Packaging

Curtis Print & Packaging has launched a circa £1m investment programme, which includes a move to a new site, by signing for a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75.

Encore Packaging Solutions has appointed Martin Burrows as its new business development manager, as the sister company of Encore Envelopes looks to continue its expansion.

Leicester-based rigid box specialist Pollard Boxes has bought local rival Clarke Rubicon.

DS Smith has acquired POS specialist Creo from investment management company Writtle, its seventh acquisition since May 2015.

Label and leaflet specialist Denny Bros has eased a production bottleneck with a new Wohlenberg 115 high-speed cutter.

Integrity Print is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the company, and has made a £1.5m investment across its operations as it adapts for the future.

Three UK printers were among those which chose KBA this Drupa, helping to propel the German manufacturer to a €100m sales boom.

Glossop Cartons has signed at Drupa for an RMGT 10-series B1 press, in a six-colour-plus-coater configuration.

Glossop Cartons signed up for a new carton-specific MIS system from Imprint-MIS at Drupa.

HP has sealed a huge Japanese deal for a new books-on-demand factory at Drupa, and has also announced a collaboration with packaging giant Smurfit Kappa for its upcoming C500 corrugated solution.

Screen and BHS Corrugated Maschinen have formed a new partnership to develop a 300m/min inline inkjet printing solution for BHS corrugators.

Xeikon has revealed a new one-pass-duplex web-fed system, the Xeikon 9600, a flatbed die-cutter and brought its long-awaited Trillium One for its first public outing at Drupa.