Packaging
Royal Mail results reflect parcels boom
The pandemic-related parcels boom has resulted in a big jump in sales and profits at Royal Mail – with parcel revenues outstripping letters for the first time in the group’s five-century history.
AR Packaging acquired in £1bn deal
Graphic Packaging is buying AR Packaging in the packaging industry’s latest mega-takeover.
UPM Shotton sale agreed
UPM has agreed to sell its Shotton newsprint mill in North Wales to a subsidiary of Turkish conglomerate Eren Holdings.
Firm fined over HSE incident
A specialist printing firm has been fined a six-figure sum after an incident where an employee suffered asphyxiation after becoming entangled in a part of a press.
Agfa and Global Graphics expand cooperation
Agfa is expanding its partnership with Global Graphics to include workflow software from Hybrid Software.
End of the line for historic papermaker
Zanders Paper has gone into liquidation after attempts to save the business via a financial restructure proved unsuccessful.
DS Smith unveils circularity tool
DS Smith is claiming an industry first with a new tool that allows customers to rate the sustainability of their packaging choices.
Koenig & Bauer reports strong start to year
Koenig & Bauer has reported a big jump in orders for sheetfed presses in Q1 thanks to “sharp growth in the more pandemic resistant packaging printing market”.
Digital’s corrugated coming of age
Converters and printers are getting imaginative with the latest digital tech.
Manroland Goss 'seizing new opportunities'
Web press specialist Manroland Goss Web Systems expects its performance to bounce back in 2021 after reported “a significant increase in incoming orders” for new web presses for packaging...