Packaging

Kodak upbeat on inkjet prospects
Kodak is making a multi-pronged attack on the packaging market with its existing high-speed inkjet technology, and has reported that development of its next-generation Ultrastream product is on...

Packaging company feels Affinity for new folder
Affinity Packaging has invested £250,000 in a Signature Premier 110 CS folder-gluer from Ace Machinery to improve its service offering.

Blake unveils third hub of excellence
Blake Envelopes has opened the third of four planned hubs of excellence in strategic locations across the UK.

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

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

Chester rounds off £2m packaging spend
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.

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

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

Falconer adds second-hand Speedmaster to service rising demand
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 New Solution launch new machines
Mtex and its sister company New Solution Engineering (B6-D36) have launched a number of new machines at Fespa.

Thomson Print & Packaging gets new digital Versafire CV
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...

McGowan: EFI Nozomi could replace litho-lam
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. ...