Packaging

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.

CTP manufacturer Cron (5-B24) has unveiled six new products at Drupa, which it said will take it into broader fields of offset press optimisation, plate production and flexo packaging.

Web-to-print giant Cimpress is set to take “up to” 20 Landa Nanography presses, and Landa has also announced the identity of its first three beta customers.

Goss International has announced a strategic partnership with Netherlands-based web offset and service specialists DG Press Services.

KBA aims to bolster its offering to packaging printers by entering the die-cutting market through the acquisition of Iberica.

Creative Edge Software has upgraded its iC3D packaging design software for Drupa with a range of 3D modelling functions that make it easier to visualise a label or product design.

Finland-headquartered global packaging firm Huhtamaki has acquired Delta Print & Packaging for £80m.

Double PrintWeek award-winning high-end printer Boss Print has produced a sample selector of different types of boxes, in order to carry samples.

Falkland Press is going B1 as part of a major reinvestment in its litho and digital facilities.

Macfarlane Group has made another strategic buy to boost its packaging distribution network by acquiring the packaging business of Glasgow-based Edward McNeil.