm Interstate Resources from Merpas for...

Bobst has strengthened its service offering by delivering web-fed services in the UK for the first time.

Irish FMCG packaging specialist Foxpak signed for an HP Indigo 20000 at Dscoop earlier this month, rounding off a €2.5m (£2.2m) capex in the past 12 months.

CMC Machinery has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of CartonPack, an on-demand box-making and packing system for e-commerce fulfilment.

Quantum Print & Packaging has invested in Foliant laminating equipment to satisfy increasing demand for embellished digitally printed packaging.

Uteco Converting, Ebeam Technologies and Inx Digital International have joined forces to develop a new digital packaging line for the mass-personalisation of food packaging.