Huge investment planned for Shotton
Shotton Paper Mill’s new owners are investing £600m to transform the site into “one of the world’s most technologically advanced paper mills”.
Hollywood Monster supports demand with EFI install
Hollywood Monster has installed an EFI Vutek Q5r from CMYUK to help it cope with increasing demand and a buoyant order book.
Unite members to strike at SunChem plants
Unite the Union is poised to begin industrial action across Sun Chemical’s UK ink plants in a row over pay that the union said could affect major packaging and newspaper groups.
Dropbox slammed for 'misleading claims' about paper
Dropbox has caused industry outrage after it sent out a greenwashing promo email encouraging people to use its services and stating, misleadingly, that “Less paper = more trees”.
Unburnable book set to be auctioned
Penguin Random House has created a one-off ‘unburnable’ edition of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale that will be auctioned for charity.
Returning packaging show highlights innovation in sustainability
Packaging Innovations returned to Birmingham’s NEC earlier this week – more than two years after its last outing snuck in a month before the first Covid lockdown hit in early 2020 – and was warmly...
Walstead to reopen York Mailing
Walstead Group will restart the York Mailing site next month as it tests the waters over customer demand in the commercial web market.
National World looking for more buys
Publisher National World has said it is “pursuing acquisition opportunities to build scale and enhance shareholder value” while stronger yields have mitigated challenging market conditions.
Pindar factory up for sale
The former Pindar Scarborough press hall has been put up for sale by its owners.
Epson shows new label printer at Packaging Innovations
Epson has handed the UK show debut to its new C4000e desktop label printer at Packaging Innovations.
Springfield Solutions in Actega UK first
Springfield Solutions has been revealed as the first digital printing beta testing partner for Actega’s EcoLeaf technology.
Smurfit Kappa launches water-resistant paper
Smurfit Kappa has unveiled a sustainable paper that is water-resistant thanks to a special coating that is added to it during the manufacturing process.