Packaging

Wilkins buys £2.7m Komori show-piece off stand
Nottingham packaging printer Wilkins Group has returned from Drupa with a brand new Komori press, after buying the GLX-740+CC Advance EX exhibited at the show.

Sainsbury's replaces plastic trays on more lines
Sainsbury’s has made a further move to reduce its use of plastic trays, switching to pulp-based alternatives on a range of fish products.

Bakers in mega Drupa spend with HP and Durst
Bakers has sealed two major deals at Drupa that are set to expand both its BakPac flexible packaging division and its labels division.

Surepak admins auction £250k of stock after sale falls through
Stock worth £250,000 is going up for auction tomorrow (12 June) as administrators wind up flexible packaging firm Surepak in the wake of a failed sale process.

Screen shows new Truepress PAC 520P at Drupa
Screen showed its new water-based inkjet press designed for paper packaging at Drupa.

Qualvis orders mystery Koenig & Bauer press
Qualvis Print & Packaging has signed for a brand-new Koenig & Bauer Rapida 106 press, in a mysterious new “one of a kind” configuration.

EFI claims world's first all-in-one full-colour box production system
EFI unveiled a raft of new products across its three core markets at Drupa, including a new partnership to bring a single-pass inkjet corrugated line for the automatic production of finished, variable...

Durham Box in Highcon first
Durham Box is to install the first Highcon Beam 2C system in the UK, and the Logson Group subsidiary has also become the first UK customer to sign up to its Vulcan programme as a future option.

Second director barred over HMRC non-compliance
A second company director has been disqualified after a paper and board supplier left HMRC with a six-figure shortfall despite paying more than £2m to other parties.

Konica Minolta unveils 20 new products at Drupa
Konica Minolta’s AccurioJet 60000 has taken centre stage at its largest ever Drupa presence, where the company has handed 20 products their European premieres and shared more detail on its joint...