Packaging

Smurfit Kappa UK has acquired Lowestoft, Suffolk-based Saxon Packaging, for an undisclosed sum.

Kalas Packaging has become the first company in the UK to take delivery of an HP Indigo 30000 Digital Press for folding cartons.

Independent corrugated packaging supplier The Logson Group has acquired The Boxshop, a Scotland-based independent manufacturer of cardboard boxes.

Swiss manufacturer Hapa has extended its drop-on-demand piezo inkjet range of systems with the launch of two new units.

A consortium of print manufacturers and technology companies, led by the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), has completed an 18-month project to develop and scale up a print energy-harvesting device...

Corrugated packaging specialist Atlas Packaging has invested more than £1.75m in a bespoke flexo press to improve and enhance its packaging process.

Packaging industry figures want the sector to do more to harness young talent in the UK.

Paper and cartonboard supplier Chapelton has become an official distributor for Finland-based manufacturer Plastiroll’s Jazz@heat product for food packaging.

Corrugated packaging supplier Cepac will be investing around £1m on extending its premises and increasing the size of its digital operation.

Tony Garnish has stepped down as chief executive of European packaging group ASG Worldwide after 23 years with the business.

Finnish cartonboard manufacturer Pankaboard has launched a new cartonboard for the luxury packaging sector.

Paper and packaging giant Stora Enso is set to close its Heinola corrugated packaging plant in Finland, citing market pressure and shrinking volumes.