Packaging

Prepress software and packaging equipment and manufacturer Esko has created a new role of senior vice president of sales as it targets emerging markets.

Domino Printing Sciences has recorded a 1% year-on-year fall in turnover to 312.1m ending its record run of 32 consecutive years of revenue growth.

Only 10% of branding and packaging managers think major packaging converters should be responsible for sustainable packaging, according to an EasyFairs survey.

EasyFairs has sold nearly 80% of available space for its inaugural Labelling Innovations event, which will take place in Birmingham's NEC in February 2013.

Canadian label printer CCL Industries has acquired John Watson & Co, the 80-staff Glasgow-based label printer, in a multi-million pound takeover deal.

The Stationers' Company has created an Environmental Group under the chairmanship of former Pira International managing director and Stationers' court assistant Michael Hancock.

Flowprint has spent around 750,000 finishing its folding box department with the arrival of an SBL STS-1050 cutting and creasing platen and Sakurai Oliver offset press.

Gary Peeling, managing director of Precision Printing and incoming Dscoop EMEA chairman, has issued a rallying call to UK HP Indigo users to get behind the inaugural Dscoop EMEA event next month and...

Pankaboard has upgraded its PankaBrite and PankaWhite cartonboards following an investment of 'several hundred thousand euros'.

Folding carton manufacturer Benson Box has won the Skills Development category at the Best Factory Awards 2012.

The folding carton manufacturer, will use next month's Packaging Innovations London show to highlight the premium packaging it produces for customers including Waitrose and Butterkist.