Packaging

West Midlands-based CS Labels has embarked on an expansion programme, assisted by a Government Regional Growth Fund grant, which is expected to help boost turnover by 25% in 2013 to 2.5m.

A bespoke 'plug-and-play' foiling machine that the manufacturer says is ideal for short-run copyshop applications

Steve Dryden, group finance director of DS Smith, has announced that he is to leave the company to join a private equity-backed business.

Industrial action at the Scottish paper bag manufacturer has been suspended indefinitely after negotiations between union members and management were successful.

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...